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Written question asked by Lord Patten (Conservative) on Thursday, 19 May 2016, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Friday, 3 June 2016. It was answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Conservative) on Thursday, 2 June 2016 on behalf of the Department for Transport.


Railway Track

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 11 May (HL8205), whether they hold information on the number of single line tracks on passenger lines in their records; and if not, why not.

Answer

The Department for Transport does not hold detailed records of track layouts. These records are held by the Infrastructure Operators. The information is provided to the Department on request and is also available in commercial map publications at specialist railway bookshops.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL136
Session
2016-17
Related items
Railway Track
Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Written questions
House of Lords
Deposited Paper DEP2016-0532
Monday, 6 June 2016
Deposited papers
House of Lords
West of England Line
Monday, 4 July 2016
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects
Railway track
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk