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Plan to link HS2 to Birmingham New Street
Published: Mon, 2014-11-24 16:11-
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High speed- rail a promoter for economic revival.
The British West Midlands Unified Transport Authority and the Rail Delivery Group are recommending that HS2 should be linked to the existing railway in central Birmingham so that some trains could serve New Street station as well as the new Curzon terminal planned alongside Moor Street station.
The suggestion has come at the same time as an independent think tank has concluded that high speed rail is a catalyst for economic regeneration.
A New Street link would mean that, after the second phase of HS2 is completed to Manchester and Leeds, cross country services to and from the South West of England and South Wales could make use of HS2 to reach destinations in the North West, North East and Scotland.
It would also mean that some ‘classic compatible’ HS2 trains from London could continue via New Street to Sandwell & Dudley and Wolverhampton – and even to Telford and Shrewsbury, if electrification is extended by 2026 – and also to Worcester if electrification is extended beyond Bromsgrove.
There would appear to be two opportunities to connect HS2 to Birmingham New Street – near Water Orton, or in the Washwood Heath/Saltley area. At both locations, the new railway is planned to run alongside the existing Derby-Birmingham tracks.
A £550m redevelopment of the station named Gateway Plus is also currently under way. The redevelopment will include a new concourse, a new exterior facade, and a new entrance on Stephenson Street, and is expected be completed in September 2015.
New Street will also become the terminus of the city-centre extension of the Midland Metro, with a new tram stop on Stephenson Street, also expected be finished next year.
Source: British Rail Press release
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