UK parliament says HS2 for Manchester remains on the agenda

A computer generated image of the HS2 station at Piccadilly in Manchester showing the large plaza and the barrel roof design
HS2 Manchester Piccadilly station. A visual of things to come ... perhaps HS2

Will Britain’s high speed railway come to Manchester? There is still a massive cloud over the prospect of HS2 ever reaching the North West of England, but the company set up to deliver the huge project is pressing ahead with preliminary plans. 

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Author: Simon Walton

Simon Walton is UK correspondent for RailTech.com and Railfreight.com

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John Burns|11.07.23|20:04

Northern Powerhouse Rail is a joke. It needs to be STRAIGHT, that means running thru Manchester Victoria, not via Piccadilly which faces the wrong way. Sort NPR out then HS2 can branch into NPR at Warrington serving Liverpool and Manchester and then running onto the WCML north to Scotland.

Then Liverpool & Manchester can use NPR to the ECML east of the Pennines, run south and then branch onto HS1 to the Continent.

This circuitous HS2 track around Tatton is madness.

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UK parliament says HS2 for Manchester remains on the agenda

A computer generated image of the HS2 station at Piccadilly in Manchester showing the large plaza and the barrel roof design
HS2 Manchester Piccadilly station. A visual of things to come ... perhaps HS2

Will Britain’s high speed railway come to Manchester? There is still a massive cloud over the prospect of HS2 ever reaching the North West of England, but the company set up to deliver the huge project is pressing ahead with preliminary plans. 

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Author: Simon Walton

Simon Walton is UK correspondent for RailTech.com and Railfreight.com

1 comment op “UK parliament says HS2 for Manchester remains on the agenda”

John Burns|11.07.23|20:04

Northern Powerhouse Rail is a joke. It needs to be STRAIGHT, that means running thru Manchester Victoria, not via Piccadilly which faces the wrong way. Sort NPR out then HS2 can branch into NPR at Warrington serving Liverpool and Manchester and then running onto the WCML north to Scotland.

Then Liverpool & Manchester can use NPR to the ECML east of the Pennines, run south and then branch onto HS1 to the Continent.

This circuitous HS2 track around Tatton is madness.

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