Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the Written Statement of 30 January 2008, Official Report, columns 18-20WS, on rolling stock, how many of the 1,300 extra carriages referred to in the White Paper, Delivering a Sustainable Railway, will be (a) new rolling stock and (b) a re-deployment of existing rolling stock.
Answer
[holding answer 4 February 2008]: There will be a net increase of 1,300 new train carriages. The rolling stock plan, published on 30 January details indicative figures for the number of additional carriages each train operating company will receive. Some of these train carriages will be new; some will be freed up from other train operating companies (TOCs). Some TOCs will order more trains so that they can move some of their existing carriages to other TOCs. The table at appendix B of the Rolling Stock Plan shows how many extra carriages each TOC will receive as a result of these moves.The final mix between new and cascaded stock will be determined after detailed discussions with individual TOCs.