Still time to submit evidence to Integrated Rail Plan inquiry

The deadline is approaching to submit evidence for an inquiry into the Integrated Rail Plan.

The inquiry, overseen by the Transport Committee, wants to get evidence from people along specific lines of inquiry. These are:

• The contribution that the IRP will make to rail capacity and connectivity for (a) passengers and (b) freight in (i) the Midlands and the North and (ii) the UK
• Whether and how the IRP will “level up” communities in the Midlands and the North
• How the IRP will affect rail infrastructure and services outside the Midlands and the North
• The challenges to central Government, Great British Railways, regional and local authorities, transport bodies and other stakeholders in delivering the IRP
• How the rail schemes in the IRP will integrate and interact with HS2
• How the rail improvement schemes in the IRP were selected, and whether those selections represent equity between and within regions
• Whether the IRP represents value for money for UK taxpayers

People wanting to submit written evidence here can do so until 24 January.

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