High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill

Debate between Lord Brady of Altrincham and Wendy Morton

2nd reading
Monday 20th June 2022 Commons Chamber

[Wendy Morton]

I am going to make some progress.

HS2 will truly future-proof travel across the north. It is crucial for local services, regional services, national services and international services.

[Sir Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West) (Con)]

My hon. Friend mentions the station at Manchester airport, but she must beware that the proposed station is actually a quarter of a mile away from the airport, at Davenport Green. Would it not make far more sense to put the airport station at the airport?

[Wendy Morton]

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention. Obviously, a huge amounts of engagement has gone on, and in deciding on the location, extensive optioneering work has also considered connectivity, engineering and environmental matters as well as cost issues. The Manchester airport station is located as close to the airport as possible, given all of those competing factors.