§ Mr. WatersonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) what estimate he has made of the number of commuters who were affected by the Connex rail strike on Tuesday 25 January; [108369]
(2) how many of the Connex trains that ran on Tuesday 25 January were delayed; [108368]
(3) how many Connex train services were cancelled on Tuesday 25 January; and how many Connex trains ran on that day. [108381]
§ Mr. HillOn a normal weekday Connex run approximately 3,500 trains. On 25 January they planned to run 449 trains under an emergency timetable, but actually ran 697. Due to the way in which the emergency14W timetable was devised it is not possible to state how many of the trains which ran were delayed. Most of the 200,000 commuters who use Connex services were affected to a greater or lesser extent.