Railways: Chelmsford

Mr. Burns
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps are being taken to reduce overcrowding on trains between Chelmsford and Liverpool Street Station.

Mr. Tom Harris
The Secretary of State announced on 14 March 2007 that the high level output specification, to be published in the July, will include a commitment to a thousand extra carriages. They will be targeted at the most congested routes on the network.