questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of undertaking planned maintenance of the rail network( a) midweek, (b) in solid blocks of time which do not require start stop overnight repairs and (c) not on bank holiday weekends.
answerText: The rail industry is committed to delivering its investment and maintenance programmes with the minimum disruption to passenger services, however it is necessary at times to close the railway to enable these essential works to take place. The industry tak...
heading: Railways: Repairs and Maintenance