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| Long title | A Bill to make provision for a railway between a junction with Phase 2a of High Speed 2 south of Crewe in Cheshire and Manchester Piccadilly Station; for a railway between Hoo Green in Cheshire and a junction with the West Coast Main Line at Bamfurlong, south of Wigan; and for connected purposes. |
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Status: Not passed | |
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The High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill was a proposed act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was introduced as a Hybrid Bill by Grant Shapps (Secretary of State for Transport). [1]
The bill's original aim was to authorise rail works for HS2 Phase 2 between Crewe and Manchester. It was paused under the Sunak ministry, pending the review into Phase 2 following the Government's cancellation of Phase 2 in 2023. [2]
The bill was re-introduced in the 2024-25 session by Louise Haigh (Secretary of State for Transport), on 25 July 2024, [3] with the intention of repurposing it to instead provide powers to construct other rail lines in the north of England. [4]