Crewe & Chester Northern Services

This railway fills in the routes between existing northwest simulations – Crewe, Chester (Merseyrail), Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Area. It is very heavily used by both passenger and freight services.

Crewe & Chester Northern Services
Description	This railway fills in the routes between existing northwest simulations – Crewe, Chester (Merseyrail), Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Area.
Country	United Kingdom
Time period	2024
Train Operating Company	Northern, Avanti West Coast, Transport for Wales, London Northwestern Railway, Transpennine Express, East Midlands Railway, Caledonian Sleeper, CrossCountry
Simulation difficulty
Author	RailOS Dev Team
Repository	Crewe & Chester Northern Services
Website	Crewe & Chester Northern Services
Rolling Stock	Class 150 Class 156 Class 158 Class 170 Class 185 Class 195 Class 197 Class 220 Class 221 Class 323 Class 331 Class 350 Class 390 Class 397 Class 802 Class 67 + 4*Mk4 “Premier Service” Class 92 + 16*Mk5
Route map West Coast Main Line Manchester Newton-le-Willows Liverpool Lime Street Earlestown Dallam Royal Mail Terminal Warrington Bank Quay Warrington Goods Loop Liverpool Lime Street Runcorn Runcorn East Frodsham Acton Bridge Helsby Acton Bridge Loop Ince & Elton Sidings Ellesmere Port West Coast Main Line Cuddington Crewe Delamere Sandbach Mouldsworth Holmes Chapel Northwich Northwich Goods Loop Crewe Knutsford Chester Chelford Loops Chelford Altrincham Alderley Edge Up Siding Northenden RTS Chinley Wilmslow Manchester Airport Macclesfield Cheadle Hulme Stockport Guide Bridge Manchester

Timetable

The timetable covers a full eight-hour shift from 06:00 until 14:00 from the 2024 winter working timetable. After 14:00 services begin to dwindle and all are finished just before 15:05.

Crewe & Chester Northern Services Services
Train Operating Company	Origin	Destination	Frequency (tph)
Northern	Liverpool Lime Street	Manchester Airport	1
	Leeds	Chester	1
	Manchester Piccadilly		1
		Crewe via Manchester Airport	1
		Crewe via Stockport	1
		Alderley Edge	1
		Stoke-on-Trent	1
		Buxton	1
		Hazel Grove	1
CrossCountry		Bournemouth	1
		Bristol Temple Meads	1
Avanti West Coast		London Euston via Stoke-on-Trent	2
		London Euston via Crewe	1
	Glasgow Central		1.5
	Edinburgh Waverley		0.5
	Liverpool Lime Street		1
London Northwestern Railway		Birmingham New Street	2
Transpennine Express		Hull Paragon	1
		Newcastle	1
		Cleethorpes	1
East Midlands Railway		Norwich	1
Transport for Wales		Chester	1
	Manchester Piccadilly	Cardiff Central	1
	Llandudno	Manchester Airport	1
Caledonian Sleeper	London Euston	Glasgow Central / Edinburgh Waverley	1tpd
		Fort William / Inverness / Aberdeen	1tpd

Operational Tips

Trains will be seen to move quite slowly as the area covers quite long distances, except within the Warrington and Stockport station areas.

Trivia

Alderley Edge and Handforth stations, as well as the junction for the line to Hazel Grove, are missing from this simulation.