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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the reliability of Northern Train’s services on the Airedale Line from Skipton to Leeds.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the reliability of Northern Train’s services on the Airedale Line from Skipton to Leeds.
Asked by
Alex Sobel
(Labour)
Answered by
Keir Mather
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
6 January 2026
For answer on
8 January 2026
Answered on
14 January 2026
In November the Airedale line had cancellations of 1.68 per cent (below Northern’s average of 2.96 per cent). Northern Trains and the department, through the Rail North Partnership, would be keen to discuss any proposals for improving train services with the Hon Member and any interested stakeholders.
Subjects
Airedale line; Northern
Date
14 January 2026
Reference
103379
House
House of Commons
Whether she plans to provide extra carriages on the Airedale and Wharfedale lines.
Whether she plans to provide extra carriages on the Airedale and Wharfedale lines.
Asked by
Philip Davies
(Conservative)
Answered by
Tom Harris
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
17 October 2007
For answer on
23 October 2007
Answered on
23 October 2007
Earlier this year, the Department supported capacity improvements which have maintained longer trains on the Airedale and Wharfedale lines. In addition, the rail White Paper published in July set out the Government's intention of buying a capacity increase of 53 per cent. for peak hour commuter trains serving Leeds between now and 2014.
Subjects
Railways; Rolling stock; Airedale line; Yorkshire and the Humber
Date
23 October 2007
Reference
465 c151; 159766
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Earlier this year, the Department supported capacity improvements which have maintained longer trains on the Airedale and Wharfedale lines. In addition, the rail White Paper published in July set out the Government's intention of buying a capacity increase of 53 per cent. for peak hour commuter trains serving Leeds between now and 2014.
Earlier this year, the Department supported capacity improvements which have maintained longer trains on the Airedale and Wharfedale lines. In addition, the rail White Paper published in July set out the Government's intention of buying a capacity increase of 53 per cent. for peak hour commuter trains serving Leeds between now and 2014.
Answered by
Tom Harris
(Labour)
Asked by
Philip Davies
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Type
Oral answers to questions
Whether she plans to provide extra carriages on the Airedale and Wharfedale lines.
Subjects
Railways; Rolling stock; Airedale line; Yorkshire and the Humber
Date
23 October 2007
Reference
465 c151
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
If I have inadvertently misled the hon. Lady about the delivery time scale for the 1,300 new carriages, I apologise. I said that a rolling stock plan would be finalised early in the new year. The 1,300 new carriages will be delivered between next year and 2014. She will be disappointed if she expects major changes to the structure of the industry as far as the rolling stock companies are concerned. I believe that the current structure of the industry is fit for purpose and that the rolling stock companies are doing what they intended to do, so I do not envisage any change to that structure. Through the current industry structure, we can guarantee those 1,300 carriages—an increase of more than 10 per cent. on the current level of rolling stock on the railways. That is the biggest single step change increase in capacity for the rail industry since the end of the second world war.
If I have inadvertently misled the hon. Lady about the delivery time scale for the 1,300 new carriages, I apologise. I said that a rolling stock plan would be finalised early in the new year. The 1,300 new carriages will be delivered between next year and 2014. She will be disappointed if she expects major changes to the structure of the industry as far as the rolling stock companies are concerned. I believe that the current structure of the industry is fit for purpose and that the rolling stock companies are doing what they intended to do, so I do not envisage any change to that structure. Through the current industry structure, we can guarantee those 1,300 carriages—an increase of more than 10 per cent. on the current level of rolling stock on the railways. That is the biggest single step change increase in capacity for the rail industry since the end of the second world war.
Answered by
Tom Harris
(Labour)
Asked by
Baroness Kramer
(Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Type
Oral answers to questions
As the Minister will know, the Airedale and Wharfedale lines, and the other local Leeds lines, need something like 100 additional carriages, and that need is evident throughout the country. Would he please clarify where the 1,300 promised carriages will go? If they are to be delivered early next year, have they already been ordered? What impact will there be on disputes over the future of rolling stock leasing companies? What will the timing be, and when will local lines know about it, so that they are in a position to plan? When can passengers look forward to having a small chance of finding a seat?
