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Originally Posted by steam for ever
About 10 years ago my grandfather said "its the line where trains go to die"
Its true now and to a much worse extent.
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Yes since Northern took over there haven't been any 158s or 175s on peak time services, unlike under First North Western.
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A while back there was talk of a second line to Manchester airport between Hale and Ashley and would have been a nice trip.
If Metrolink fails in its plans to go to the Airport then this might be revived.
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In one of the Network Rail documents that's been produced it mentions it as a possible future proposal for between 2014 and 2019:
http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%...st%20Urban.pdf