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Railways: Portsmouth

Volume 459: debated on Tuesday 17 April 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 27 March 2007, Official Report, column 1384W, on Railways: Portsmouth, what estimate he has made of the end date for the continued engineering overrun in the Portsmouth area; and if he will make a statement. (131326)

Stagecoach South Western Trains (SSWT) has advised the Department that they continue to have detailed discussions with Network Rail regarding the engineering overrun in the Portsmouth area and to date Network Rail have been unable to confirm a revised completion date with SSWT.

SSWT has made appropriate changes to its timetable to ensure that it is able to maintain the best service given the restrictions to access.