Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the number of trains, per hour and per direction, planned for the section of HS2 from London to Birmingham Interchange when Phases (1) 1, (2) 1 and 2A, (3) 1, 2A and 2B are operational.
The HS2 Development Agreement requires that the HS2 infrastructure to be capable of operating 10 trains per hour in each direction in phase 1, 10 trains per hours in each direction at phase 2a and 18 trains per hours in each direction at phase 2b.