Manchester to Edinburgh mileage

[185143]

(Unsure where to ask this)

Does anyone have the mileage for

Manchester Piccadilly to Edinburgh (via Wigan North Western)
And
Edinburgh to Manchester Oxford Road (via Wigan North Western) please?

 

[David Goddard]

You can do most of this with Table 65 of the NRT, but it is the bit between Wigan and Manchester where you have problems.

I wanted to calculate Wigan to Manchester last Summer and found that I had to use a combination of the NRT and Trackmaps.

I got Wigan North Western to Man Picc as 22 miles, making Edinburgh to Manchester 228.5. Stand to be corrected on the 22 though.

 

[evotista]

Edinburgh to Man Oxford Road via Wigan North Western is 229.27 miles

Edinburgh to Man Picc via Wigan North Western is 229.92 miles

Hope that helps

 

[LNW-GW Joint]

"Via Wigan North Western" isn't really specific enough.
I assume you mean via Golborne Jn, but via Atherton is a possible route (with 185s).
Or even via Westhoughton (which in the future will be an electric route).

 

[185143]

"Via Wigan North Western" isn't really specific enough.
I assume you mean via Golborne Jn, but via Atherton is a possible route (with 185s).
Or even via Westhoughton (which in the future will be an electric route).

I did indeed mean via Golborne Jn. Do TPE have anything down the Atherton line? Presumably route knowledge reasons if nothing else?

 

[LNW-GW Joint]

I did indeed mean via Golborne Jn. Do TPE have anything down the Atherton line? Presumably route knowledge reasons if nothing else?

When there are blocks on the Bolton routes TP are sending everything via Golborne, but Atherton was a regular early/late route until recently, and for diversions.
Once the Bolton route is electrified Atherton won't be used by "TP" services, but an electric routeing via Wigan and Bolton will be an option one day.