The December 2017 TSRs includes the following:
One service shall be provided each week between the following locations in at least one direction:
Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge via Phillips Park Junction and Guide Bridge.
Leeds and Selby via Milford Junction.
Is there currently a Victoria service running via Phillips Park? I though it was closed for passenger services.
While I can see that this route will be useful while the Stalybridge line is electrified, no other routes used for knowledge retention reasons are specified, it seems a little odd that these two are mandatory.
Interestingly both the services scheduled to use the above diversionary routes were removed from the timetable in the latter days of the previous franchise!