In the 2024 Autumn Budget, the government confirmed that HS2 would terminate at Euston, announcing that it would fund the work to tunnel from Old Oak Common in west London to Euston.61 The previous Public Accounts 57 Qq 78–80 58 Q 47 59 Ibid 60 Qq 45–46 61 HM Treasury, Autumn Budget 2024, 30 October 2024. 20 Committee recommended that a decision on tunnelling was needed urgently to avoid incurring much greater costs from stopping and restarting work.62 The Department was unable to tell us, ho...

In the 2024 Autumn Budget, the government confirmed that HS2 would terminate at Euston, announcing that it would fund the work to tunnel from Old Oak Common in west London to Euston.61 The previous Public Accounts 57 Qq 78–80 58 Q 47 59 Ibid 60 Qq 45–46 61 HM Treasury, Autumn Budget 2024, 30 October 2024. 20 Committee recommended that a decision on tunnelling was needed urgently to avoid incurring much greater costs from stopping and restarting work.62 The Department was unable to tell us, however, when the station will be completed and in operation.63 In the interim however, when it expects HS2 services to begin operating sometime between 20 Type: conclusion | Number: 36 | Response status: accepted Government response: 6.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: Summer 2025 6.2 The department’s next six-monthly update to Parliament is expected to be published in Summer 2025 and will include an update on progress on Euston. 6.3 The depar