Northern (Arriva Rail North)

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RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North)

(13/02/2018 15:28)mikestone Wrote:  I suspect something along the lines of Manchester-Chester being tied up with Blackpool-Manchester, so that the Manchester-Macclesfield part of the proposed Blackpool-Macclesfield can be emu as planned.

There's all sorts of rumours circulating - one is Manchester Airport to Blackpool will go via Wigan, another is Preston-York will be retimed and will start/terminate at Preston so an EMU shuttle can run Blackpool-Preston, another is the proposed Alderley Edge to Wigan via Bolton will be split at Oxford Road (due to 769s not being ready in time.) If the Blackpool/Preston via Bolton were to continue on to the Mid-Cheshire line I think it would make more sense for them to terminate at Greenbank and to run alongside the Manchester-Chester service, as Blackpool-Stockport-Chester would be a very long service so punctuality might be an issue, especially if it were to run through Delamere during leaf fall season.