High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill

The High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill was a proposed act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was introduced as a Hybrid Bill by Grant Shapps (Secretary of State for Transport).^[1]

High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	A Bill to make provision for a railway between a junction with Phase 2a of High Speed 2 south of Crewe in Cheshire and Manchester Piccadilly Station; for a railway between Hoo Green in Cheshire and a junction with the West Coast Main Line at Bamfurlong, south of Wigan; and for connected purposes.
Introduced by	Grant Shapps, Secretary of State for Transport Mark Harper, Secretary of State for Transport (Commons)
Status: Not passed
History of passage through Parliament

The bill's original aim was to authorise rail works for HS2 Phase 2 between Crewe and Manchester. It was paused under the Sunak ministry, pending the review into Phase 2 following the Government's cancellation of Phase 2 in 2023.^[2]

The bill was re-introduced in the 2024-25 session by Louise Haigh (Secretary of State for Transport), on 25 July 2024,^[3] with the intention of repurposing it to instead provide powers to construct other rail lines in the north of England.^[4]