Connecting Liverpool into HS2 & NPR

The High Legh junctions are numbered 5 and 6 on this map from Transport for the North. No. 5 would connect Liverpool into HS2 towards Manchester, 6 would connect Liverpool into HS2 towards London

The High Legh junctions are numbered 5 and 6 on this map from Transport for the North. No. 5 would connect Liverpool into HS2 towards Manchester, 6 would connect Liverpool into HS2 towards London

The DfT has accepted the case for making passive provision for two new junctions on the HS2 line between Crewe and Manchester that could connect with a Northern Powerhouse Rail line to Liverpool.

A consultation held last summer proposed making provision for the junctions at High Legh in Cheshire. One junction would enable trains to/from Liverpool to access the HS2 line into Manchester and on to points further east. The other would enable HS2 services to/from Liverpool to reach...

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