increase capacity to meet rising demand & ease overcrowding
enable the UK's key urban centres attract new businesses
first phase bring 40,000 jobs.
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The preferred route of phase two
goes north from Birmingham along two branches, with new stations at
Toton near Nottingham, Sheffield, Leeds, Manchester and Manchester
Airport.
Critics argue that HS2's predicted economic benefits have been
overestimated by the government, and suggest swathes of picturesque
countryside will be blighted by the railway.
Statistics
The railways are now carrying the most passengers for 75 years and
huge volumes of freight but the current railway is little changed from
the one designed by the Victorians and half the size following closures
of 50 years ago. The Victorian design and railway geometry has left a
legacy difficult to expand today as lines die environments have been
built on or constrain railway expansion.
Phase two of HS2 linking the West Midlands northwards, will deliver
the vast potential of HS2 with new lines extending high speed rail to
new bespoke stations at Manchester, Manchester Airport, Sheffield, the
East Midlands and Leeds. The Government estimates that up to 60,000 jobs
in construction, operation and maintenance and potential station
development will be created.
eight out of ten of the largest cities will be served by HS2 as well as
providing fast services between cities not currently well connected. The
line is forecast to carry up to 5.4 million passengers annually who
might otherwise have flown.
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