Julie Elliott – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Elliott on 2016-04-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with rail franchises in the North of England on improving the service to Sunderland rail station.

Andrew Jones

Given that the Northern and TPE franchises only started on 1st April 2016, no such discussions have yet taken place and would in any case be led by the devolved franchise management team based in Leeds.

‎Separately, Virgin Trains East Coast introduced a new daily service to Sunderland on 14 December 2015.