Just checked the arrivals timetable, would be possible, using the xx:31 notional path to the Chat Moss to run as an extension of the xx:20 service off Euston
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My expectation is four EMUs/ hour from Manchester to Preston through Bolton (in addition to the Scottish services via the Wigan route), with no regular daytime "through" services to Barrow/ Windermere.
Plus four DMUs/ hour from Manchester through Bolton (3x Wigan, 1x Blackburn), possibly all from the Airport.
Run the four EMUs from Piccadilly and the four DMUs from Victoria (possibly some as extensions of Yorkshire services).
Just my hunch...
I'd be happy with that... (If I was still living here)
Whats your throught, total re-cast to a 15min timetable? But what to do with the stopper, speed up the current DMU and have a vic terminate at Bolton with an EMU?
And as for the Southport - Airport service?
I've seen notion of a drop to 3tph from Bolton to Oxford Road... with more into Victoria, now it would be easyer to fit all these in, but then off Oxford Road you'd be looking at
4tph Curve
3tph Chat Moss
3/4tph CLC
3tph Windsor
But tbh, it would need a massive re-write of the timetable to manage anything significant...
When electrification is complete, personally, keeping the same notional franchises, if different 'TPE' refers to the stock pool of 185 units.
Airport - Southport handed over to 'TPE' and combined with the Barrow service.
This would run xx:00 off Airport, devide at Bolton with the Southport portion running on in the current Southport Path.
Returning, the xx:08 would come into Bolton and wait for the xx:13 to arrive and combine.
This would give Bolton to Oxford Road & Aiport this pattern:
xx:13 Airport (6 car 185)
xx:35 Airport (Should be somthing long, 6x23m would be nice, all day, it's always busy!)
xx:56 Hazel Grove (Same again, 6x23m please!)
That would be roughly a 20min pattern to Oxford Road.
I'd then change these..
The current stopping service is curtailed or diverted, terminating either at Bolton or Horwich Parkway, run by EMU.
Wigan Wallgate - Victoria moves to a standard 4tph, 2 via Bolton 2 via Atherton, not including the Southport service via Bolton, Wigan via Bolton calls at a standard station pattern, new service potentially flighted in front of the stopper, or look at a total re-cast of services on that route.
Victoria - Blackpool North would obviously move over to EMU and continue to terminate in Victoria
Victoria - Blackburn - Clitheroe would continue to do the same, with additional peak hour shuttles between Blackburn and Bolton, terminate in a reversing siding south of Platform 1, only accessable from such. This isn't continuing to Victoria due to the fact that 50% of passengers in the peak jump off to get to Oxford Road, bringing me neatly to crowdbusters from Horwich.
From a new bay or siding at Horwich, 4x20m unit run into and terminate at Oxford Road in the AM peak as a releif unit, possibly into Victoria as a 6x23m unit.
Key routes:
Bolton - Oxford Road: 3tph, all 6x23m
Bolton - Wigan: 3tph
Bolton - Preston: 4tph
Bolton - Victoria: 5tph (2 Wigan, 1 Blackpool, 1 Horwich/Bolton, 1 Blackburn)
Bolton - Blackburn: 1/2tph