mikestone1952
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There is an 18.02 Buxton-Bolton which could be extended if they need to replace the stops to meet the train service requirement.RTT and NRE currently show both the existing Northern 1900 Manchester Airport to Preston and the new TPE 1900 Manchester Airport to Glasgow after the May change. Clearly they cannot both occupy the same path from the Airport to Oxford Road, so I suspect Northern is "behind the curve" with its timetable update.
At the moment, Northern borrows an extra 185 from TPE specifically for the 1900 to Preston. This unit then returns from Preston to the Airport joined to the 1940 Blackpool North to Airport and goes back to TPE. So I guess Northern is not in a strong bargaining position if it wants to oppose TPE taking over the path!
The Glasgow service will run non-stop from Oxford Road to Preston via Golborne, so Bolton, Horwich Parkway and Chorley will all lose a service to Preston. But there is a Manchester Victoria to Blackpool North stopping service behind, which arrives at Preston only 17 minutes later. Passengers for Horwich Parkway or Chorley from Piccadilly/Oxford Road will have to leave 14 minutes earlier and change at Bolton, while passengers for Bolton can take the 1904 Airport to Southport.
RTT shows an additional TPE 1847 departure from Glasgow, arriving at the Airport 2248.
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On the subject of TSR the 19.43 Euston-Birmingham-Preston terminates at Crewe, returning empty to Oxley in place of one of the Manchester-Oxley ECSs - it will connect with the 20.30 at Stafford, but not at Crewe.