§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects that the Strategic Rail Authority will have developed the November 2005 Performance Trajectory with the train operating companies and the National Task Force. [171400]
§ Mr. DarlingThe National Task Force (which includes representatives of the ORR, SRA, train operator owner groups and Network Rail), on behalf of the rail industry, has developed a performance trajectory to help them measure progress on industry efforts to improve rail performance. The National Task Force will review the trajectory in October 2004.
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§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he expects the Strategic Rail Authority to achieve delivery of the Train Operating Company operational performance trajectory projections for November. [171401]
§ Mr. DarlingThe Strategic Rail Authority believes that the increased focus on improving operational performance will enable the train operating companies to continue an upward performance trend between now and November 2004.
§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the railway and land sites which have been identified by the Strategic Rail Authority as being suitable for disposal since 2002. [171403]
§ Mr. DarlingSince the end of 2002, the Strategic Rail Authority has identified 36 sites as suitable for disposal. The table lists the sites.
Location Site description Alloa Site of former crossing at Hilton Road Whinhill Aylesbury Railway club and sports ground Perm Road Banbury Fields by Woodford closed line Banbury South end of closed line in Woodford Halse Bexhill Former Galley Hill sidings Brize Norton Part of former Fairford branch Cassington Part of former Fairford branch Castlethorpe Former goods yard Challow Former station yard Colchester Town Lower Yard, Magdalene Street Corby Land at Cottingham Road Dunstable Land at Skimpot Road/Jeans Way Elstree Former goods yard Exeter Former goods yard Exeter Land and building (Red House) Exeter Tan Lane former goods yard Formby Andrew's Lane Frome Former east goods yard Glasgow Eastfield Depot Goring-by-Sea Land south of railway Greenhithe Land by station Haltwhistle Alston branch Hullavington Former goods yard Horwich Land at site of former railway works Hunslet Land between Ivory Street and Jack Lane Kincardine Plot of land beneath electricity pylon Kings Lynn Land at Extons Place Lechlade Part of former Fairford branch Liverpool, James Street Moor House Melrose Leaderfoot Viaduct Reddish Former depot, Wayland Road Shoreham-by-Sea Land at Queens Place Tunbridge Wells Former goods yard Walsall Land off Littleton Street West Watford Wiggenhall Road Wivelsfield Land at Rockery Lane
§ David TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he envisages the full restoration of passenger rail services between Coventry and Nottingham. [171505]
§ Mr. McNultyThe change in service will be permanent. The decision to curtail direct services is aimed at better matching services to demand and improving performance. This was determined under the 411W Strategic Rail Authority's "Midland Main Line/East Midlands Route Utilisation Strategy", on which they consulted last year. Passengers will be able to travel from Nottingham to Nuneaton, from where a shuttle service will operate to Coventry.