High Speed 2 Line

(asked on 28th March 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the current HS2 rolling stock will be leased or purchased; what loading gauge(s) it will be built to; and on which routes a train of greater gauge than W6 will be capable or operating.


Answered by
Baroness Vere of Norbiton Portrait
Baroness Vere of Norbiton
Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 11th April 2023

HS2 Ltd is purchasing the rolling stock from a Joint Venture of Hitachi and Alstom. The purchased HS2 rolling stock will be gauge-compatible with its operational routes.

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