The Network Rail (Ordsall Chord) Order 2015
This Order authorises Network Rail Infrastructure Limited to construct and maintain a new chord railway, linking the Castlefield Junction line with the Chat Moss lines in the Ordsall area of Greater Manchester, including alterations to existing railway infrastructure. The new railway will provide a direct link between the three main stations in Manchester (Victoria, Oxford Road and Piccadilly) and will enable trains from the east of England to reach Manchester Airport without crossing the West Coast Main Line to the south of Manchester Piccadilly. The Order authorises the acquisition of land and rights in land, and the use of land, for this purpose.