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Originally Posted by David A Hicks
I certinately like the idea, I was slightly annoyed when they showed the NorthWest Tonight report, where they interviewed passengers onboard an Arriva Trains Wales 175 (Liverpool?), which I think are good units, they were saying how bad it is.
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Some people are never happy. The ATW 175's are probably the most comfortable trains operating on any part of the Manchester-Liverpool route.
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Originally Posted by David A Hicks
I hope they link it with Piccadilly, we could have Liverpool-Manchester-London Pendolinos on it that would be really good, though whether Piccadilly platforms 13 and 14 can convey this is in question  . |
The railway press seems to think that it will be linked with Piccadilly as they are talking about electric services between Manchester Airport and Glasgow and being able to use the newly electrified line as a WCML diversion route. I also read one article that said that some of the London Midland 350's would take over the Manchester-Glasgow services releasing 185's to strengthen the Transpennine (via Leeds) services to 6 cars.
I wonder what the good people of Bolton and Chorley think about these new electric services bypassing their towns?
