Underground Manchester: Secrets of the City Revealed

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The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has added his voice to mounting calls on the government to fund and build the right HS2 rail station at Manchester Piccadilly - underground rather than above ground. He's signed a letter to Transport Secretary Mark Harper, together with Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, in which they say collectively: "Build it once and build it right."

According to Manchester Underground (Warrender, 2007:99) the tunnel was entered through a door under houses on Silver Street. Dug into hillside in 1951, the bunker was constructed when the potential of a nuclear strike by a Joseph Stalin-led Soviet Russia was deemed to be at its height. We believe there is a better plan which would do much more to level up the North of England with the South,” he said. “An underground station would be an investment in building a bigger Northern economy and would pay for itself over time. It could also help deliver an entirely new line between Manchester and Leeds, which is what we were promised. They argue the 'right solution' for Manchester Piccadilly must be an underground station that supports Northern Powerhouse Rail 'in full', saying what's important for Manchester is equally as important for the North and the rest of the UK, including the capital.

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HS2 north of Crewe will only serve provincial city Manchester. Manchester is no Munich or Barcelona. It wasn’t easy to get inside – if the door staff didn’t like what you were wearing or there were too many of you, you would likely be turned away.

Crucially, they also say the current HS2 plans for both Manchester Piccadilly and London Euston 'could permanently damage Britain's economic ambitions'. "We therefore want to work with Government to make sure it is built once and built right," they say. Social media users soon understood that some big news would be announced. On Wednesday, Cheryl dropped the number ‘one’ and sent fans into a complete frenzy as her caption simply read ‘8:30am tomorrow’. HS2 will be transformational for Manchester, and yet the current plans for HS2 would turn Piccadilly into a dead-end, destroy much of the city and put a stop to any hopes for onward high-speed connections to Leeds,” said Weston Williamson + Partners founder Rob Naybour. Now, as a very lazy man, and someone who barely has time to wash his hair, never mind actually go and investigate these tunnels, I’ve not actually been in any of these tunnels or in fact wish to risk life and limb having a look for real. Building HS2 on the surface at Manchester Piccadilly means the new station will be at full capacity from day one,” Burnham said. “It means the new train services from Liverpool and Leeds having to reverse out. And it also means forever losing prime development land and the economic opportunity that goes with it.”Weston Williamson + Partners is no stranger to station design, having completed two stations for the Elizabeth Line in London and oversaw the redevelopment of London’s Waterloo station. Manchester’s biggest World War II air-raid shelter: Still there, rotting away, complete with war-time relics. In the 1970s and 80s, Manchester was home to a shopping destination with a difference - it was hidden underground. The Market Centre opened in 1972 and shoppers could buy pretty much everything they could possibly need, boasting more than 100 stores. For years they housed cellars and small businesses but today the entrance is a closely guarded secret. An example of the art of customising to reflect your inner self outwardly, and one of the most striking embellishment adopted by different subcultures of all varieties: studded leather.⁠