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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.


Railways: Construction

Question
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how long on average it takes to travel from each of (a) Glasgow, (b) Aberdeen, (c) Norwich, (d) Exeter, (e) Middlesbrough, (f) Liverpool and (g) Milton Keynes to each of (i) Brussels, (ii) Madrid, (iii) Chicago and (iv) Tokyo; and what the equivalent average travel times are expected to be following completion of the HS2 core network.
Answer

The Department for Transport does not hold this information in the form requested.The completion of the potential HS2 core network would accelerate surface access to certain UK airports, but actual time savings would depend on rail and airline service patterns and timetabling at that time.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
508 c1362W; 325700
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Construction Railways
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk