Announced changes to HS2 include the scrapping of most of its eastern leg

Northern Powerhouse Rail

No high-speed line, but some new track with

upgrade and electrification of TransPennine line

York

Leeds

Manchester

Piccadilly

Sheffield

Section of

Eastern leg

scrapped

Manchester

airport

Crewe

HS2 phase 2b

Now expected to end at East Midlands Parkway rather than a new hub at Toton

Birmingham

HS2 phase 2b and

HS2 phase 2a

To go ahead as

expected

London

Euston

HS2 phase one

Under construction

Source: DfT

East coast

mainline

West coast

mainline

Northern

Powerhouse Rail

No high-speed line, but

some new track with upgrade

and electrification of

TransPennine line

Leeds

York

Manchester

Piccadilly

Section of Eastern

leg scrapped

Sheffield

Liverpool

HS2 phase 2b

To go ahead as

expected

HS2 phase 2b

Line now expected to end at

East Midlands Parkway rather

than a new hub at Toton

Manchester

airport

Crewe

HS2 phase 2a

Going ahead

Birmingham

Curzon Street

Birmingham

interchange

Birmingham airport

HS2 phase one

Under construction

London

Euston

Old Oak Common