High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill

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Proposed United Kingdom legislation

United Kingdom legislation

High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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.
Introduced by|

* Grant Shapps, Secretary of State for Transport
* Mark Harper, Secretary of State for Transport (Commons)

Status: Not passed

History of passage through Parliament

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]

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1. ^ "High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill". Parliamentary Bills. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
2. ^ "Committee publishes Second Special Report - High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill Select Committee (Commons)". UK Parliament - Committees. Retrieved 31 January 2024.