Lilian Greenwood – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lilian Greenwood on 2016-09-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what section 54 undertakings have been given for which rolling stock fleets; and what the (a) owning group and (b) terminating date is for each such undertaking.
Paul Maynard
The table below represents the expiry dates of the Section 54 undertakings in England and Wales which have been entered into between the Secretary of State and the owners of the rolling stock. Since September 2014 the Department has not entered into any Section 54 undertakings. Our current policy is that trains should be purchased in the market and the owner should take residual value risk.
The Scottish Government has powers which it can exercise in relation to Section 54.
Class |
Owner/Lessor |
No of vehicles |
Current lessee |
Expiry Date of Section 54 |
800 / 801 |
Agility Trains East |
497 |
Virgin Trains East Coast |
27.5 years after the Actual Acceptance Date of the first set in the fleet. |
800 / 801 |
Agility Trains West |
369 |
First Great Western |
27.5 years after the Actual Acceptance Date of the first set in the fleet. |
180 |
Angel Trains |
25 |
First Great Western |
31 December 2016 |
700 |
Cross London Trains |
1140 |
GTR |
21 March 2036 |
377 |
Porterbrook Leasing |
792 |
GTR |
07 March 2022 |
390 |
Angel Trains |
574 |
Virgin Trains West Coast |
31 March 2022 |
221 |
Voyager Leasing |
102 |
Virgin Trains West Coast |
31 March 2019 |
444 / 450 |
Angel Trains |
733 |
South West Trains |
23 April 2025 |
455 |
Porterbrook Leasing |
364 |
South West Trains |
01 February 2018 |
707 |
Angel Trains |
150 |
South West Trains |
31 March 2019 |
350/1 |
Angel Trains |
120 |
London Midland |
23 April 2025 |
350/3 |
Angel Trains |
40 |
London Midland |
19 September 2018 |
395 |
Eversholt Rail Group |
174 |
South Eastern |
17 years from Acceptance Date of last initial unit which was 2009. |
333 |
Angel Trains |
64 |
Northern |
24 July 2020 |
350/4 |
Angel Trains |
40 |
TPE |
19 September 2018 |
165 |
Angel Trains |
89 |
Chiltern |
31 December 2018 |