Question reference: S6W-02233
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 13 August 2021
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Current status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 10 September 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many times since January 2019 train services between North Berwick and Edinburgh Waverley have been cancelled for (a) all and (b) part of its journey due to (i) track problems, including signalling and flooding, and (ii) track congestion.
Answer
ScotRail advise that between 6 January 2019 [the start of 2018-19: reporting period 11] and 24 July [the end of 2021-22: reporting period 4], there were 216 full cancellations and 74 part-cancellations on the North Berwick line as a result of infrastructure issues.
While full- or part-cancellations as a result of track congestion are not reported separately, ScotRail also advise that there were a further 34 full cancellations and 29 part-cancellations to ScotRail services as a result of the actions of other train operating companies.