Liz McInnes – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz McInnes on 2016-09-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce overcrowding on passenger rail services.

Paul Maynard

This Government is making the biggest investment in our railways since the Victorian era, enabling more trains and longer trains to operate on many of our busiest routes. Since 2010, more than 563 new carriages have been brought into service in England and Wales, and a further 5032 are planned to enter service by the end of 2020.