Concern has been growing among leaders in the North over the plans for Manchester's HS2 station, with the HS2-Crewe-Manchester Bill set for a second reading in Parliament.
The plans may see a raised line from Ardwick leading to an overground station on concrete pillars built on the northern flank of Piccadilly station, rather than the the originally planned underground station.
Critics have said that the cheaper overground option would cause a number of issues including cutting Metrolink services for years, swallowing up development land as well as potential for 14,000 jobs, and severing the city centre with a jungle of concrete structures.
