HC Deb 11 February 1991 vol 185 cc309-10W
18. Mr. Moate

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the total investment by British Rail in improved rail services which will be in place for the proposed opening of the channel tunnel.

Mr. Freeman

British Rail plans to invest £1.4 billion to enable international passenger and freight services to begin when the tunnel opens. However, as my right hon. and learned Friend told my hon. Friend the Member for Hexham (Mr. Amos) on 5 December, at column121, it is unlikely that the trains for the daytime north of London through passenger services will be ready until 1994.