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East Midlands Trains. I would like to see the reopening of the Woodhead Line with 25kV electrification. This should form part of the Midland Mainline electrification scheme. This could include a new Liverpool Lime Street to Nottingham service via Newton-le-Willows with intermediate stops at St...

Contactless payments are coming to First Greater Manchester, which also includes the installation of new Ticketer ticket machines. Full details on my blog on how the system is working up to now and its introduction next month...

There's a few sizeable places in Greater Manchester which lack a direct coach link with London. The biggest is probably Sale with a population of 133,022. Altrincham, also along the A56, has a population of 52,419. From both towns it is easy to drive to Manchester Piccadilly or Stockport for...

I would also add Stalybridge and Ashton-under-Lyne to the Cheshire Day Ranger boundary. This would be valid on Manchester bound trains and the Stockport-Stalybridge service. Other glaring omissions on the map include Hyde North, Hyde Central, and Woodley.

Quadruple track between Ardwick and Guide Bridge, and Diggle to Huddersfield; Reopen the Micklehurst loop line from Stalybridge to Diggle; Build a cable car system or funicular railway from Bottom Mossley to Top Mossley (with connections from Mossley railway station); 100% disabled access along...

Stalybridge station's probably fills up before 7am. Some may resort to the side streets or (if they can find a space) other town centre car parks. Opposite the station forecourt is a pay and display car park.

Any trains bound for Manchester Airport in the small hours is a no-brainer. Not only for passengers meeting up with flights but also employees. York to Shrewsbury (via Manchester Airport) anyone? Possibly observing the same stops as the long-gone overnight service up to Stalybridge, then...

Preston - Lancaster - Bare Lane - Morecambe - Carnforth - Oxenholme - then all stations to Windermere; Holyhead to Hull Paragon (calling at Bangor, Llandudno Junction, Colwyn Bay, Rhyl, Prestatyn, Chester, Runcorn East, Warrington Bank Quay, Newton-le-Willows, Manchester Victoria...

We still have a few of these knocking about in Stockport, Tameside and Oldham: Known in Greater Manchester bus circles as 'idiot boards', a number of route markers were placed at junctions to aid Greater Manchester Transport and GM Buses drivers. The earliest date from the late 1970s with...

The filling in of "The Grayling Gaps" between Collyhurst and Leeds should be top priority. Besides the section out of Manchester Victoria station, infill electrification from Stalybridge to Guide Bridge should be added. This to allow for diversions and all-electric stopping trains (as per...

Denton: to the southern side of Manchester Road instead of its present site north of the said road and the M67 motorway. Could also allow for additional footfall from surrounding commercial development, industrial estates and retail premises (the Sainsburys superstore, Premier Inn, and KFC). If...

I can answer that question for you. The map is distorted to fit on the wide paper size for coving advertisements. This enables passengers to view the map at a glance whilst sitting or standing up on the tram. Similarly, First Transpennine Express have a similarly distorted (though slightly more...

I don't think there has been an ASDA shuttle bus to the Ashton-under-Lyne store for several years. First Pennine used to run one up to around 20 years ago. In the early days of bus deregulation, Dennis' Coaches used to run a direct bus from Uppermill up to Ashton's ASDA, which was a variant of...

I was surprised to note the omission of First Greater Manchester's 350 service from Oldham to Ashton-under-Lyne. It offers a longer - though considerably more scenic - alternative to the 409 service between the two towns. The full route takes in breathtaking views from Scouthead towards Oldham...

All staffed railway stations should have a real human voice to announce departures and arrivals instead of the same computerised voiceover that can be heard from Wigan North Western to Whitstable. Live, in person, as opposed to recorded in advance.