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During the blockade no passenger trains are working between the Airport and Piccadilly. I believe the blockade is from just south of the platform ends at Piccadilly to Slade Lane Junction. I believe there is a special arrangement to allow the container traffic to pass through towards the latter...

I bought two tickets using the link at the top of this page for a journey on 20th July 2025 from Stockport(SPT) to Edinburgh(EDB) which involve a change of trains at Doncaster(DON). The trains involved were:- Transpennine Express 11:29 SPT to DON arriving at 12:24 and LNER 13:12 DON to EDB...

Could you let others know where to look. last time I went to the airport(about a month ago) I couldn't find any free drop off/ pick up parking

Is this a serious question? Do you envisage a demand from the Peak District/Backewell area to Ardwick?

Surely it makes absolutly NO SENCE without extension to Warrington and Crewe

Which former Midland Railway heritage operation would be considered Firmer?:D

If the electric lamp circuit fails the driver will not see what aspect the signal is displaying.(at least until the train is almost at the signal)

If you were traveling from Birmingham to Glasgow why would you want to go through Manchester?

You may be interested to read this about the upgrades at Dore Junction https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/could-the-emr-hope-valley-service-be-improved-by-avoiding-a-reversal-at-sheffield.250300/page-2#post-6277005

I don't ever recall seeing freigh workings from Tunstead working theough the Castlefield corridor. Do you have a copy of the working timetable for these?

This is the sort of thing I was envisioning, however living in Manchester, I don't know much detail about service patterns centred on Sheffield

Is it essential for a Liverpool/Manchester to Nottingham service to call at Sheffield? could Liverpool/Manchester to Sheffield and Nottingham to Sheffield be covered by other services?

There are plans which involve a 42 story block just outside of ring road, duscussed on this Skyscrapercity thread. https://www.skyscrapercity.com/threads/former-williams-citroen-upper-brook-street-43-23-16-13-8-6-fl-proposed.2390065/

As a resident of the large population centre (Ardwick, Longsight, Plymouth Grove etc) if I wish to travel by rail I catch a 192 bus which stops outside Piccadilly station. To get to Ardwick station I would have to get off the 192 At the Apollo 02 venue and walk almost half a mile with an...

Screwfix and Toolstation are just 'round the corner, and probably cheaper than B&Q