Heidi Alexander – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Heidi Alexander on 2014-03-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date he expects all peak services provided by Southeastern to be formed of 12 car trains.

Stephen Hammond

We do not expect all peak services provided by Southeastern to be formed of 12 car trains as demand on some routes does not require this level of capacity provision. It is for the Train Operating Company running the service to best match its rolling stock with passenger demand.

Through the Government’s Rail Investment Strategy we are investing in additional capacity across the country, for where it is most needed.