HC Deb 11 April 2000 vol 348 cc124-5W
Mr. Walker

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is his estimate of the cost to public funds arising from taking trains out of service because of chassis corrosion problems in the last three years. [117837]

Mr. Ingram

Translink have informed the Department of Regional Development that the only known cost is £615,706 for repairing corrosion to train carriage bogies.