No trains today twixt Guide Bridge and Manchester

[SteelWeelApeal]

Of course it had been suggested.

Only little issue is that Man Vic sign it and its only a few certain drivers who sign it. And Victoria is short of crew to cover our own work as it is.

Far easier to do the train plan as its been done past few days.

Sorry I meant in this thread/forum. I know diversions are popular on here, especially via little used stations.
I suspected that would be the issue though. Does seem slightly surprising given the route has more links with lines out of Piccadilly than Victoria though.

 

[Watershed]

Sorry I meant in this thread/forum. I know diversions are popular on here, especially via little used stations.
I suspected that would be the issue though. Does seem slightly surprising given the route has more links with lines out of Piccadilly than Victoria though.

It's a little bit surprising how much Victoria sign on the Piccadilly side of Manchester - considering that Piccadilly don't sign anything on the Victoria side.

But it's ultimately down to the fact that Victoria take units to and from Newton Heath, which requires that they sign several routes so as to allow the ECSs to run during engineering work diversions.

Piccadilly only take units to and from Longsight and Ardwick, neither of which have much in the way of diversionary routes and so they're generally only shut during the daytime or in the small hours of the night.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Can someone help me with a lack of East Manchester area knowledge. I think that a suggestion had been made concerning Hadfield/Glossop units using Denton as a diversionary route. As far as I am aware, the Hadfield line is only served by EMU and I am not sure of electrification of the lines in the Denton area. I would be very grateful to be told about how this diversionary route would be possible with EMU.

 

[Watershed]

Can someone help me with a lack of East Manchester area knowledge. I think that a suggestion had been made concerning Hadfield/Glossop units using Denton as a diversionary route. As far as I am aware, the Hadfield line is only served by EMU and I am not sure of electrification of the lines in the Denton area. I would be very grateful to be told about how this diversionary route would be possible with EMU.

The Hadfield service is currently being operated using DMUs. You're correct that the Denton line isn't electrified (nor are there any proposals for it to be electrified).

 

[_toommm_]

Can someone help me with a lack of East Manchester area knowledge. I think that a suggestion had been made concerning Hadfield/Glossop units using Denton as a diversionary route. As far as I am aware, the Hadfield line is only served by EMU and I am not sure of electrification of the lines in the Denton area. I would be very grateful to be told about how this diversionary route would be possible with EMU.

I asked whether the shuttle was an EMU, or a DMU they got back to Manchester via Denton.

 

[LNW-GW Joint]

Line via Gorton seems to have reopened around mid-day today.
TPE were turning Huddersfield-Pic trains at Victoria until the 1315 back.