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HANSARDHigh-speed Rail Services: West Coast Main LineThe link to Euston must be considered alongside many other commitments for railway investment, not all of which can be funded in the present financial situation. However, we hope…04 Sept 2024HANSARDHigh-speed Rail Services: West Coast Main LineThe Government are reviewing the position that we have inherited on HS2. The connectivity points that the noble and learned Lord raises are good ones. The proposals for the…04 Sept 2024HANSARDHigh-speed Rail Services: West Coast Main LineOf course the combined authority mayors have a very important part to play in determining the rail services in their areas. This Government are absolutely committed to discussing…04 Sept 2024HANSARDHigh-speed Rail Services: West Coast Main LineThe noble Lord’s question in relation to Euston is germane in relation to the usefulness of HS2. The Government have been left with a position where many things have been promised…04 Sept 2024HANSARDHigh-speed Rail Services: West Coast Main LineThe performance of the Great Western main line has been the subject of a great deal of discussion and a change of management in Network Rail, and the infrastructure is improving.…04 Sept 2024HANSARDHigh-speed Rail Services: West Coast Main LineThe first performance meeting that my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Transport had was with the Avanti management on the Network Rail route. Its performance is…04 Sept 2024HANSARDHigh-speed Rail Services: West Coast Main LineAs with a number of other projects suggested by the previous Government, the electrification from Crewe to Holyhead had never been funded and has not been developed. In relation…04 Sept 2024HANSARDHigh-speed Rail Services: West Coast Main LineFollowing the cancellation of HS2 phase 2, the Government are looking at all options to improve rail journeys to the north-west and Scotland, including managing the long-term…04 Sept 2024HANSARDHS2I am not familiar with the details, so I shall write to the noble Baroness and explain the position as we see it.23 Jul 2024HANSARDHS2I thank my noble friend for his question. My understanding is that the number of properties sold is none. The capacity of the west coast main line north of Handsacre Junction is…23 Jul 2024HANSARDHS2I am familiar with the west coast main line from my previous job. I have often travelled on it and am familiar with the limitations in how it performs and the number of trains…23 Jul 2024HANSARDHS2I am afraid I cannot recall exactly what the position is, so I shall write to the noble Lord and tell him where we think we are with it.23 Jul 2024HANSARDHS2Reintroducing the High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill will be great evidence that the Government are thinking of improving easy-west connectivity in northern England and…23 Jul 2024HANSARDHS2A project is already in execution to improve railway connectivity between Manchester and Leeds, the trans-Pennine route upgrade. It is currently valued at some £11 billion and is…23 Jul 2024HANSARDHS2Reintroducing the High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill is the first step in doing so, by providing powers to develop, construct and operate railway infrastructure that is key…23 Jul 2024HANSARDHS2I have a meeting with the Cabinet Secretary for Transport in Wales in my diary. I am sure that he will raise that matter.23 Jul 2024HANSARDHS2I thank the noble Lord, Lord McLoughlin, for his knowledge of the geography of the national railway network; I am aware of it myself. We will certainly have to bear that in mind…23 Jul 2024HANSARDHS2We will review the National Audit Office’s report, which is a report on the status of the project as it was left under the previous Government. We will have to do that before…23 Jul 2024HANSARDHS2This Government are clear that transport is an essential part of our mission to rebuild Britain, and we are committed to delivering infrastructure that works for the whole…23 Jul 2024HANSARDMail Carriage by RailThere is certainly a constraint on the amount of railway capacity over the Pennines from east to west. The trans-Pennine route upgrade, which is currently costing £11 billion, is…22 Jul 2024