Simultaneous departure from 5 and arrival into 7 (or 6 for that matter), but the other way round would I suspect require crossing the Down arrival onto the Up Fast at Ardwick, while the Up departure leaves on the Down Fast and has to cross to the Up between the throat and Ardwick. The two movements would share a portion of track, so timing could be critical in avoiding bringing one to a stand.
Not obviously anyway, and I used P4 on Saturday which is the only significant one not being used in the current snapshot:
Slightly.
… which is pretty much what the first post above says, yes. There will be a reason, there always is …..
It used to be common for trains to use the terminus platforms as part of a through journey. It became less common after the introduction of the ordsall chord which diverted the airport-leeds services via 13/14 and victoria and even less common when most of the sheffield <-> manchester airport services were cut back at picadilly.
That's because there has been lots of disruption in South Manchester today. There has been point failures at Marple, Cheadle Hulme and Longport plus and unfortunate incident early this morning at Congleton
Remind me, how many years was it that Virgin then Avanti operated from P7, before this light bulb lit up in someone's head?
That's very South Manchester
Thank you.
Id seen that as well and can't find it again either, but what you have said is correct.
