Written question asked by Andrew Turner (Conservative) on Thursday, 6 March 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 19 March 2003. It was answered by David Jamieson (Labour) on Wednesday, 19 March 2003 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Dept for Transport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the 10 locations of greatest railway congestion, indicating how many trains pass per hour in each 1-hour period between 6.00 am and 10.00 pm on a typical weekday (a) in total and (b) per available track. - Inc ref to the S RA's Capacity Utilisation statement of principles, in Library.

Answer: Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the 10 locations of greatest railway congestion, indicating how many trains pass per hour in each 1-hour period between 6 am and 10 pm on a typical weekday (a) in total and (b) per available track. [102256] Mr. Jamieson: [holding answer 11 March 2003]: There is no one standard method of measuring congestion. The Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) is developing Route Utilisation Strategies whose purpose is to identify the best overall use of the network. The SRA's Capacity Utilisation statement of principles, published in December 2002, has been placed in the House Libraries.

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