Chris Philp – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Philp on 2016-10-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve the service on Southern Rail.

Paul Maynard

On 1 September the Secretary of State announced a Network Rail £20m fund, to help improve resilience of the Southern network. Chris Gibb will head a new project board, working with the train operator, the Department for Transport and Network Rail, to explore how to achieve a rapid improvement to services for the public. The board will oversee the fund and create closer working between Govia Thameslink Railway and Network Rail to improve performance.