Subjects
Railways; Rolling stock; Airedale line; Yorkshire and the Humber
Date
23 October 2007
Reference
465 c152-3
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. Being a Minister with responsibility for rail at this point in the history of railway services is a privilege because the problem that I have to deal with is one of inexorably rising rail patronage. Under the last Conservative Government, however, particularly in 1982, a record low number of passengers were using the network. In the past 10 years there has been a 45 per cent. increase in patronage, which is in no small part down to the role the Government have played in investing in the rail industry, and in ensuring that our economy encourages record numbers of passengers to use the rail industry to get to jobs that did not exist under the Tories.
My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. Being a Minister with responsibility for rail at this point in the history of railway services is a privilege because the problem that I have to deal with is one of inexorably rising rail patronage. Under the last Conservative Government, however, particularly in 1982, a record low number of passengers were using the network. In the past 10 years there has been a 45 per cent. increase in patronage, which is in no small part down to the role the Government have played in investing in the rail industry, and in ensuring that our economy encourages record numbers of passengers to use the rail industry to get to jobs that did not exist under the Tories.
Answered by
Tom Harris
(Labour)
Asked by
Paul Truswell
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Type
Oral answers to questions
Does my hon. Friend accept, however, that the Airedale and Wharfedale lines are victims of their own success? We have refurbished stations such as that at Guiseley, new rolling stock that replaces 40-year-old, slam-door cast-offs inherited from the last Government, and ever increasing numbers of passengers. Does he recognise that in order to overcome major problems with overcrowding we desperately need extra capacity, and extra car parking provision at stations such as Guiseley to reduce the pressure on surrounding neighbourhoods?
Subjects
Railways; Rolling stock; Airedale line; Yorkshire and the Humber
Date
23 October 2007
Reference
465 c152
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
The hon. Gentleman should be careful when listening to the propaganda put out by his Front Benchers. The spending commitments in the White Paper that was published in July included a commitment to 1,300 new carriages. Those carriages will be rolled out throughout the network from next year, not 2014 as suggested by his Front-Bench spokesmen. Network Rail's strategic business plan, due at the end of October, will tell us where capacity will best be provided, and a final decision on the allocation of all the carriages will be made at the beginning of the new year.
The hon. Gentleman should be careful when listening to the propaganda put out by his Front Benchers. The spending commitments in the White Paper that was published in July included a commitment to 1,300 new carriages. Those carriages will be rolled out throughout the network from next year, not 2014 as suggested by his Front-Bench spokesmen. Network Rail's strategic business plan, due at the end of October, will tell us where capacity will best be provided, and a final decision on the allocation of all the carriages will be made at the beginning of the new year.
Answered by
Tom Harris
(Labour)
Asked by
Philip Davies
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Type
Oral answers to questions
Although I welcome the extra carriages promised by the Minister, lines are overcrowded now. Providing carriages many years in the future is not good enough; we need them now. Will he tell me how many of those extra carriages will be on the Airedale and Wharfedale lines, and what work will be done to ensure that infrastructure is in place to cope with extra carriages, such as longer platforms?
Subjects
Railways; Rolling stock; Airedale line; Yorkshire and the Humber
Date
23 October 2007
Reference
465 c151-2
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
As the Minister will know, the Airedale and Wharfedale lines, and the other local Leeds lines, need something like 100 additional carriages, and that need is evident throughout the country. Would he please clarify where the 1,300 promised carriages will go? If they are to be delivered early next year, have they already been ordered? What impact will there be on disputes over the future of rolling stock leasing companies? What will the timing be, and when will local lines know about it, so that they are in a position to plan? When can passengers look forward to having a small chance of finding a seat?
