My hon. Friend is right that HS2 will free up a lot of capacity that is currently used not for local services, but for services from London to Birmingham and on to Manchester. That is one of the answers provided by HS2.
High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord McLoughlin
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 30 January 2018.
It occurred during Debate on bills on High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Bill.
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