Castlefield Corridor

This route covers the busy city centre lines in Manchester. Included are Manchester Victoria, Piccadilly and Oxford Road, Deansgate and Salford Central and Crescent. The majority of the services are run by Northern, with Transpennine Express, Transport for Wales and East Midlands Railway making appearances.

Castlefield Corridor
Description	the busy city centre lines in Manchester
Country	United Kingdom
Time period	2020
Train Operating Company	Northern, Transpennine Express, East Midlands Railway, Transport for Wales
Simulation difficulty
Author	RailOS Dev Team
Website	Castlefield Corridor
Route map Stalybridge Stockport Manchester Victoria Manchester Piccadilly Manchester Oxford Road Manchester Victoria Turnback Siding Deansgate Salford Central Warrington Salford Siding Eccles Salford Crescent Bolton Wigan

Timetable

The attached timetable covers services between 0700 and 0800 on a Monday morning. However, for simplicity, services terminating at Manchester Oxford Road and Manchester Victoria have been excluded. The standard service pattern is as follows:

Castlefield Corridor Services
Train Operating Company	Origin	Destination	Frequency (tph)
East Midlands Railway	Liverpool Lime Street	Norwich	1
Northern		Crewe	1
	Southport	Alderley Edge	1
	Blackpool North	Hazel Grove	1
		Manchester Airport	1
	Lancaster		1
	Cumbria		1
	Liverpool Lime Street		1
Transpennine Express	Redcar Central		1
	Glasgow Central / Edinburgh Waverley		1
Transport for Wales	Llandudno		1
	Milford Haven		0.5
	Carmarthen		0.5