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The Better connection to growth
The Cheaper connection for the nation
The Faster connection to cities
The Stoke Route is the full HS2 deal for
less cost to the taxpayer
The Stoke Route is faster – delivering more
connections to more people earlier.
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• HS2 trains direct to Macclesfield and
Stockport, Manchester and all other HS2
destinations by 2026 – seven years early
• Direct HS2 services to West Yorkshire HS3 ready
• Journey times same or better than Crewe
• More direct services to more places less changing
• New station is direct city centre to city centre
connected – not parkway
Less expensive tunnelling and cuttings
Recycles existing brownfield rail corridor
Shorter route
Much less expensive demolition
and compensation
• Avoids the complexity of remodelling one
of the most complex rail junctions in Europe
• Less construction disruption.
• More for less and earlier
Connecting up cities and powering up the engines of growth and prosperity
To Preston
and Scotland
Liverpool
West
Yorks
Manchester
Leeds
2026
Stoke Route = £3.4bn
Crewe Parkway scheme= £5.4bn
Stockport
To
North Wales
THE COSTS
2033
Stoke Route Ultimate = £7.1bn
Consultation Route= £8.4bn
Macclesfield
Crewe
• Includes the only major city between
Birmingham and Manchester
• Supercharges a fast growing city with hundreds
of hectares of development ready land
• Connects up more cities – the engines of
growth multiplying the benefits
• Direct HS2 services to 8 million people seven
years earlier
• City centre stations generate more growth than
town parkways
Crewe Parkway
HS2 Staon
Stoke-on-Trent
To
East Midlands
Consultaon route/
Crewe scheme
Longer
Later
More expensive
Negave economic impact
More environmental impact
Out of town
Stoke Route
Birmingham
Shorter
Sooner
Cheaper
Significant posive economic impact
Less environmental impact
City centre
THE TIMES
2026 London to Manchester
Stoke Route = 1hour 20mins
Crewe Parkway Route =
1 hour 34 mins
2033 Full Consultation Route =
1hour 20mins.
The Greener way to connect cities
The Stoke Route is all about
connecting cities so reduces the
impact of HS2 on open countryside
and greenbelt
• Deletes 27kms of high impact railway
through rural greenfields
• Uses existing urban brownfield rail corridors
• Maximises economic growth through city
brownfield development
• Urban railway will be quieter than the
existing line
• Avoids sprawl in rural Staffordshire and
South Cheshire
• Dramatically reduces need for deep cuttings
• Minimises property impacts
• Maximises public health benefits by
spreading prosperity
Stoke-on-Trent – the HS2 Renaissance
Ready City
• HS2 ready - the third fastest growing city
economy in the UK, at the heart of the national
transport network.
• A city with energy and drive - developing The
UK’s largest deep geothermal district heating
system – powering up business and homes alike.
• A city ready to grow – absorbing a town the size
of Milton Keynes on shovel ready brownfield
development land
• Business backs the Stoke Route – the LEP and the
Chamber of Commerce.
• A true University City - Keele and Staffordshire
Universities back the bid.
• A city fast becoming a world centre of advanced
materials technology.
HS2 THE STOKE ROUTE:
THE SMART WAY TO
THE NORTH
HS2 Station at the centre of city development
ETRURIA VALLEY
ENTERPRISE AREA
NEWCASTLE
TOWN CENTRE
STOKE-ON-TRENT
CITY CENTRE
HS2 STATION
QUARTER
UNIVERSITY QUARTER
To find out more contact:
John Betty - Director of Place
E: john.betty@stoke.gov.uk T: 01782 236426
Better, cheaper, faster, greener