PLANS to build two new platforms at Manchester Piccadilly which were scrapped last year have cost the taxpayer £23m.
Platforms 15 and 16, which included upgrades at Oxford Road, were supposed to fix rail chaos across the north of England. But last May, rail bosses said that the proposal, which went through a public inquiry and was awaiting final sign off since 2015, would be 'hugely expensive' and 'incredibly disruptive! Instead of adding two new platforms at Piccadilly, platforms could now be removed from Oxford Road to make way for longer ones in the latest plans to improve the flow of trains in and out of Manchester city centre.
The new plans for the Oxford Road platforms are yet to be confirmed, but some work to change the layout of the station, which includes new ticket barriers, is set to start next month. However, the plans for new platforms at Piccadilly are now off the table.
The M.E.N. can now reveal how much money was spent on the Oxford Road to Manchester Piccadilly project. The figures obtained following a Freedom of Information request to Network Rail reveal that the cost of developing the project was £23m.
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