The Department has not yet learned lessons from managing major rail programmes. In previous examination of other rail programmes like Thameslink and the Great Western Railway modernisation we have reported very similar problems to the ones we are now seeing again with Euston. The Department and HS2 Ltd say that they are learning lessons from other programmes such as Crossrail. But that there is more for them to do for example, on cost estimation, the treatment of contingency and managing the ...

The Department has not yet learned lessons from managing major rail programmes. In previous examination of other rail programmes like Thameslink and the Great Western Railway modernisation we have reported very similar problems to the ones we are now seeing again with Euston. The Department and HS2 Ltd say that they are learning lessons from other programmes such as Crossrail. But that there is more for them to do for example, on cost estimation, the treatment of contingency and managing the integration of complex projects. They also acknowledge that there are lessons they could learn from the development at King’s Cross such as the value tha Type: conclusion | Number: 6 | Response status: accepted Government response: The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. programmes, which includes working with the Infrastructure and Projects Authority in order to learn lessons from Crossrail. The department made the decision not to proceed to full construction of Euston Station