High Speed 2 Phase Two

High Speed 2 - Phase Two
The Phase Two route, highlighted in red, consists of two lines to Manchester and Leeds
Overview
Status	Cancelled
Locale	Midlands, North West, Yorkshire
Termini	Birmingham Curzon Street Manchester Piccadilly Leeds New Lane
Stations	Manchester spur: Crewe Manchester Airport High Speed Manchester Piccadilly Leeds spur: Toton Sidings Sheffield Meadowhall Leeds New Lane
Service
Type	High-speed railway
System	National Rail
Depot(s)	Golborne
Rolling stock	To be decided
History
Opened	2032-33 (planned)
Technical
Number of tracks	Double track throughout
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Loading gauge	GC
Electrification	25 kV AC overhead
Operating speed	Up to 250 mph (400 km/h)[1]

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Legend
As of October 2023
to Liverpool, Glasgow & Edinburgh Handsacre Junction West Coast Main Line Snow Hill lines Birmingham New Street Birmingham Curzon Street Birmingham Moor Street Birmingham International Birmingham Interchange West Coast Main Line Old Oak Common Euston pedestrian walkway to St Pancras International interchange with National Rail at all stations
Original plan, pre-2021
Northern Powerhouse Rail Manchester Piccadilly Leeds to East Coast Main Line to York & Newcastle West Coast Main Line to Liverpool, Glasgow & Edinburgh Midland Main Line Manchester Airport High Speed Classic-compatible loop Sheffield Crewe Chesterfield Classic-compatible loop East Midlands Hub Handsacre Junction to Nottingham, Derby & Leicester West Coast Main Line   Phase 1 ╲ Phase 2   boundary Snow Hill lines Birmingham New Street Birmingham Curzon Street Birmingham Moor Street Birmingham International Birmingham Interchange West Coast Main Line Old Oak Common Euston pedestrian walkway to St Pancras International interchange with National Rail at all stations

High Speed 2 was a planned new high-speed railway line connecting London with the city centres of Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds directly on new high speed track. East Midlands Airport would also have been served.

Phase 2 was planned for completion in 2032–33, however it was cancelled on 4 October 2023.^[2]

Phase two was split into two sub-phases:

• Phase 2a: the section from Birmingham to Crewe, which was to be built simultaneously with phase 1, effectively merging with phase 1
• Phase 2b: the remainder of phase 2

The concept of HS2 was that all major cities covered would have a city centre HS2 station. Liverpool, along with London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds, was envisaged to have a city centre HS2 station. The scheme was cut down to only three provincial city centres served directly by HS2, two being on phase 2. The preliminary route for Phase Two was announced on 28 January 2013.^[3] It was envisaged construction on Phase Two will start in 2022 with completion by 2032.