General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

GB

There isn’t a consensus on the design of either Piccadilly or Manchester stations. The preferred option locally is for an underground station for which the finished cost is around. £7 billion.
The government has ruled this out on cost grounds and suggests an overground station on a 12 metre high viaduct. This has drawbacks for passengers transferring to other outgoing services. Similarly the proposal for the airport station has passenger transfer problems.
Until these stations have passenger friendly designs there’s no point in building the line.