Wilmslow TPE query

[156441]

Just pondering some of the recent breakdowns on the Manchester airport line. Do manchester TPE crews sign the route south of the airport to Wilmslow as a diversionary route?

 

[YorkshireBear]

Just pondering some of the recent breakdowns on the Manchester airport line. Do manchester TPE crews sign the route south of the airport to Wilmslow as a diversionary route?

I very much doubt it.

 

[156441]

Me to. I know Cross Country crews do as we regularly have there staff on our Crewe services route refreshing.

 

[Crossover]

Cross Country run a daily service via Wilmslow/Crewe and they also run sometimes via the Airport avoider too I believe.

I get the feeling TPE won't sign the route from Stockport to Crewe...can't really think it would be of much use to them to be honest

 

[Eagle]

Cross Country run a daily service via Wilmslow/Crewe and they also run sometimes via the Airport avoider too I believe.

Virgin also sign the Airport line; the 1940 London to Manchester usually goes this way.

 

[Crossover]

Virgin also sign the Airport line; the 1940 London to Manchester usually goes this way.

That they do - again, only the avoider though

 

[156441]

I just wondered if they sign to Wilmslow incase of major disruption to the Airport.

 

[Crossover]

I just wondered if they sign to Crewe incase of major disruption to the Airport.

Surely in the most part in such cases they would cape them at Picc/Oxford Road?

 

[bb21]

Cross Country run a daily service via Wilmslow/Crewe and they also run sometimes via the Airport avoider too I believe.

Not sometimes, but daily on weekdays. One early morning southbound and one late evening northbound iirc.

 

[Mintona]

Just pondering some of the recent breakdowns on the Manchester airport line. Do manchester TPE crews sign the route south of the airport to Wilmslow as a diversionary route?

They certainly didn't 4 years ago. I highly doubt they do now.
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Not sometimes, but daily on weekdays. One early morning southbound and one late evening northbound iirc.

Just looked it up - there's a morning service northbound to Manchester Piccadilly via Wilmslow and an afternoon Bournemouth goes that way too. Which has changed since I used to work there, we only used to have an evening service heading to Manchester and nothing southbound.

Of course, the Wilmslow line is a useful diversion for Virgin and XC if anything happens on the Macclesfield line.

 

[cm39275]

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Just looked it up - there's a morning service northbound to Manchester Piccadilly via Wilmslow and an afternoon Bournemouth goes that way too. Which has changed since I used to work there, we only used to have an evening service heading to Manchester and nothing southbound.

Of course, the Wilmslow line is a useful diversion for Virgin and XC if anything happens on the Macclesfield line.

there is one morning southbound xc to bournemouth as well acording to realtime trains http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/P30185/2013/05/13/advanced

 

[SeanG]

IIRC ATW sign both Manchester - Crewe routes too

 

[Mintona]

IIRC ATW sign both Manchester - Crewe routes too

They do, and I believe they also sign Stockport-Stoke-Crewe for diversionary purposes

 

[bb21]

They do, and I believe they also sign Stockport-Stoke-Crewe for diversionary purposes

Yes, and that happened only last month (I think) during the evenings in one week, reversing at Stoke.