Yes it's another weekend of closure on the Manchester Piccadilly / Stockport 
lines. Some trains (Buxton, Charlie) are routed by some interesting sights 
instead of direct.

        Well, that was until we had the "Underneath the Arches" fire which 
includes the compulsory "Gas Cylinder".

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Line-side fire between Manchester Victoria and Rochdale
Time reported 07:13
TOC(s) affected Northern Rail
Route affected Selby - Leeds - Bradford Interchange - Halifax - Rochdale - 
Manchester Victoria
Description Train services between Manchester Victoria and Leeds are being 
disrupted due to a line-side fire between Manchester Victoria and Rochdale. 
Short notice alterations and delays can be expected. Due to further 
developments there is currently no estimate for normal train services to 
resume
Updates

08:00 Train services will be starting and terminating at Rochdale until 
further notice
08:31 Road transport is being organised to operate between Manchester 
Victoria and Rochdale
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

 Manchester Victoria - Fire underneath arch 8 Corporation St (East of 
station) involving acetylene cylinder, 200m exclusion zone set up JOB 
STOPPED.

KW

Hi

Ken Ward wrote:

> Yes it's another weekend of closure on the Manchester Piccadilly / Stockport
> lines. Some trains (Buxton, Charlie) are routed by some interesting sights
> instead of direct.


Next weekend is the biggie!  Looks like nothing at all in/out of
piccadilly.  TPex proper diverted via Vic, TPex Sheffields terminating
at Hazel grove with multiple onward bus options, Noerthern Sheffields,
Hadfields and Marples terminating at Guide Bridge with again plentiful
buses to picc, etc, etc.....

Should be some good rail replacement action for those of us who like
it!

Jeff

It was no fun being an uninformed ignorant southern punter this morning 
trying to travel between Halifax and Manchester Airport (yes, I know, cheap 
air tickets took me there rather than the adjacent Leeds/Bradford).  The 
1004 to Wakefield via Huddersfield was cancelled; Manchester Victoria were 
reportedly terminating at Rochdale (no reports of bustitution) so I went to 
Leeds.  First (two car ) Transpennie too packed, the second had six cars but 
it was on it I realised that it would be bustituted at Manchester 
Piccadilly.  Lucky I left so early for a 1400 plane!
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> Hi
>
> Ken Ward wrote:
>> Yes it's another weekend of closure on the Manchester Piccadilly / 
>> Stockport
>> lines. Some trains (Buxton, Charlie) are routed by some interesting 
>> sights
>> instead of direct.
>
> Next weekend is the biggie!  Looks like nothing at all in/out of
> piccadilly.  TPex proper diverted via Vic, TPex Sheffields terminating
> at Hazel grove with multiple onward bus options, Noerthern Sheffields,
> Hadfields and Marples terminating at Guide Bridge with again plentiful
> buses to picc, etc, etc.....
>
> Should be some good rail replacement action for those of us who like
> it!
>
> Jeff
> 

On 30 Jul 2005 13:01:16 -0700, jeffsbuslane@yahoo.co.uk wrote:


>Next weekend is the biggie!  Looks like nothing at all in/out of
>piccadilly.  TPex proper diverted via Vic, TPex Sheffields terminating
>at Hazel grove with multiple onward bus options, Noerthern Sheffields,
>Hadfields and Marples terminating at Guide Bridge with again plentiful
>buses to picc, etc, etc.....


Not running via the Ashburys-Vic line, then?  It's been done in the
past - New Year 2001 (or was it 1999?), I think.

Neil

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Hi

Not sure if the line from Guide Bridge to Ashburys isn't being dug up
too - if not it would surely be better (for non-bus-enthusiast
passengers) to run trains to Ashburys and bus from there to Picc, or
indeed as you say along that line to Vic.

Just waiting for NRE journey planner to cach up - want to know the
times for the replacement buses from Warrington to Newton-le-Willows!

