Growth Track 360 leaders, who are pushing for better rail services, say that the High Speed Rail (HS2) link to Manchester must come alongside electrification of the Chester and North Wales main line.

The HS2 (Crewe to Manchester) Bill was introduced to Parliament last month but while Welsh taxpayers will contribute towards the £100bn+ cost the line does not enter Wales – and some experts believe could actually be detrimental to the nation’s economy.

Business and local authority leaders from North Wales, the Wirral and Cheshire West and Chester – who form the Growth Track 360 partnership – want the economic benefits shared with their regions through electrification of the line from Crewe to Holyhead.

If done simultaneously it would be possible to introduce direct, electric, high-speed services over this route at the same time as HS2 launches at Crewe.

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