§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what was the agreed completion date of the train sets able to run through-train services via the channel tunnel when investment in them was approved; and what is the current expected completion date.
§ Mr. FreemanBritish Rail announced in December 1989 that it, in conjunction with the French and Belgian 393W railways, had placed the order for intercapital train sets to run between London and Paris and Brussels from June 1993. The railways now expect services to build up during the first half of 1994. When the railways announced the order of the north of London train sets in November 1991, they stated that these train sets, which will be built as a follow-on order from the intercapitals, were expected to come into service in 1995. This date has not changed.