As the Minister will know, the Airedale and Wharfedale lines, and the other local Leeds lines, need something like 100 additional carriages, and that need is evident throughout the country. Would he please clarify where the 1,300 promised carriages will go? If they are to be delivered early next year, have they already been ordered? What impact will there be on disputes over the future of rolling stock leasing companies? What will the timing be, and when will local lines know about it, so that they are in a position to plan? When can passengers look forward to having a small chance of finding a seat?
Asked by
Baroness Kramer
(Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
23 October 2007
If I have inadvertently misled the hon. Lady about the delivery time scale for the 1,300 new carriages, I apologise. I said that a rolling stock plan would be finalised early in the new year. The 1,300 new carriages will be delivered between next year and 2014. She will be disappointed if she expects major changes to the structure of the industry as far as the rolling stock companies are concerned. I believe that the current structure of the industry is fit for purpose and that the rolling stock companies are doing what they intended to do, so I do not envisage any change to that structure. Through the current industry structure, we can guarantee those 1,300 carriages—an increase of more than 10 per cent. on the current level of rolling stock on the railways. That is the biggest single step change increase in capacity for the rail industry since the end of the second world war.
Subjects
Railways; Rolling stock; Yorkshire and the Humber; Airedale line
Date
23 October 2007
Reference
465 c152-3
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Although I welcome the extra carriages promised by the Minister, lines are overcrowded now. Providing carriages many years in the future is not good enough; we need them now. Will he tell me how many of those extra carriages will be on the Airedale and Wharfedale lines, and what work will be done to ensure that infrastructure is in place to cope with extra carriages, such as longer platforms?
Although I welcome the extra carriages promised by the Minister, lines are overcrowded now. Providing carriages many years in the future is not good enough; we need them now. Will he tell me how many of those extra carriages will be on the Airedale and Wharfedale lines, and what work will be done to ensure that infrastructure is in place to cope with extra carriages, such as longer platforms?
Asked by
Philip Davies
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
23 October 2007
The hon. Gentleman should be careful when listening to the propaganda put out by his Front Benchers. The spending commitments in the White Paper that was published in July included a commitment to 1,300 new carriages. Those carriages will be rolled out throughout the network from next year, not 2014 as suggested by his Front-Bench spokesmen. Network Rail's strategic business plan, due at the end of October, will tell us where capacity will best be provided, and a final decision on the allocation of all the carriages will be made at the beginning of the new year.
Subjects
Railways; Overcrowding; Rolling stock; Airedale line; Yorkshire and the Humber
Date
23 October 2007
Reference
465 c151-2
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Does my hon. Friend accept, however, that the Airedale and Wharfedale lines are victims of their own success? We have refurbished stations such as that at Guiseley, new rolling stock that replaces 40-year-old, slam-door cast-offs inherited from the last Government, and ever increasing numbers of passengers. Does he recognise that in order to overcome major problems with overcrowding we desperately need extra capacity, and extra car parking provision at stations such as Guiseley to reduce the pressure on surrounding neighbourhoods?
Does my hon. Friend accept, however, that the Airedale and Wharfedale lines are victims of their own success? We have refurbished stations such as that at Guiseley, new rolling stock that replaces 40-year-old, slam-door cast-offs inherited from the last Government, and ever increasing numbers of passengers. Does he recognise that in order to overcome major problems with overcrowding we desperately need extra capacity, and extra car parking provision at stations such as Guiseley to reduce the pressure on surrounding neighbourhoods?
Asked by
Paul Truswell
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
23 October 2007
My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. Being a Minister with responsibility for rail at this point in the history of railway services is a privilege because the problem that I have to deal with is one of inexorably rising rail patronage. Under the last Conservative Government, however, particularly in 1982, a record low number of passengers were using the network. In the past 10 years there has been a 45 per cent. increase in patronage, which is in no small part down to the role the Government have played in investing in the rail industry, and in ensuring that our economy encourages record numbers of passengers to use the rail industry to get to jobs that did not exist under the Tories.
