§ Mr. LazarowiczTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions on how many occasions in(a) 2001, (b) 2000 and (c) 1999 services on the west coast main line have been disrupted owing to collapse or other failure of the overhead power cables; and what average length of delay has been caused to passenger services as a result. [11505]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe following table from Railtrack shows the disruption to passenger and freight trains on the west coast main line caused by incidents involving overhead lines in 1999, 2000 and 2001. I understand that data are not separately available for passenger services only.
Disruption to WCML caused by incidents involving overhead lines 1 April 1999 to mid-October 2001 Total minutes delay Number of incidents 1999 67,019 358 2000 64,965 365 2001 111,971 371