| Heading: |
Great Western Railway: Franchises |
| Question ID: |
1790928 |
| UIN: |
HL6376 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-31 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1408 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Swire
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Lord Swire
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to exercise their option to extend the current Great Western Railway franchise. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-10 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4972 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
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| Answer text: |
There are no plans to extend the Great Western Railway franchise. Under the provisions of the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act 2024, services operated under contract with the Department will transfer into public ownership as existing cont... |
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| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |