Following the Transport Secretary’s statement on rail performance, Dame Harriett Baldwin calls on the Secretary of State to meet representatives of West Midlands Railways to improve performance on the Birmingham to Hereford line where as many as one in six services were being cancelled by October.
Dame Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire) (Con)
I thank the Secretary of State for coming to the House and updating us, because it gives her an opportunity to correct the record. She may have inadvertently misled the House at the last Transport questions about the Birmingham to Hereford line and West Midlands Railways’ performance. Back in May, a terrible one in 10 of those services was being cancelled, but by October when Transport questions took place, one in six Birmingham to Hereford services was being cancelled. Will the Secretary of State commission her officials to talk to representatives from West Midlands Railways about that line, and find a way to move fast and fix that service?
The Secretary of State for Transport (Louise Haigh)
Either the Rail Minister or I will of course seek to meet representatives of West Midlands Trains to address its performance.