High Speed 2 Railway Line: Snow and Ice
(asked on 5th March 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether HS2’s railway infrastructure, including rolling stock and tracks, is being designed to cope with heavy snowfall and sub-zero weather conditions.
This question was answered on 14th March 2018
The HS2 Infrastructure and Rolling Stock will be designed and constructed to meet precise targets associated with performance and reliability, these will be over and above the performance seen on the existing UK rail network. The targets include considerations for differing climatic conditions, including extreme weather.