Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Davies of Gower on 15 December 2023 (HL801), what are their latest estimates of journey times for passengers arriving at the planned new station at Old Oak Common by HS2 travelling to Bond Street station via (1) HS2 to Euston and then the Northern Line, and (2) the Elizabeth Line directly, including allowances for transfer between platforms, train or underground frequency, and access to street level.

I (Lord Peter Hendy) previously highlighted that the previous Government wrote to you on journey times from Old Oak Common to central London and, after a correction, provided you with the below response for travel to Bond Street.

The estimated ‘in vehicle’ and ‘walk’ times quoted are outputs from the Station Choice Model. This forms part of the Planet Framework Model, which is used to assess the impacts of HS2.

The breakdown of in-vehicle time for passengers travelling to Bond Street via HS2 to Euston is as follows: 6 minutes between Old Oak Common and Euston on HS2 and 6.6 minutes on the London Underground. It is not possible to further break down the walk time in the journey without commissioning further work.