This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Petition Link the two northern branches of HS2 with a new fast rail line along the former Woodhead route.
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If there is to be a new HS2 line linking Manchester on the one hand, and Yorkshire on the other, with London, is there not also scope for linking the two northern branches by providing a new, faster connection over the Pennines? The course of the former Woodhead line already has a track bed and tunnel, and the reopening of this route to fast trains would similarly increase capacity, and shorten journey times, between the major economic centres of the north.
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