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High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill

Debate between Esther McVey and Katherine Fletcher
Katherine Fletcher Portrait Katherine Fletcher
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The internet is a wonderful thing, and I have just looked at trains from Wellingborough into central London and at trains from Preston into central Manchester, a not dissimilar distance. Should my hon. Friend the Member for Wellingborough (Mr Bone) be in his wonderful constituency, he could get three trains before the trains close even on a day of disruption.

Esther McVey Portrait Esther McVey
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Not today.

Katherine Fletcher Portrait Katherine Fletcher
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I have just checked. And from Preston to Manchester, a similar distance, there is one train because the capacity is not there. Although my hon. Friend the Member for Buckingham (Greg Smith) made a wonderful speech, people need to understand what it feels like to be a rail user in the south-east of England. Does my hon. Friend the Member for High Peak (Robert Largan) agree that capacity is the key point?