Question follow-through · 83839

Railways: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress she has made on the Midlands Rail Hub West Chord link; and when this work will be completed.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 21 Oct 2025
Target answer date: 27 Oct 2025
Answer: 27 Oct 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

21 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress she has made on the Midlands Rail Hub West Chord link; and when this work will be completed.
27 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Oct 2025
Answer published
In the 2025 Spending Review the Chancellor committed to progress the next stage of Midlands Rail Hub, building on £123m previously released. Network Rail are procuring a contractor to design and build the scheme. The western scope of MRH is due to be comp...

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