Electric trains over the Ordsall chord

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I believe the Ordsall chord is electrified - but its service on opening was an extension of an existing Calder Valley service (diesel) through to Deansgate and Oxford Road, which was a temporary state of affairs until the current arrangement with the TPE Manchester-Redcar services (also diesel) could be implemented.

So does this mean that no electric passenger train has ever used the Ordsall Chord in service? What about empty stock movements, freight, maintenance etc.?

 

[HST43257]

I believe the Ordsall chord is electrified - but its service on opening was an extension of an existing Calder Valley service (diesel) through to Deansgate and Oxford Road, which was a temporary state of affairs until the current arrangement with the TPE Manchester-Redcar services (also diesel) could be implemented.

So does this mean that no electric passenger train has ever used the Ordsall Chord in service? What about empty stock movements, freight, maintenance etc.?

Was there not a time in 2019ish that the full 5tph was running across the TPE NE network, with 2tph TPE around Ordsall including 1tph 802 from NCL?

If this is the case I assume they were on electric by this point but no clue

 

[Geeves]

The Airport train has been an 802 plenty of times, not to mention all the diversions since it opened. Also for a while a 319 would finish at Oxford Rd and then come around the chord to stable in the sidings at Vic. A 769 came round from Oxford Rd on electric this week too

 

[Cheshire Scot]

The Airport train has been an 802 plenty of times, not to mention all the diversions since it opened. Also for a while a 319 would finish at Oxford Rd and then come around the chord to stable in the sidings at Vic. A 769 came round from Oxford Rd on electric this week too

Class 802s worked regularly over the chord in electric mode before the TPE timetable was slimmed down - Airport Newcastle services (but not Redcar).

 

[jfollows]

There was once a late Wilmslow-Manchester Victoria EMU but I think no longer in the timetable.

 

[route101]

I've been on a TPE 802 from the Airport to Victoria that way.