daodao
Established Member
Nearly all the problems arise from complicated routeings and trying to squeeze a quart into a pint pot.
I suggest that:
I suggest that:
- The Castlefield corridor should not be used for long-distance trains running outside NW England/West Riding and should be used only by Northern Rail (+ freight to/from Trafford Park outside peak hours).
- Crew changes should not take place at Knott Mill, Oxford Road (apart from the bay platform for CLC line locals) or Piccadilly platforms 13/14.
- There should be no more than 12 tph along this route, including the 2 tph CLC locals terminating at Oxford Road.
- Early electrification of the CLC line would reduce use of the line by slower diesel trains.
- The Ordsall curve should only be used by trains from the Rochdale line to the Airport.
- Trains from the Standedge line to Piccadilly should all run via Guide Bridge and terminate at Piccadilly platforms 1-4.
- Early conversion of the line to Rose Hill Marple to Metrolink would release capacity at Piccadilly platforms 1-4.
- Stopping trains to the Airport should run every 15 minutes Mon-Sat daytime, run immediately following fast trains, and terminate at the main Piccadilly platforms.
- There should be 4 tph (Northern only) from the Airport running non-stop to Piccadilly and then via the Castlefield corridor to further destinations in NW England/W.Riding (1 to Liverpool, 1 to Blackpool via Bolton, and 2 to Rochdale and beyond via the Ordsall curve - Blackburn and Bradford/Leeds).