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I'm surprised that the Ashton Moss route wasn't used more often to relieve pressure on Piccadilly. When I went down it last in the late 80's (can't remember where the train's ultimate destination was but it was a 31 with about 6 or 8 mk II's behind) it was squealing a bit on the tight curves, lots of rusty overgrown track in places, but perfectly serviceable and would have been handy for Cross Country. Now there's just that stupid one-way Parliamentary train each Friday, Stockport to Stalybridge; a little 'out-of-the-box' thinking wouldn't go amiss especially with NR.
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