Bletchleyite
Veteran Member
From thread: http://www.railforums.co.uk/showpost.php?p=3118188&postcount=14
I think I'd take a different view on those.
1. Move the TPEs using 13-14 to Vic, which I think is being done anyway? Spend the money to make Metrolink between Picc and Vic valid on any through ticket which would be valid to cross Manchester.
2. Stop TPE through running to Manchester Airport, terminating those TPEs at Picc, and replacing them with an EMU local stopping service (enhancing the service at Mauldeth Road, Burnage, East Didsbury and Gatley to a more usable 4tph) from platform 12, and freeing up Class 185s for other purposes.
I'm really not sure that cramming more trains onto the Oxford Rd viaduct is a sensible thing to do, and getting to Picc on these trains will be rather slow.
Well the Ordsall Chord will remove the need for TPE services to cross Picadilly's throat when accessing platforms 12/14 and airport trains won't have traverse from east to west
I think I'd take a different view on those.
1. Move the TPEs using 13-14 to Vic, which I think is being done anyway? Spend the money to make Metrolink between Picc and Vic valid on any through ticket which would be valid to cross Manchester.
2. Stop TPE through running to Manchester Airport, terminating those TPEs at Picc, and replacing them with an EMU local stopping service (enhancing the service at Mauldeth Road, Burnage, East Didsbury and Gatley to a more usable 4tph) from platform 12, and freeing up Class 185s for other purposes.
I'm really not sure that cramming more trains onto the Oxford Rd viaduct is a sensible thing to do, and getting to Picc on these trains will be rather slow.
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