An MP has described planned works to connect the HS2 rail network in Manchester which would partially suspend tram services to Ashton as ‘disastrous for Tameside’.
Andrew Gwynne, the MP for Denton and Reddish has criticised proposals contained within the new HS2 Bill laid before Parliament this week.
The Bill confers the powers required to construct a part of the second phase of High Speed 2, with the aim of linking Crewe to Manchester with a new railway line.
However as part of the major construction involved with the project, tram services along the Ashton-under-Lyne to Eccles route would be suspended while ‘Metrolink realignment works’ are carried out to allow for completion of the station concourse and fit-out works.
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