A report by hs2 has found more than 1 000 jobs would be lost or displaced and 91 percent of the wildlife on the toton sidings site would be completely destroyed by the construction of high speed.
Toton sidings hs2.
Midlands connect have plans to connect the hub to major centres in the region including nottingham derby leicester and east midlands airport.
Hs2 is a multi billion pound project to develop a high speed rail network from london to birmingham and to manchester and leeds.
Toton sidings between nottingham and derby would be transformed into potentially the country s busiest transport interchange outside london.
Legend east midlands hub is a planned new railway station on the leeds branch of high speed 2.
The disused section of toton sidings is the proposed site for the east midlands hub station on the leeds branch of high speed 2 phase two.
Toton falls within the nottinghamshire borough of broxtowe but is located roughly between nottingham and derby.
The disused section of toton sidings is the government s favoured site for the east midland hub for the hs2 high speed line.
Due to the announcement of hs2 station to be built at toton sidings just a short distance from the toton lane terminus the tramline is planned to be extended to the station.
Hs2 services in the east midlands the east midlands hub station at toton will be one the best served stations on the high speed network.
Mr watts therefore thinks it is an ideal location for hs2 to stop.
The official depot code for toton tmd is to previously shed code 18a.
The tram will pass through the planned housing and hotel development and is shown on the application submission.
The toton lane tram stop is close to the site of the proposed hs2 train station however there s also the question of how it will fit with the road network and the existing rail system.
Toton tmd is bordered by long eaton and sandiacre in derbyshire and toton in nottinghamshire.
The 2 7 billion proposal would create new rail bus.
Up to 14 high speed trains an hour will leave toton.