Subjects
Railways; Overcrowding; Airedale line; Yorkshire and the Humber; Rolling stock
Date
23 October 2007
Reference
465 c152
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to increase rail capacity (a) in West Yorkshire, (b) on the Wharfedale Line, (c) on the Harrogate Line and (d) on the Airedale Line; what representations he has received on increasing rail capacity in West Yorkshire; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to increase rail capacity (a) in West Yorkshire, (b) on the Wharfedale Line, (c) on the Harrogate Line and (d) on the Airedale Line; what representations he has received on increasing rail capacity in West Yorkshire; and if...
Asked by
Paul Truswell
(Labour)
Answered by
Tony McNulty
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
10 March 2004
For answer on
15 March 2004
Answered on
15 March 2004
Mr. Truswell: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what plans he has to increase rail capacity (a) in West
Yorkshire, (b) on the Wharfedale Line, (c) on the Harrogate Line and (d) on the Airedale Line; [160932]
(2) what representations he has received on increasing rail capacity in West Yorkshire; and if he will make a statement. [160933]
Mr. McNulty: The Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) has published a Capacity Utilisation Policy and has also developed a new planning
framework. A key aspect of this includes Regional Planning Assessments (RPA) which will form a basis for planning rail services over
the medium to long term at a more detailed level. The SRA will produce the RPA for Yorkshire and Humberside in 2005, at which time
specific capacity issues for the lines in question will be taken into account. I am not aware of any representations specifically on
increasing rail capacity in West Yorkshire.
Subjects
Railways; Railway network; Airedale line; Yorkshire and the Humber; Harrogate
Date
15 March 2004
Reference
419 c12W; 160932;160933
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he is taking to encourage renewal of rolling stock and to reduce overcrowding on the Wharfedale, Harrogate and Calderdale lines. - Includes ref to forthcoming White Paper on rail travel.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what steps he is taking to encourage renewal of rolling stock and to reduce overcrowding on the Wharfedale, Harrogate and Calderdale lines. - Includes ref to forthcoming White Paper on rail travel.
Asked by
Paul Truswell
(Labour)
Answered by
Gavin Strang
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
18 March 1998
For answer on
25 March 1998
Answered on
25 March 1998
Mr. Truswell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what steps he is taking to encourage
renewal of rolling stock and to reduce overcrowding on the Wharfedale, Harrogate and Calderdale lines. [35745]
Dr. Strang: These are matters for the Franchising Director and West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive. On 6 November 1997, I
gave the Franchising Director new Objectives, Instructions and Guidance which require him to manage existing franchise agreements in
a manner which promotes the interests of the passenger, and to secure a progressive improvement in the quality of rail services.
Existing franchise agreements require operators to address expected demand for services and to demonstrate improving levels of
customer satisfaction. Our forthcoming White Paper will set out new measures to increase the attractiveness of rail travel.
Subjects
Travel; Railways; Railway network; Passengers; Rolling stock; Airedale line; West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive; Harrogate; Calder Valley line
Date
25 March 1998
Reference
309 c153W; 35745
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received regarding services on the Airedale and Wharfdale lines, between Keighley, Shipley and Leeds and Ilkley, Ben Rhydding and Leeds. - Includes figure.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what representations he has received regarding services on the Airedale and Wharfdale lines, between Keighley, Shipley and Leeds and Ilkley, Ben Rhydding and Leeds. - Includes figure.
Asked by
Ann Cryer
(Labour)
Answered by
Glenda Jackson
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
22 January 1998
For answer on
2 February 1998
Answered on
2 February 1998
Mrs. Ann Cryer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what representations he has received
regarding services on the Airedale and Wharfdale lines, between Keighley, Shipley and Leeds and Ilkley, Ben Rhydding and Leeds.
[25631]
Ms Glenda Jackson: I have received 15 representations specifically about the performance of rail services on the Airedale and
Wharfdale lines between these points.
Performance on services in the West Yorkshire area has improved significantly in recent months as Regional Railways North East have
reduced the impact of driver shortages. I want that improvement to be sustained.
