Weston Williamson & Partners has drawn up a scheme showing how calls by Manchester’s leaders for an underground HS2 station could be implemented.

The architect also demonstrated how to turn the planned terminus into a through station to allow for future high speed train services to run on between Liverpool and Leeds via both Manchester Airport and Manchester Piccadilly. The Leeds leg of HS2 was killed off by ministers in November.

It comes as a bill was laid before Parliament yesterday to extend HS2 from Birmingham to Manchester. The government is seeking powers to lay new track and build new stations along the route known as phase 2b.

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