A Bill to extend HS2 from Crewe to Manchester and beyond, creating 17,500 jobs across the North, is to be introduced by the Government today.
If backed, the 'High Speed Rail (Crewe-Manchester) Bill' will allow travel from London to Manchester to be cut by around 55 minutes and Birmingham to Manchester by up to 45 minutes.
The proposed new jobs include hundreds of highly-skilled permanent roles such as at rolling stock depots which would be established north of Crewe as well as in Dumfries and Galloway.
