Lilian Greenwood – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lilian Greenwood on 2016-01-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the gauge clearance is of routes used to divert freight services disrupted by the temporary closure of the West Coast Main Line north of Carlisle.

Claire Perry

This is an operational matter for Network Rail. Network Rail advises that the current published freight clearances by diversionary route are as follows:

i. The freight clearance for the diversion via the East Coast Main Line is W9.

ii. The published freight clearance for the diversions via Glasgow & South Western Route and the route between Kilmarnock and Barassieare both W8.

iii. The published freight clearance for the diversion via Mauchline to Newton on Ayr is W7

However, in response to the situation at Lamington, Network Rail has confirmed clearance to move certain types of larger deep-sea containers on both the Glasgow & South Western Route and the Newton on Ayr route.