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Avanti West Coast: Rolling Stock |
| Question ID: |
1819343 |
| UIN: |
64954 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-07-03 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5318 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Olly Glover
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Olly Glover
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact Avanti West Coast’s non-tilting 110mph (a) Class 805 and (b) Class 807 trains on the capacity of the West Coast Main Line. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-11 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4943 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Simon Lightwood
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| Answering Member handle: |
simonlightwood
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@simonlightwood
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| Answer text: |
The new Avanti trains of classes 805 and 807 will make a material improvement to journeys formerly made on the Voyager trains, and will not reduce the capacity of the West Coast main line. |
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| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |