Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Euston Quarter development referred to in Network North, whether that project has entered the Rail network enhancements pipeline; what the project's Project Acceleration in a Controlled Environment stage is as of 16 January 2024; when approval was granted to enter that stage; and whether entry to the next stage will be granted.

Following the Network North announcement on 4 October 2023, we are upping the ambition of the Euston redevelopment, to create a transformed ‘Euston Quarter’. We are going to deliver a reduced 6-platform HS2 station, which can accommodate the HS2 trains we will run to Birmingham and onwards and which best supports regeneration of the local area. We will update Parliament on the progress on developing the proposal for the Euston Quarter, including providing updated schedule and costs estimates, through our regular six-monthly reports.

While the new HS2 station and associated ‘Euston Quarter’ development does not form part of the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline (RNEP), the first phase of the Redevelopment of Euston Conventional Station (RECS) will remain part of the RNEP Portfolio. This first phase of RECS focuses on redeveloping and expanding the existing Network Rail station concourse to meet forecast future demand.