Written question asked by Alistair Strathern (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 July 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 29 July 2024 (named day). It was answered by Simon Lightwood (Labour) on Monday, 29 July 2024 on behalf of the Department for Transport.
Railways: Hitchin
- Question
-
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to take steps to improve train services in Hitchin constituency.
- Answer
-
Govia Thameslink Railway is introducing additional peak only services between King’s Cross and Hitchin in December 2024. There is also a wider plan to increase peak time capacity on the route to King’s Cross, which would benefit services out of Hitchin, however this is dependent on the future wider East Coast Mainline timetable recast.
Alongside this, Hitchin will benefit from the East Coast Digital Programme, a £1.8 billion investment in infrastructure, which will introduce digital signalling, improving punctuality and reliability of services, with the potential to further improve service frequencies, dependent on demand and business case.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 1597
- Session
- 2024-26
- Subjects
- Railways Hitchin
- Link
- View this Written question on www.parliament.uk
Librarians' tools
- Timestamp
- 2025-09-05 21:10:32 +0100
- URI
- http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2024-25/1597
- In Indexing
- http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2024-25/1597
- In Solr
- https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/writtenparliamentaryquestion/commons/2024-25/1597