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High Speed 2 Line

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Question for Department for Transport

UIN 216883, tabled on 5 February 2019

Question

Dame Cheryl Gillan
Conservative
Chesham and Amersham
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, at what speeds High Speed 2 trains are planned to operate on the High Speed 2 Phase one section.

Answer

Ms Nusrat Ghani
Conservative
Wealden
Commons

Answered on

8 February 2019

Trains on High Speed 2 Phase 1 are planned to operate at up to 360km/h (225mph).

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Department for Transport
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