TFL, Virgin Trains and London Midland are questioned on HS2

• Parliament TV: Economic Case for HS2
• Inquiry: Economic Case for HS2
• Select Committee for Economic Affairs

Witnesses

At 3.35pm on Tuesday 2 December in Committee Room 1 of the Palace of Westminster

• Michele Dix, Managing Director of Planning, TFL

At 4.30pm

• Richard Scott, Director of Corporate Affairs, Virgin Trains
• Richard Brooks, Commercial Director, London Midland

Questions

In the first session with Michele Dix the Committee’s questions will focus on reports that plans to base the London HS2 terminus at Euston has been abandoned, whether Euston has sufficient London Underground capacity to serve as the HS2 hub without Crossrail 2 and whether the budgeted £2bn to rebuild Euston is realistic. The session will also explore that economic impact HS2 could have on London.

In the session with Virgin Trains and London Midland the Committee will explore a range of issues including the extent of overcrowding on the West Coast Main Line and whether HS2 will solve this problem. The Committee will ask whether train operators believe they should be given greater flexibility by the Government to manage demand and overcrowding by using differential pricing to encourage customers to travel at less busy times. The Committee will also ask the witnesses whether, if they were awarded the franchise to run HS2, they would seek to charge higher prices than on existing routes and what impact HS2 will have on existing services on the West Coast Main Line.

Further information

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