National Infrastructure Commission chair Sir John Armitt, Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, former chancellor George Osborne and former HS2 Ltd chairmen are among the cacophony of voices reacting negatively to reports that the government is to scrap or significantly delay the construction of High Speed 2 (HS2) north of Birmingham.
The “iconic” Ordsall Chord railway bridge to link three train stations in Manchester now has a £12M footbridge running underneath it.
An underground through station for High Speed 2 (HS2) and Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) services at Manchester Piccadilly would be high risk but faster and more affordable than the Department for Transport’s (DfT) assumptions, according to a tunnelling expert.
Representatives of Manchester authorities started petitioning yesterday for a four platform underground through station in the High Speed 2 (HS2) Phase 2b bill petitioning.
The mayors of Manchester and London have urged ministers to invest in key stations in the cities to create “the best form of High Speed 2”.
An urban sky park has opened to the public on the site of a disused railway viaduct in Manchester.
Trafford Council is expected to push ahead with compulsory land and property purchases needed for the construction of the Carrington Relief Road, despite the cost rising from £34M to a potential £66M.
An underground station at Manchester Piccadilly “would introduce significant construction complexity”, cost around £5bn more and take up 13 years longer to build, a comparative study by HS2 Ltd concludes.
HS2 Ltd has acquired its second development site in Manchester as part of plans for construction of the city's new high speed railway station.
Network Rail has defended its decision to close the West Coast Main Line (WCML) for engineering works on the weekend of the FA Cup semi finals, pointing out that it gave the Football Association (FA) two years' notice of the plans.
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