Subjects
Airedale line
Date
2 February 1998
Reference
25631; 305 c452W
House
House of Commons
When he expects final agreement between all interested parties involved with the West Yorkshire electrification scheme; what is the latest estimated total cost of the scheme; what were the previous estimated total costs; by whom rolling stock is to be supplied and at what cost; when the scheme is expected...
When he expects final agreement between all interested parties involved with the West Yorkshire electrification scheme; what is the latest estimated total cost of the scheme; what were the previous estimated total costs; by whom rolling stock is to be supplied and at what cost; when the scheme is expected...
Asked by
Max Madden
(Labour)
Answered by
John Watts
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Transport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
28 November 1994
Answered on
28 November 1994
Subjects
Costs; Railway network; Electrification; Rolling stock; West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive; Airedale line
Date
28 November 1994
Reference
250 c476W
House
House of Commons
Supplementary business question on EDM 887 1993/94 on Leeds-Bradford railway & associated lines.
Supplementary business question on EDM 887 1993/94 on Leeds-Bradford railway & associated lines.
Member
Bob Cryer
(Labour)
Type
Business questions
Subjects
Airedale line; Energy; Fuels; Public expenditure; Prices; Utilities; VAT; Employee ownership
Date
17 March 1994
Reference
239 c1019;239 c1023
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Member
Lord Newton of Braintree
(Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Subjects
Airedale line; Energy; Fuels; Public expenditure; Prices; Utilities; VAT; Employee ownership
Date
17 March 1994
Reference
239 c1019;239 c1023
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
That this House recognises that with the electrification of the Leeds-Bradford, Forster Square, services, and adjacent lines, that new electrical multiple units should be provided; regards provision of refurbished third-hand stock as a kick in the teeth for frequently overcrowded commuters; recalls that the Government can allocate as much as ??7 billion for new war-planes but puts the comfort and convenience of travelling taxpayers in West Yorkshire in an inferior category; and calls on the Government to ensure that new rolling stock is provided, built in Yorkshire, as a matter of urgency and at a tiny fraction of the cost of one European fighter aircraft.
That this House recognises that with the electrification of the Leeds-Bradford, Forster Square, services, and adjacent lines, that new electrical multiple units should be provided; regards provision of refurbished third-hand stock as a kick in the teeth for frequently overcrowded commuters; recalls that the Government can allocate as much as...
Primary sponsor
Terry Rooney
(Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Subjects
Electrification; Rolling stock; Airedale line
Date
16 March 1994
Reference
887
House
House of Commons
If his Department has completed its appraisal of the North Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive bid for new rolling stock for the electrified Leeds-Bradford line; and to comment on the current position with regard to this order.
If his Department has completed its appraisal of the North Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive bid for new rolling stock for the electrified Leeds-Bradford line; and to comment on the current position with regard to this order.
Asked by
John Gunnell
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Freeman
Answering body
Department of Transport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
16 December 1993
Answered on
16 December 1993
Subjects
British Rail; Privatisation; Rolling stock; West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive; Airedale line
Date
16 December 1993
Reference
234 c834W;234 c831W
House
House of Commons
Adjournment debate on rail privatisation & the leasing of rolling stock in West Yorkshire.
Adjournment debate on rail privatisation & the leasing of rolling stock in West Yorkshire.
Lead member
John Gunnell
Answering member
Lord Freeman
Department
Department of Transport
Type
Adjournment debates
Subjects
British Rail; Privatisation; Railways; Travel; Electrification; Rolling stock; West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive; Airedale line
Date
30 June 1993
Reference
227 c1080-8;227 c1082-90
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Member
Lord Newton of Braintree
(Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Subjects
Airedale line; Treaty on European Union; Scottish Affairs Committee; Delors, Jacques
Date
25 June 1992
Reference
210 c396-7
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Supplementary business question on Leeds-Bradford railway electrification.
Supplementary business question on Leeds-Bradford railway electrification.
Member
Bob Cryer
(Labour)
Type
Business questions
Subjects
Airedale line; Treaty on European Union; Scottish Affairs Committee; Delors, Jacques
Date
25 June 1992
Reference
210 c396-7
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons