The Golborne link of HS2 is set to be scrapped following pressure from MPs

The decision by Grant Shapps was revealed in a letter

from Sir Graham Brady, the chair of the 1922

Committee, to a constituent

Golborne Spur

A branch off the Manchester line that runs into the Cheshire countryside is to be cancelled

Manchester

Piccadilly

York

Section of eastern

leg scrapped

Leeds

Sheffield

Manchester

airport

Crewe

HS2 phase 2b

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

HS2 phase 2a

HS2 phase 2b

To go ahead as

expected

Birmingham

HS2 phase one

Under construction

London

Euston

The decision by Grant Shapps was revealed in a letter from Sir Graham Brady,

the chair of the 1922 Committee, to a constituent

East coast

mainline

West coast

mainline

Golborne Spur

A branch off the Manchester line

that runs into the Cheshire

countryside is to be cancelled

York

Manchester

Piccadilly

Leeds

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