From MEN today:
This is the alternative proposal for the redevelopment of Piccadilly Station that architects say will save 'billions'.
It includes a new underground station for high speed rail services and a high speed rail tunnel under the city centre.
Architects Weston Williamson say their speculative proposal 'offers significant advantages in terms of connectivity and value for money in infrastructure investment'.
Key to the plans is the creation of the 's-shaped' tunnel that would 'allow train services to pass between Manchester Airport and West Yorkshire via Manchester Piccadilly without having to reverse'.
Under the speculative proposals an undergound station, linked to the existing station, would be built for HS2 services
It would, the architects say, allow direct high speed train services from Birmingham, Liverpool and Glasgow to Leeds via Manchester Piccadilly and direct HS2 services between London and Leeds would also become possible via Manchester.
"This would have the option of deferring the Phase 2b branch between Birmingham and Leeds and so save several billion pounds," Weston Williamson claims.
The rival plans for Piccadilly Station that architects say will 'save billions'
The speculative proposal includes a new underground HS2 station and 's-shaped tunnel' under the city centre
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