Manchester Interchange


Manchester Interchange is a planned HS2 station at Manchester Airport, on the southern boundary of Manchester, England, next to Junction 5 of the M56 motorway on the northern side of the airport north-west of Manchester Airport railway station. Manchester Airport is the busiest airport in the UK outside London and offers more destinations than any other British airport. An airport station was recommended by local authorities during the consultation stage. The government agreed in January 2013 for an airport station, but only on the basis that private investment was involved, such as funding from the Manchester Airports Group to build the station. The Government approved the scheme in November 2016.
If the station is built, journey times from London Euston to Manchester Airport have been estimated at between 59 minutes and 63 minutes. Additionally, the high speed service will be less than 10 minutes from Manchester Piccadilly to the Airport – down from 20 minutes at present on the congested Styal Line which is used by a mix of commuter, express and freight services and susceptible to delays.

Metrolink tram stop

Current proposals for Manchester Interchange do not detail passenger interchange facilities, but indicate that various options are being considered to integrate the new station with existing transport networks, including extending the Manchester Metrolink tram line to serve the HS2 station directly.
Transport for Greater Manchester has proposed that the Metrolink Airport Line — which currently terminates at Manchester Airport station — be extended via a new "western loop" around Wythenshawe. This proposed tram line which would cross the M56 via the Thorley Lane Bridge, with an HS2 interchange stop at Davenport Green, before looping around via Wythenshawe Hospital. Local politicians have begun lobbying central government for political support for this extension scheme, which is currently unfunded.

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