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Question follow-through · 65284

Railways: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects the West Midlands Rail Hub to be completed.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
7 Jul 2025
Target answer date
10 Jul 2025
Answer
10 Jul 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects the West Midlands Rail Hub to be completed.

  2. 10 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The first phase of Midlands Rail Hub, which enables additional trains between Birmingham and South Wales, and the South West, and on Birmingham’s Cross City Line is expected to enter service in the early 2030s.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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