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Written question asked by Stephen Hammond (Conservative) on Wednesday, 10 September 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 17 September 2008. It was answered by Tom Harris (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 September 2008 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Railways

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 21 July 2008, Official Report, column 891W, on railways: standards and with reference to the answers of 20 December 2005, Official Report, column 2914W, on C2C Line: Rail One, and 1 February 2006, Official Report, column 562W on train operating companies, whether equivalent data relating to (a) 2005 and (b) 2006 were gathered; and what the figures were in the most recent year in which the data were gathered.
Answer

The most recent financial year for which the Department holds complete data is 2007-08. For this data I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 21 July 2008, Official Report, column 891W.The information requested was gathered in relation to financial years 2005-06 and 2006-07. This information is shown in the following table.

Train operating company Number of cancellations
2005-06 2006-07
ATW 2,837 2,214
c2c 1,343 1,152
Chiltern 1,366 938
Crosscountry¹ 1,435 1,382
East Midlands¹ 1,952 1,970
First Capital Connect 5,565 5,166
First Great Western 4,609 7,045
First Scotrail 7,546 8,532
Gatwick Express 579 535
London Midland¹ 6,203 6,198
London Overground¹ 2,753 2,301
Merseyrail 3,038 2,077
Northern 6,116 7,626
NXEA 7,261 9,207
NXEC 546 805
Southeastern 6,341 5,227
Southern 6,892 5,954
South Western 5,663 6,034
TransPennineExpress 856 981
Virgin West Coast 688 878
Network Total 73,589 76,222
¹ These train operating companies were established in their present form in 2007. Numbers shown relate to the services currently operated by these companies.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
224001; 479 c2246-7W
Session
2007-08
Related items
C2C Line/One Rail
Tuesday, 20 December 2005
Written questions
House of Commons
Train Operating Companies
Wednesday, 1 February 2006
Written questions
House of Commons
Railways: Standards
Monday, 21 July 2008
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Railways Standards
Link
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