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BR, or its government masters, was capable of stopping planned electrification long before privatisation was ever thought of. Blackpool was certainly intended to be included in the WCML Crewe to Glasgow project. I think other branches/feeder lines also, though I can’t remember which.

Indeed. Or if that isn't possible, at least group the different options together by destination.

The early years of the LMS were characterised by ex LNW and Midland factions jockeying for control. Lord Stamp put a stop to this by establishing an all-powerful Head Office. The LNE constituents were used to collaborating so didn't require such centralised control.

How about the Hudds stoppers? I presume they will still be 185s. And I don’t think all the Middlesbrough ones are going to be 68s.

The "core" Manchester-Leeds-York route has seen no infrastructure improvements other than the Ordsall Chord, which has merely moved congestion from one place to another. That said, the deterioration of reliability on this core route can by no means be blamed entirely on the inadequate...

The Chesters and the Warrington stoppers terminated there. The fasts to Liverpool continued to Piccadilly P13 and reversed there, running wrong line back to Oxford Road.

Thanks!

Please don’t shout at me if this is the umpteenth time this question has been asked; I’m new on here, having been a uk.railway loyalist for much too long. Rather than faff about at Werrington, wouldn’t it have been simpler and more future-proof to have reopened the idiotically closed...

According to Liverail. Train 16247708. Arrives Lime St 1232, which looks right for a 1256 departure

1F60 departs SCA 0941, not 0841.

2M62 HUD-MAN stopper cancelled again this morning: “fault on this train” (National Rail app) / “late arrival of an inbound service” (RTT). The 185s seem to be a lot less reliable than the Northern Pacers they’ve replaced!