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Railways: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has for the West Midlands Rail Hub.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
30 Jul 2024
Target answer date
2 Sept 2024
Answer
5 Sept 2024 · 37 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has for the West Midlands Rail Hub.

  2. 2 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    Following approval of an Outline Business Case, £123m was released to Network Rail in March 2024 to commence detailed design of Midlands Rail Hub’s first phase (for additional services between Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, and Worcester), while subsequent...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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