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Originally Posted by swisstrains
I saw the Royal Train in Cheshire this morning on its way to Preston. When the royals visit the North-West, the train often parks up overnight in an easily guarded siding at Hooton station on the Wirral. It then continues on the final part of its journey from there. This could well be the plan if the Queen visits Knutsford. Hope I haven't said too much?
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I know Merseyrail quite often keep spare trains at Hooton, but I thought as it was part of the self-contained Merseyrail network that only 507s and 508s were allowed in to that siding.
If the train arrived at Knutsford from Hooton, it wouldn't be able to wait at Knutsford while the Queen is in attendance at the RHS show, so would likely have to continue to Northenden to be out of the way of passenger and goods trains, with out entering a Metrolink line at Altrincham.