HC Deb 11 December 2000 vol 359 c22W
Mr. Howard

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what action he is taking to ensure that greater priority is given in the repair of track to the restoration of full normal line speeds for the services operated by Connex South Eastern. [141340]

Mr. Hill

The industry is working hard to achieve a steady improvement in rail services across all parts of the country. Rai1track expect that nationally train services will be largely back to normal by the end of January. The Rail Recovery Action Group, chaired by the Minister for Transport, has been formed to help to get services back to normal as soon as possible.