HC Deb 10 February 1998 vol 306 cc129-30W
Dr. Marek

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will ensure that automatic train protection is introduced as soon as possible on high speed lines. [28830]

Ms Glenda Jackson

I am advised by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) that Automatic Train Protection (ATP) schemes are installed on the Chiltern and Great Western Lines and on the Heathrow Express. Versions of ATP will be fitted to the West Coast Main Line and the Channel Tunnel Rail Link. Railtrack is considering alternative train protection measures for other lines and HSE is monitoring progress with Railtrack's strategy for the provision of these measures.

Ms Glenda Jackson

The information is not available in the format requested. The table shows the resources which the Department is providing towards motorways and trunk roads, railways and ferries in the current financial year, and the estimated volume of traffic on those modes: