Greybeard33
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The Alderley Edge - Southport services are pathed for a 100mph 319 between Alderley Edge and Bolton (electrified portion of the route), and for a 75mph 15x between Bolton and Southport. They run non-stop between Salford Crescent and Bolton, so there is plenty of time for a 319/769 to get above 75mph.Thanks for the update. Also I's been a while since I looked at RTT and the additional info shown is very interesting, i.e details of stock used (even down to the actual unit numbers).
On the subject of the advertised service (ALD-SOP), it shows timings for the 319 as a 100mph unit as far as Piccadilly. If they are currently running class 150s, is that route so slow that the lower 75mph maximum speed of the 150s is not an issue for the paths involved? A 769 is reported to be capable of 90+mph under the wires so if asked to do that I imagine that it is viable as a diagram.
319 paths (for the Alderley Edge - Southport, Hazel Grove - Blackpool and Victoria - Preston services) have 9 minute timings from Salford Crescent to Bolton, whereas non-stop 15x paths (for the Rochdale - Clitheroe services) have 12 minutes.