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Railways: West Midlands

Commons · Question 56242 · Tabled 2 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 10 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Midlands Rail Hub on (a) journey times, (b) capacity, (c) frequency of services and (d) reliability of services for West Midlands passenger

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 10 Jun 2025

Midlands Rail Hub is designed to kickstart economic growth and breakdown barriers to opportunity. It could speed up journey times, provide capacity for hundreds of additional trains into central Birmingham, improve frequency by 50-100% on many corridors, ...