Clegg joins battle against HS2 out-of-town station after DfT review

Clegg: intervening after HS2 station plans elsewhere are reviewed and in some cases changed

Clegg: intervening after HS2 station plans elsewhere are reviewed and in some cases changed

Former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has attacked plans for an out-of-town HS2 station for Sheffield at the Meadowhall shopping centre, it is reported today.

The Star reports that Sheffield Hallam MP Clegg has written to the transport secretary backing the newspaper's calls for a HS2 station at Sheffield Victoria. It quotes him as saying that "the bulk of additional economic impact from HS2 comes from the regeneration effect around the stations... HS2 Ltd's own work demonstrates that a central station delivers over 6,000 more jobs and 1,000 plus new homes compared to an out-of-town parkway".

He added that a station at Meadowhall would go against the 'Northern Powerhouse' vision because it would not reduce journey times between Sheffield and Manchester and Leeds city centres.

The DfT last month changed the plans for HS2 stations at Leeds and at Crewe after ordering reviews of stations, including in the East Midlands.