Jeff

Neil Williams wrote:


> 
>>Next weekend is the biggie!  Looks like nothing at all in/out of
>>piccadilly.  TPex proper diverted via Vic, TPex Sheffields terminating
>>at Hazel grove with multiple onward bus options, Noerthern Sheffields,
>>Hadfields and Marples terminating at Guide Bridge with again plentiful
>>buses to picc, etc, etc.....
> 
> 
> Not running via the Ashburys-Vic line, then?  It's been done in the
> past - New Year 2001 (or was it 1999?), I think.


Yes, I certainly remember class 150's to Victoria on the Glossop/Hadfields.

On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 22:03:56 +0000 (UTC), matt
 wrote:


>Yes, I certainly remember class 150's to Victoria on the Glossop/Hadfields.


At least one 142.  The squeal on the poorly-maintained tight curves
was unforgettable.

Neil

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> Hi
>
> Not sure if the line from Guide Bridge to Ashburys isn't being dug up
> too - if not it would surely be better (for non-bus-enthusiast
> passengers) to run trains to Ashburys and bus from there to Picc, or
> indeed as you say along that line to Vic.
>


No longer being a unified, TPX and CT will probably not have any drivers who 
know this route. And CT probably won't care either, since some months ago 
they put on buses all the way between Liverpool and Nottingham when there 
was a blockage somewhere between Chesterfield & Nottingham.

Bevan

Guess what?

Stockport station evacuated due to bomb scare at about 17:30
Sunday. 17:25 Buxton - Manchester Victoria held at
Hazel Grove - much chaos everywhere else no doubt.

Charlie

Charlie Hulme  wrote:


> Guess what?
> 
> Stockport station evacuated due to bomb scare at about 17:30
> Sunday. 17:25 Buxton - Manchester Victoria held at
> Hazel Grove - much chaos everywhere else no doubt.


It wasn't fun getting around Greater Manchester this weekend if you
wanted to try a train or tram. I'd planned to go to Oldham, and had
never taken the train there- of course neither the tram or trains were
running at the time. First Buses didn't do _too_ badly getting there and
back, I have to admit.

So, I wonder what silly person left their shopping bags at Stockport?
Maybe the same one who left them in the Arndale Centre last summer, on
July 3. I remember, because we were in the Exchange Theatre where the
first act of The Importance of Being Earnest had just finished. As we
mulled around in the interval, the alarm went off, and we were all
exacuated, without coats! An hour or so of hanging around, and the
Theatre told us to go home. (Partner picked up the coats the following
Monday!) The entire centre was cordoned off, the Arndale centre
evacuated, and then some. I wouldn't want to estimate the costs of all
that- lost revenue, helicopters (yes, more than one!) circling overhead,
etc.

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Neil Williams wrote:


> On 30 Jul 2005 13:01:16 -0700, jeffsbuslane@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
>
> >Next weekend is the biggie!  Looks like nothing at all in/out of
> >piccadilly.  TPex proper diverted via Vic, TPex Sheffields terminating
> >at Hazel grove with multiple onward bus options, Noerthern Sheffields,
> >Hadfields and Marples terminating at Guide Bridge with again plentiful
> >buses to picc, etc, etc.....
>
> Not running via the Ashburys-Vic line, then?  It's been done in the
> past - New Year 2001 (or was it 1999?), I think.


The new Siemens TPX  depot at Ardwick is being connected in  at Ardwick
Junction and Ashburys West  so the line to Victoria  probably isn't
available . A  bus  pick up   point and turning circle has been
constructed at Guide bridge , in the  "car park"  maybe GB  to Picc , can
be permanently  bustituted?
Robert

On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 19:27:06 +0100, this_address_is_for_spam@yahoo.com
wrote:


> I wouldn't want to estimate the costs of all that- lost revenue,
> helicopters (yes, more than one!) circling overhead, etc.


TV crews?

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On Mon, 01 Aug 2005 10:48:42 +0100, Bob Holmes 
wrote:


>maybe GB  to Picc , can
>be permanently  bustituted?


I doubt it.  Traffic would be too bad.

Neil

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