{"id":1210,"date":"2014-10-30T14:51:10","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T14:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/?p=1210"},"modified":"2014-10-30T19:17:03","modified_gmt":"2014-10-30T19:17:03","slug":"hs3-should-be-completed-before-hs2-reaches-yorkshire-says-railfuture-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/?p=1210","title":{"rendered":"“HS3 should be completed before HS2 reaches Yorkshire, says Railfuture campaign”"},"content":{"rendered":"

[from the Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 29th<\/sup> October 2014]<\/p>\n

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Transport campaigners have called for an earlier start to the huge HS3 project to free up slower lines serving Huddersfield stations.<\/p>\n

Railfuture says work on a high-speed Leeds to Manchester line \u2013\u00a0dubbed \u2018HS3\u2019\u00a0\u2013 should start before the controversial HS2 line reaches Yorkshire.<\/p>\n

The campaign group proposes a slower 125mph between the two cities to save costs and start work sooner.<\/p>\n

HS3, backed on Monday by Prime Minister David Cameron, will see huge investment in the east-west rail linkes across the Pennines and will halve the\u00a040-mile journey time between Leeds and Manchester.<\/p>\n

But it is unlikely the service will stop in Huddersfield because of the speeds involved.<\/p>\n

The transport group Railfuture says\u00a0HS3 should use the old Woodhead route, freeing up the existing line between the two cities and creating a faster link to Sheffield.<\/p>\n

The new capacity will also enable a new station to be built at Milnsbridge, and for a semi-fast service to run from the Calder Valley to Leeds via Dewsbury, Railfuture said.<\/p>\n

Nina Smith, chair of Railfuture Yorkshire Branch, said:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt cannot wait for HS2 to reach Yorkshire.<\/p>\n

\u201cCosts should be kept down by building it as a 125mph route rather than an ultra-high speed line.<\/p>\n

\u201cEarly completion is essential, not just to join up the \u2018northern powerhouse\u2019 cities, but also to free up space on both the Huddersfield and Hope Valley lines so that more semi-fast and stopping services can be run to serve the communities along those routes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother advantage of a new high speed route will be to use it for fast container and other freight services between Hull, Manchester and Liverpool (and Ireland), thus removing some of the very heavy M62 lorry traffic.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new route will therefore need to be four-track in places.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

http:\/\/www.examiner.co.uk\/news\/west-yorkshire-news\/hs3-should-completed-before-hs2-8012348<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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