Philip
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With the problems outlined on the other thread about putting London trains through Castlefield to join up with Scotland services, what possible ways are there around this to allow through running between north and south Manchester without impacting on reliability, or at least providing Bolton and Salford with the necessary services to the south?
Both of these places are big enough to warrant direct services to both London qnd Birmingham; Salford also has the Media City factor strengthening its case. Running via Denton into Victoria is an option, also how about running Crewe to Wigan and then reversing to join the upgraded Westhoughton line and then onto Bolton and Victoria? How much time would this add to the journey compared with via Wilmslow or Stoke?
Any other possible ways round the Castlefield problem, other than those mentioned?
Both of these places are big enough to warrant direct services to both London qnd Birmingham; Salford also has the Media City factor strengthening its case. Running via Denton into Victoria is an option, also how about running Crewe to Wigan and then reversing to join the upgraded Westhoughton line and then onto Bolton and Victoria? How much time would this add to the journey compared with via Wilmslow or Stoke?
Any other possible ways round the Castlefield problem, other than those mentioned?