The Department’s failures around budgeting, cost estimation and integration on the Euston project are not new. We have reported on these as part of our examination of other major rail programmes over the years. For example, on the Thameslink Programme, this committee found in 2018 that Network Rail did not have enough contingency within its budget for the redevelopment of London Bridge station, where costs rose from the condition and complexity of the site.60 This committee also reported abou...

The Department’s failures around budgeting, cost estimation and integration on the Euston project are not new. We have reported on these as part of our examination of other major rail programmes over the years. For example, on the Thameslink Programme, this committee found in 2018 that Network Rail did not have enough contingency within its budget for the redevelopment of London Bridge station, where costs rose from the condition and complexity of the site.60 This committee also reported about the Department’s failure to manage the modernisation of the Great Western Railway in 2017 in a joined-up way, including a failure to integrate projects Type: conclusion | Number: 24 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: 6.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: Summer 2025 6.2 The department has a strong culture of learning lessons from managing major rail programmes, which includes working with the Infrastructure and Projects Aut