There is massive capacity problems in Manchester and Leeds and indeed the entire liverpool-Leeds corridor NPR is sorely needed for that. There’s also big capa

There is massive capacity problems in Manchester and Leeds and indeed the entire liverpool-Leeds corridor NPR is sorely needed for that. There’s also big capacity issues from Manchester to Stockport and Wolves-Coventry which HS2 tackles directly (as well as rugby-London) There’s a good argument that rather than the east side of the pennies, driving HS2 on to Leeds from Manchester, and adding a branch to Liverpool, would give better value for money. I don’t know enough about the capacity issues from Leeds to Wakefield and Doncaster to comment on that side.