Kate Hoey – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kate Hoey on 2014-07-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of the existing franchise agreements between his Department and train operating companies contain punctuality targets for timetabled passenger services; what the target is in each case; and what the penalties are for missing such a target.

Claire Perry

6 existing franchise agreements contain punctuality targets for timetabled passenger services.

The targets are in the franchise agreements, which are published online by the Department for Transport at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/public-register-of-rail-passenger-franchise-agreements. The associated contractual payments are commercially confidential.

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