Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 9 November (HL9507), which destinations the "six trains per hour that can be reliably operated from Old Oak Common within the existing station design" are planned to serve; and at what frequency.

No decisions have been made on the exact HS2 train service that will operate to and from Old Oak Common. The Department for Transport has appointed West Coast Partnership Development to analyse passenger demand and present options for train service patterns that best allow this demand to be met with the available infrastructure. The Secretary of State will decide on the preferred option, once it has been subject to a consultation, nearer to the time that HS2 opens.