Perhaps I should have been more specific: the Crewe - Airport - Piccadilly service is a good thing. The madness comes from running it on from Piccadilly through to Liverpool. Better to have a break in service in Manchester as the number of through passengers from Cheshire must be minimal.
Yes I must admit the Manchester-Liverpool bit is a bit pointless and does mean the import of delays and the risk of stopping short of Crewe e.g. at Alderley Edge as I witnessed the 16.28 Crewe Liverpool do last Friday night.
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/Y22085/2018/11/02/advanced
These parts of the service are of value. The same goes for the hourly service between Manchester Airport and Wilmslow on Sundays
Only gripe I would have with the Sunday service is that from Manchester Airport it generally arrives at Wilmslow at xx.12 just in time to see the tail lights of the xx.11 to London Euston depart! That would never happen in Switzerland!
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