Two major changes to the HS2 plans are being proposed by the project's leader, Sir David Higgins. He is recommending that the Manchester leg is altered to run via Crewe, with a huge hub station being built there by 2027. And on the eastern leg of the 'Y'- to Sheffield and Leeds - he says the plan to build a major station next to the marshalling yard at Toton could be scrapped in favour of a location a couple of miles to the west, at Breaston, near Long Eaton. The latter would, says Sir David, enable better connectivity with the M1, the Midland Main Line and the Nottingham-Derby passenger line, whereas the proposed Toton site currently lies adjacent to a north-south freight-only line.
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机译：该项目负责人戴维·希金斯爵士（David Sir Higgins）提议对HS2计划进行两项重大更改。他建议将曼彻斯特的支路改成通过克鲁来运行，到2027年将在那里建造一个大型枢纽站。在“ Y”形的东支路-谢菲尔德和利兹–他说，建造一个主要车站的计划可以废弃Toton编组站旁边的位置，转而向西数英里（即Long Eaton附近）的Breaston所在地。戴维爵士说，后者将使M1，Midland Main Line和Nottingham-Derby客运专线之间的连接更加便捷，而拟议的Toton站点目前位于南北货运专线附近。
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