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Rolling Stock: Procurement

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Question for Department for Transport

UIN 20702, tabled on 26 March 2024

Question

Louise Haigh
Labour
Sheffield, Heeley
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish his Department's strategy on rolling stock procurement.

Answer

Huw Merriman
Conservative
Bexhill and Battle
Commons

Answered on

15 April 2024

I wrote to train manufacturers in January 2024 to provide an overview of current and expected rolling stock opportunities, which include upcoming competitions being run by Northern, Southeastern, TransPennine and Chiltern. This is published on-line here https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/current-and-expected-rolling-stock-procurement-opportunities. These contracts are worth an estimated £3.6 billion alongside significant maintenance and refurbishment opportunities. I have asked my officials to consider what additional information we could provide to the market in the coming months.

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