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Been thinking since HS2 seems to have died the death in Manchester the opportunity to construct a north-eastern access to Piccadilly from Ashburys Philips park line. Would be about 850 metres for the main viaduct between the Mancunian Way to Viaduct Street with probably around 200m of extension...

A daft thought I'm sure, but I found myself wondering if extending Platform 3 at Stoke by angling it towards or into the car park had ever been considered?

Noticed this set of moves to and from Salford Crescent booked for Wednesday night, are there they something to do with the platform or is should I be reading something into that class 350 timing path? https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:K44848/2025-10-15/detailed...

I'm wonder if this is the first EMU run passenger service between Bolton and Wigan? 323233 did 2T24 a football special from Horwich to Wigan. https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:S03837/2025-09-20/detailed#allox_id=1

I've been thinking that having more 3 car 150s would be useful in the North west mainly in terms of having them back on the Clitheroe and Blackburn route to better balance capacity epically on morning trains such as 2J22 the 6:50 from Clitheroe and 2J24 the 8:18 from Blackburn which both...

I spent (wasted) an afternoon thinking about the "logical" directions tunnels might go based around four new cut and cover underground platforms on the square one site. Here's overview of all the potential alignments I've considered \/\/This is the combination I think is probably the most...

A new Liverpool to Manchester Timetable or: how I made a timetable guarantied to upset almost everyone.:D https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/potential-fix-for-ordsall-chord.259378/ Inspired by this thread I got to thinking about about changes to services if you just stopped using the Ordall...

My thoughts on possible alterations to improve relatability on the Castlefield corridor; Oxford Road Option A 3 Platforms arrangement aiming for platform Length and unrestricted access to both ends of the central platform, 1685726958 Option B Shorter platforms and middle platform only...

Just a thought I was having for an alternate route between Warrington Central and Manchester allowing the Manchester Suburban section to be converted to Metrolink. I realise that with NPR this already completely unrealistic, so I'm just considering it without really factoring that in. The line...