Stephen O’Brien – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen O’Brien on 2014-06-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the excess capacity on peak High Speed 2 services.

Mr Robert Goodwill

The HS2 Economic Case published in October 2013 indicates that the average all-day load factor for HS2 services in 2036 for the full network is expected to be 41%. Peak period load factors are expected to be significantly higher.