Editing Crewe (section)

===Developments===
A planned redevelopment of Crewe's town centre, including the current bus station and main shopping area, was abandoned because of "difficult economic conditions" during 2008.<ref>{{citation|title=Developer confident of town upgrades in the face of downturn|url=http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/news/Developer-confident-town-upgrades-face-downturn/article-577729-detail/article.html|publisher=Staffordshire Sentinel News and Media|date=31 December 2008|access-date=3 February 2009}}</ref>

There were also plans to revamp the railway station which involved moving it to [[Basford, Cheshire|Basford]]. This was pending a public consultation by [[Network Rail]] scheduled for autumn 2008, but no such public consultation was done. The plan was abandoned and maintenance work was carried out on the current station instead.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/news/Cuts-derail-plan-163-2m-station-facelift/article-2307470-detail/article.html|title=The Sentinel|access-date=13 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621010344/http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/news/Cuts-derail-plan-163-2m-station-facelift/article-2307470-detail/article.html|archive-date=21 June 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>

Cheshire East Council developed a new regeneration master plan for Crewe,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/business/economic_development_services/crewe_vision.aspx|title=Cheshire East Council Crewe Vision documents|access-date=12 October 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913092404/http://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/business/economic_development_services/crewe_vision.aspx|archive-date=13 September 2010}}</ref> which included the opening of a new Lifestyle Centre, with a new swimming pool, gym and library.

After a £3 million refurbishment, the Crewe Market Hall reopened its doors on 19 May 2021, the start of many new developments in Crewe.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}

Crewe had been planned as the site of a transport hub for the Phase 2a [[High Speed 2]] (HS2) railway line, which received royal assent in 2021 with planned completion in 2027. The plan included a new HS2 railway station, surrounded by a commercial hub providing 37,000 jobs and 7,000 homes by 2043. However on 4 October 2023, Prime Minister [[Rishi Sunak]] announced the cancellation of this phase of the HS2 development at the [[Conservative Party Conference (UK)|Conservative Party Conference]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34958154|title=HS2 Birmingham to Crewe link planned to open six years early|work=BBC News|date=30 November 2015|access-date=16 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121010338/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34958154|archive-date=21 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=guardian-20231004>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/04/we-feel-forgotten-anger-in-crewe-at-scaling-back-of-hs2 |title='We feel forgotten': anger in Crewe at scaling back of HS2 |last=Pidd |first=Helen |newspaper=The Guardian |date=4 October 2023 |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>