Diana Johnson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Diana Johnson on 2014-03-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy that the new Transpennine Express franchise due to begin in 2015 maintains hourly direct services between Hull and Manchester.

Stephen Hammond

The new directly awarded franchise for TransPennine that begins in April 2015 will aim to provide train services at the same level as is currently available to passengers today until the start of the new competed franchise, expected in February 2016.