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Railways: Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress she has made on the construction of the Midlands Rail Hub project.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
25 Feb 2025
Target answer date
27 Feb 2025
Answer
5 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress she has made on the construction of the Midlands Rail Hub project.

  2. 27 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    £123m was committed to design the first phase of Midlands Rail Hub in March 2024, which, subject to future decisions, could be delivered by the early 2030s. In December, the Chancellor launched the second stage of the Spending Review. This is a zero-based...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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