Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to ensure that Euston Station can cope with the additional volume of passengers expected as a result of High Speed 2.

The new Euston station will be an interchange fit for the 21^st century and designed to handle the ever increasing demands on our rail network.

To ensure the expanded Euston station is able to manage the additional passengers, we will be upgrading the existing underground interchange. There will be new direct access between high speed rail platforms and the Underground, new circulation areas to relieve overcrowding, new routes down to the Victoria and Northern Lines, new underground access to Euston Square Station (Circle, Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City Lines) and new access to the Northern line Charing Cross branch.

In addition, we estimate that one third of HS2 passengers will use Old Oak Common as their connection hub rather than Euston, accessing Crossrail and Great Western Mainline services to get to central London, Heathrow and the South West.