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Written question asked by Cheryl Gillan (Conservative) on Tuesday, 30 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 7 April 2010. It was answered by Chris Mole (Labour) on Wednesday, 7 April 2010 on behalf of the Department for Transport.


Railway Stations

Question
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effect on (i) rail services and (ii) the energy consumption of trains of station stops aligned (A) horizontally and (B) vertically.
Answer

HS2 Ltd. commissioned Imperial College to undertake traction energy modelling, which included the impact of station stops. This report was published earlier this month and is available on HS2 Ltd.'s website"www.hs2.org.uk/supporting-documents-temp"


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
508 c1362W; 325698
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Construction Railways
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk