Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 14 of the Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands published on 18 November 2021, what estimate his Department has made of the number of services per day from London to (a) York and Darlington that will achieve journey savings of 15 minutes, (b) the North East and Edinburgh that will achieve journey savings of 25 minutes and (c) Leeds that will achieve journey savings of 20 minutes.

Work undertaken by Mott Macdonald to inform the Integrated Rail Plan, which was published on 24 January 2022, set out a range of time savings for East Coast Main Line destinations based on an assumed timetable structure. Network Rail is now leading more detailed development work.

As previously confirmed in the response to question 129879, and subsequently question 136617, detailed timetabling work for the Integrated Rail Plan will be conducted at a later stage of project development. Once developed, an updated East Coast Main Line timetable specification would be subject to public consultation.