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The idea is of course to allow fast Manchester trains (4 per hour under the Northern Hub) to overtake slow ones. I suppose the pathing calculations showed that this short stretch of four-tracking, given that it contains two stations that will detain the local trains, will be enough. That is...
Some detail on plans for Huyton and Roby, from the Rail Services Committee of Merseytravel (July 2012).
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It's surprising how much is planned to be done as part of the electrification.
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