[7] The proposed new station was officially abandoned when the United Kingdom government under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced the cancellation of the Manchester leg of High Speed 2 on 4 October 2023.

This proposed tram line which would cross the M56 motorway via the Thorley Lane Bridge, with an HS2 interchange stop at Davenport Green, before looping around via Wythenshawe Hospital.

Local politicians have begun lobbying central government for political support for this extension scheme, which is currently unfunded.

[13] Revised proposals published in 2020 include provision for an east-west tram line that serves this station.

The station was also planned to be an intermediate stop on the proposed Northern Powerhouse Rail line.