The second phase, north from Birmingham in a Y-shaped extension to Manchester and Leeds, could be operational by about 2032-33.

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But now that second-stage lines to the north have been proposed, the 'Y-shaped' pattern spells double-trouble for Staffordshire's politicians.

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Construction on the Y-shaped extension could start in the middle of the next decade, with the line open by 2032-33.

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Foster envisaged it as a "horizontal cathedral, " with its airy, Y-shaped passenger terminal under the great wing of its roof.

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Biogen scientists crafted decoys by cloning and attaching the binding site of LFA-3 onto the Y-shaped tail of a harmless antibody.

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The government has previously said that the London-to-Birmingham link would be followed by a second phase of the Y-shaped route reaching Manchester and Leeds by about 2033.

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The ceiling is lined with bamboo slats and supported on a series of enormous Y-shaped steel trusses running down the center which are painted in the colors of the spectrum.

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