| Heading: |
Railways: Private Sector |
| Question ID: |
1760849 |
| UIN: |
27901 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-31 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5041 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Shaun Davies
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| Asking Member handle: |
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Shaun Davies
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) average, (b) shortest and (c) longest wait was for determination of an application for a new rail line by a private operator for each year that records are available. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-05 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4943 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Simon Lightwood
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| Answering Member handle: |
simonlightwood
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@simonlightwood
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Correcting Member display name: |
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| Answer text: |
Access to the rail network is a matter for the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) in its capacity as independent regulator for the rail industry. ORR have advised that since 2020, it has determined four applications for wholly new open access services. ORR rej... |
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| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |