Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of the new Universal Studios Theme Park in Bedfordshire on passenger numbers on the East Coast mainline.

Rail passenger impact calculations have been considered throughout and there are not expected to be significant impacts on the East Coast Mainline.

The Universal Studios Theme Park will be well-served by rail, with a new station at Wixams which is currently under construction on the Midland Main Line. Much of the park’s passenger demand will be in the opposite direction to normal commuter flows, thereby utilising existing capacity.