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: Overcrowding
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to page 35 of the National Rail Trends Yearbook, what measure his Department will use to monitor overcrowding across train operating companies; how many train operating companies will be so monitored; and when the results of such monitoring will be collated.
- Answer
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The July 2007 White Paper, Delivering a Sustainable Railway, sets out a capacity metric in a High Level Output Specification (HLOS). The Department for Transport is currently developing a process by which it will report levels of crowding and delivery of the HLOS capacity metric.The White Paper is available in the House Library or from the Department for Transport website:"www.dft.gov.uk."
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- Written question
- Reference
- 224007; 479 c2248W
- Session
- 2007-08
- Subjects
- Railways Overcrowding
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