• Reference: 2011/0602
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

At your rail summit in March, will you tackle with the Train Operating Companies the immense overcrowding during the main Skyride event was held in central London on Sunday 5th September 2010? Will specific steps be taken to ensure that train companies provide either longer carriages and/or more trains when the event occurs in 2011?

• Reference: 2011/0601
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

At your Rail Summit in March, will you be addressing the issue of Freedom Pass holders not being able to use rail services 24/7?

• Reference: 2011/0600
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

At your rail summit in March, will you be discussing tackling the level of overcharging facing many Oyster users who travel by train due to such factors as the lack of barriers provided at many stations?

• Reference: 2011/0599
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

On what date will you be holding your rail summit?

• Reference: 2011/0598
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

Will the Metropolitan Line be receiving its full allocation first, or will trains be diverted to other lines leaving the Metropolitan line running a mix of S Stock and 50 Year old A60s? What impact would this have on maintenance costs, and reliability of both S Stock and A60 trains?

• Reference: 2011/0597
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

Has the delivery schedule for the new S Stock trains been changed? If so, please provide details.

• Reference: 2011/0596
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

Have there been any serious problems with the S Stocks power systems? If so, what has been the cause and what remedies will be put in place to prevent these from happening again?

• Reference: 2011/0595
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

How many incidents of S Stock Traction Shoe loss have there been since the trains have been introduced? How much have these incidents cost, why were the S Stock trains fitted with light weight alloy shoes when the A60 has more substantial traction current shoes and is this a case of cutting corners? What is being done to prevent this from happening again?

• Reference: 2011/0594
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

Following on from my oral question last month, what progress have you made in considering suburban rail services that could be run as part of the London Overground network?

• Reference: 2011/0593
• Question by: Caroline Pidgeon
• Meeting date: 23 February 2011

Excluding staff, elected members and officials, please state how many people participated in these guided walks in London on both Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th January?