Northern (Arriva Rail North)

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RE: Northern (Arriva Rail North)

(15/01/2018 14:45)mikestone Wrote:  It might not be a bad thing if the delay causes a rethink of this timetable - not only is there no service from Southport to Piccadilly or the airport, they all run via Atherton and Wigan-Bolton trains go from North Western so the connection will be at Hindley.
There are also no trains from Blackpool to Victoria - and thus of course Salford Central.

It's been known for about 6 years that Southport services were set to lose their Airport paths when TPE services started running on the Ordsall Chord. There's nothing Northern can do about it but they have said they'll look at hourly Alderley Edge-Southport services at the December 2019 recast if Wigan-Bolton gets wired and they are allowed to retain the 769s. TPE have said the North TPE services will go ahead at May 2018 regardless so Southport will likely lose it's Airport service whether or not there's a postponement in Northern services.

If the Victoria-Preston goes to Blackpool instead then Stockport (a far busier station than Salford Central) doesn't get a direct Blackpool service.