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Rolling Stock

Answer

Below is the available data for the number of short - formed services and the percentage based on the regime data for each operator. Please note that the percentages are not comparable and do not represent the total number of services for each operator.

London North Eastern Railway (November 2024 – March 2026)	Number of Short Formed Services	Percentage of Regime Services
Period 2509	7	0.18%
Period 2510	1	0.03%
Period 2511	4	0.10%
Period 2512	2	0.05%
Period 2513	5	0.10%
Period 2601	4	0.09%
Period 2602	1	0.02%
Period 2603	3	0.07%
Period 2604	8	0.18%
Period 2605	6	0.07%
Period 2606	3	0.13%
Period 2607	0	0.00%
Period 2608	1	0.02%
Period 2609	4	0.09%
Period 2610	6	0.14%
Period 2611	18	0.37%
Period 2612	8	0.17%
Period 2613	11	0.20%
Period 2701	13	0.22%
Period 2702	33	0.63%

LNER monitored services measured against All Weekday, Saturday and Sunday services.

South Eastern Trains (November 2024 – March 2026)	Number of Short Formed Services	Percentage of Regime Services
Period 2509	50	0.79%
Period 2510	37	0.90%
Period 2511	61	0.92%
Period 2512	52	0.77%
Period 2513	59	0.84%
Period 2601	87	1.52%
Period 2602	65	1.04%
Period 2603	71	1.11%
Period 2604	95	1.44%
Period 2605	111	1.67%
Period 2606	61	0.97%
Period 2607	99	1.47%
Period 2608	93	1.39%
Period2609	114	1.70%
Period 2610	77	1.90%
Period 2611	94	1.39%
Period 2612	70	1.03%
Period 2613	85	1.15%
Period 2701	93	1.31%
Period 2702	71	1.19%

SET monitored services measured as Peak services arriving in the morning Peak or departure in the evening peak at London Bridge, London Victoria, London St. Pancras International or London Blackfriars.

Trans Pennine Trains (November 2024 – March 2026)	Number of Short Formed Services	Percentage of Regime Services
Period 2509	37	0.47%
Period 2510	66	0.95%
Period 2511	67	0.79%
Period 2512	55	0.65%
Period 2513	14	0.16%
Period 2601	59	0.72%
Period 2602	43	0.50%
Period 2603	38	0.44%
Period 2604	38	0.47%
Period 2605	56	0.64%
Period 2606	40	0.47%
Period 2607	69	0.83%
Period 2608	130	1.64%
Period 2609	125	1.64%
Period 2610	89	1.14%
Period 2611	96	1.19%
Period 2612	43	0.50%
Period 2613	29	0.31%
Period 2701	52	0.53%
Period 2702	61	0.66%

TPT monitored services measured against Weekday, Saturday and Sunday services at Manchester Stations, and Leeds.

South Western Railways (November 2024 – March 2026)	Number of Short Formed Services	Percentage of Regime Services
Period 2509	593	1.47%
Period 2510	356	0.96%
Period 2511	267	0.65%
Period 2512	479	1.13%
Period 2513	400	0.88%
Period 2601 – Start of Public Ownership	445	1.15%
Period 2602	677	1.60%
Period 2603	1,026	2.51%
Period 2604	848	2.08%
Period 2605	697	1.72%
Period 2606	576	1.42%
Period 2607	320	0.76%
Period 2608	329	0.80%
Period 2609	447	1.08%
Period 2610	471	1.30%
Period 2611	337	0.82%
Period 2612	331	0.80%
Period 2613	314	0.69%
Period 2701	196	0.40%
Period 2702	299	0.76%

SWR monitored services measured against All Weekday, Saturday and Sunday services.

c2c (November 2024 – March 2026)	Number of Short Formed Services	Percentage of Regime Services
Period 2509	4	0.23%
Period 2510	0	0.00%
Period 2511	2	0.12%
Period 2512	3	0.17%
Period 2513	2	0.11%
Period 2601	35	2.28%
Period 2602	31	1.87%
Period 2603	9	0.54%
Period 2604	3	0.17%
Period 2605 – Start of Public Ownership	4	0.23%
Period 2606	7	0.42%
Period 2607	5	0.29%
Period 2608	6	0.35%
Period2609	0	0.00%
Period 2610	2	0.15%
Period 2611	3	0.17%
Period 2612	1	0.06%
Period 2613	2	0.11%
Period 2701	5	0.27%
Period 2702	1	0.06%

c2c monitored services measured against Monday – Friday Peak Services.

Greater Anglia	Number of Short Formed Services	Percentage of Regime Services
Period 2509	8	0.26%
Period 2510	9	0.41%
Period 2511	14	0.46%
Period 2512	3	0.08%
Period 2513	10	0.31%
Period 2601	1	0.04%
Period 2602	3	0.10%
Period 2603	5	0.17%
Period 2604	2	0.06%
Period 2605	2	0.06%
Period 2606	1	0.03%
Period 2607	5	0.16%
Period 2608 – Start of Public Ownership	6	0.19%
Period 2609	0	0.00%
Period 2610
Period 2611
Period 2612
Period 2613
Period 2701
Period 2702

Numbers for Period 2610 – Period 2702 is not currently available due to a technical issue; I will write to the Hon. Member as soon as possible with updated information and place a copy of the letter in the Libraries of the House.

GA monitored services measured against Morning Peak Services and Evening Peak Services.

West Midlands Trains (November 2024 – March 2026)	Number of Short Formed Services	Percentage of Regime Services
Period 2509	449	1.50%
Period 2510	400	1.48%
Period 2511	293	0.93%
Period 2512	308	0.97%
Period 2513	317	0.95%
Period 2601	363	1.24%
Period 2602	277	0.88%
Period 2603	308	0.98%
Period 2604	307	0.99%
Period 2605	276	0.89%
Period 2606	294	0.94%
Period 2607	189	0.60%
Period 2608	209	0.67%
Period 2609	269	0.87%
Period 2610	307	1.10%
Period 2611	386	1.25%
Period 2612 – Start of Public Ownership	154	0.49%
Period 2613	147	0.43%
Period 2701	171	0.47%
Period 2702	173	0.57%

WMT monitored services measured as LNRBU Passenger Services and WMRBU

Passenger Services that are a Weekday, Saturday

and Sunday service.

Greater Thameslink Railway (Start of Public Ownership - June 2026)	Number of Short Formed Services	Percentage of Regime Services
Period 2509	52	0.48%
Period 2510	31	0.35%
Period 2511	105	0.92%
Period 2512	79	0.70%
Period 2513	60	0.50%
Period 2601	41	0.42%
Period 2602	108	0.99%
Period 2603	82	0.75%
Period 2604	78	0.68%
Period 2605	69	0.61%
Period 2606	62	0.59%
Period 2607	73	0.64%
Period 2608	72	0.63%
Period 2609	102	0.89%
Period 2610	47	0.54%
Period 2611	75	0.64%
Period 2612	66	0.57%
Period 2613	80	0.62%
Period 2701	64	0.52%
Period 2702	74	0.71%

GTR monitored services measured against services arriving in the Morning Peak or departing in the Evening Peak from Kensington (Olympia), London Blackfriars, London Bridge, London Kings Cross, London St Pancras international, London Victoria and Moorgate, as well as Brighton in the London Road and Hove directions.

N.B. Passenger services are only counted once for the purposes of Short Formations.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

17033

Session

2026-27

Subjects

Rolling stock Train operating companies

Contains statistics

Yes

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