The abandoned underground rail network Manchester could have had

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The future of Manchester's rail network is about to be hotly debated over the next few weeks. Today, the city will make its case in Parliament outlining the benefits of building an underground station at Piccadilly.

The government has been urged to rethink its current HS2 plans amid accusations the multi-billion pound project to modernise the railway in the North of England is being done on the cheap.

The current plan is to bring high speed trains to the city on 'ugly and intrusive' concrete stilts. This would swallow up 500,000 square metres of prime city centre land which could be used to create much-needed housing and new green spaces. Join our WhatsApp Top Stories and Breaking News group by clicking this link Instead of the current plans which could see the city scarred by a concrete jungle of viaducts and ugly structures, there has been call for the creation of an underground station as an alternative solution that would future-proof passengers needs for decades to come.

Without an underground station, Northern Powerhouse Rail trains travelling from Liverpool to Leeds would also have to turn around when they reach Manchester rather than running straight through.