TPE has been doing some interesting things as a result!
The 1348 Scarborough-Liverpool Lime St was held in platform 1 at Huddersfield for the 1350 Middlesbrough-Manchester Airport to catch-up. They then ran coupled together via Stalybridge and Manchester Victoria, passing through the latter non-stop, to Salford Crescent, where they reversed to Oxford Rd. Here they were divided again -the Scarborough-Liverpool, which was now on the rear, going off to Liverpool and the Middlesborough-Manchester Airport continuing to Piccadilly and the Airport.
At Piccadilly, the 1622 Liverpool-Scarborough was advertised as starting at Oxford Rd, but this was changed at the last minute, and it was announced it would now call additionally at Gorton, Fairfield and Guide Bridge.
The 3-car set left Piccadilly, absolutely wedged at about 1720, and after passing through Ardwick, was routed on to the line to the left of it's normal line [slow line? relief line?], and progress was very slow and bumpy. It passed the stricken 323, and then crossed on to the up line, and ran wrong road with pilotman to Guide Bridge, calling at Gorton, Fairfield and Guide Bridge in the meanwhile.
I was impressed by the efforts of TPE to keep the job moving, and wonder if this is the first time TPE has served Gorton, Fairfield and Guide Bridge even on the right road, let alone the wrong one?
