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The mayors of Greater Manchester and the West Midlands have unveiled three options to improve rail connections between the two regions following the scrapping of the planned HS2 link.

Andy Burnham and Andy Street confirmed they were working with a private consortium of businesses to draw up the plans.

They said they were looking at three alternatives: enhance the West Coast Main Line; bypasses at the most congested parts of the line; and a completely new line possibly following the track of the cancelled HS2 route.

During a joint press conference in Birmingham on Wednesday, the mayors said they were currently assessing the cost and benefits of each option.