§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will set out for each of the current rail franchises(a) how many Mark 1 trains are currently in use, (b) what the franchise agreement for each train-operating company originally stated as the replacement date for Mark 1 trains and (c) what revisions have been agreed to the original replacement date. [60907]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonThe latest information available in terms of rail vehicles is as follows. Where franchises have committed to replacement of Mark 1 stock none of the original replacement dates has been revised.
Operator Number of Mark 1 vehicles Franchise commitments for replacement Connex South Eastern 583 Class 411 stock by September 2000 Class 423 by 2005 and 421 by 2006; all with new build Connex South Central 602 — South West Trains 429 — North Western Trains 75 All with 70 new vehicles by March 2000 Anglia Railways 11 — Northern Spirit 63 Class 308 (i.e. all) by December 2000 ScotRail 189 — 1 On short term lease expiring in 1999