High Speed 2 Railway Line: Speed Limits

(asked on 18th August 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to increase the speed of HS2 trains when they use the existing railway network to ensure that they match the journey times of Pendolinos in operation.


Answered by
Andrew Stephenson Portrait
Andrew Stephenson
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 9th September 2021

No decisions have been made relating to the maximum speed of rolling stock on the West Coast Main Line after the completion of HS2.

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