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The simulation includes Manchester’s main city stations and surrounding areas close to the city.
  
 
== Timetable ==
 
== Timetable ==
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| style="text-align: center" | '''Train Operating Company''' || style="text-align: center" | '''Origin''' || style="text-align: center" | '''Destination''' || style="text-align: center" | '''Frequency (tph)'''
 
| style="text-align: center" | '''Train Operating Company''' || style="text-align: center" | '''Origin''' || style="text-align: center" | '''Destination''' || style="text-align: center" | '''Frequency (tph)'''
 
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| rowspan="2"; style="background:#{{National Rail colour|Northern}}; color: white" | Northern
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| style="background:#{{National Rail colour|East Midlands Trains}}" | East Midlands Railway
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| rowspan="3" | Liverpool Lime Street || Norwich || 1
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|-
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| rowspan="7"; style="background:#{{National Rail colour|First Transpennine Express}}; color: white" | Transpennine Express
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| Newcastle || 1
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| Cleethorpes || 1
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| rowspan="2" | Manchester Piccadilly || Hull || 1
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| Huddersfield || 1
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| rowspan="7" | Manchester Airport || Saltburn || 1
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| Glasgow Central || 0.5
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| Edinburgh Waverley || 0.5
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| rowspan="24"; style="background:#{{National Rail colour|Northern}}; color: white" | Northern
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| Barrow-in-Furness || 1
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| Windermere || 4tpd
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| Blackpool North || 2
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| rowspan="2" | Liverpool Lime Street || 1
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| rowspan="2" | Manchester Oxford Road || 1
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| rowspan="2" | Southport || 1
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| Stalybridge || 1
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| Headbolt Lane || rowspan="2" | Blackburn || 1
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| rowspan="2" | Rochdale || 1
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| Clitheroe || 1
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| rowspan="3" | Leeds || Manchester Victoria || 1
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| Wigan Wallgate || 1
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| rowspan="2" | Chester || 1
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| rowspan="16" | Manchester Piccadilly || 1
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| Crewe ''via Manchester Airport'' || 1
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| Crewe ''via Stockport'' || 1
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| Alderley Edge || 1
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| Stoke-on-Trent || 1
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| Buxton || 1
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| Hazel Grove || 1
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| Hadfield || 2
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| Rose Hill Marple || 0.75
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| New Mills Central || 1
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| Sheffield || 1
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| rowspan="2"; style="background:#{{National Rail colour|Avanti West Coast}}; color: white" | Avanti West Coast
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| London Euston ''via Stoke-on-Trent'' || 2
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| London Euston ''via Crewe'' || 1
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| rowspan="2"; style="background:#{{National Rail colour|CrossCountry}}; color: white" | CrossCountry
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| Bristol Temple Meads || 1
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| Bournemouth || 1
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| rowspan="2"; style="background:#{{National Rail colour|Transport for Wales}};color: white" | Transport for Wales
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| Cardiff Central || 1
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| Manchester Airport || Llandudno || 1
 
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== Operational Tips ==
 
== Operational Tips ==
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The simulation is best run at half speed for most of the time, with occasional brief periods of normal time and sometimes quarter time when traffic build-up is severe.
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Specific platforms are advised in train descriptions for Piccadilly and Victoria, and these should be used unless there is a build-up of delays, when in some cases it might be preferable to use other platforms.
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It pays to keep a sharp eye on arrival and departure times because some trains have plenty of excess time whereas others have little. Just because a train enters the railway before another it doesn’t always mean that the first to enter is the first to arrive at a station. Often the first can be held at a signal without it being delayed – the important thing is to keep to or before scheduled arrival times as far as possible.
  
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== Trivia ==
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This is a difficult simulation to operate, especially for traffic in and out of Piccadilly, but there is some useful advice provided in the operational notes.
  
 
[[Category:Simulations in {{#ifeq:United Kingdom|United Kingdom|the|}} United Kingdom]]
 
[[Category:Simulations in {{#ifeq:United Kingdom|United Kingdom|the|}} United Kingdom]]
 
[[Category:Northern]]
 
[[Category:Northern]]
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[[Category:Avanti West Coast]]
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[[Category:Transport for Wales]]
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[[Category:East Midlands Railway]]
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[[Category:Transpennine Express]]
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[[Category:CrossCountry]]

Latest revision as of 22:27, 23 March 2025

Manchester Area
DescriptionA simulation of railways in the Manchester area of the UK in 2024
Country United Kingdom
Time period2024
Train Operating CompanyNorthern, Avanti West Coast, Transport for Wales, Transpennine Express, East Midlands Railway, CrossCountry
Simulation difficulty7/10 stars
AuthorRailOS Dev Team
RepositoryManchester Area
WebsiteManchester Area
Rolling Stock
Route map

Legend
Rochdale
Mills Hill
Moston
Newton Heath MPD
Guide Bridge
Huddersfield
Ashburys
Ardwick TMD
Ardwick
Stockport
Manchester Victoria Manchester Metrolink
Manchester Victoria Turnback Siding
Manchester Piccadilly Manchester Metrolink
Manchester Oxford Road
Deansgate Manchester Metrolink
Salford Central
Trafford Reversing Siding
Salford Crescent
Manchester United FC Halt
Eccles Manchester Metrolink
Clifton
Trafford Park Euro Terminal
Bolton
Trafford Park
Swinton
Humphrey Park
Moorside
Urmston
Walkden
Chassen Road
Wigan
Flixton
Patricroft
Warrington
Earlestown

The simulation includes Manchester’s main city stations and surrounding areas close to the city.

Timetable

Manchester Area Services
Train Operating Company Origin Destination Frequency (tph)
East Midlands Railway Liverpool Lime Street Norwich 1
Transpennine Express Newcastle 1
Cleethorpes 1
Manchester Piccadilly Hull 1
Huddersfield 1
Manchester Airport Saltburn 1
Glasgow Central 0.5
Edinburgh Waverley 0.5
Northern Barrow-in-Furness 1
Windermere 4tpd
Blackpool North 2
Liverpool Lime Street 1
Manchester Oxford Road 1
Southport 1
Stalybridge 1
Headbolt Lane Blackburn 1
Rochdale 1
Clitheroe 1
Leeds Manchester Victoria 1
Wigan Wallgate 1
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
Hadfield 2
Rose Hill Marple 0.75
New Mills Central 1
Sheffield 1
Avanti West Coast London Euston via Stoke-on-Trent 2
London Euston via Crewe 1
CrossCountry Bristol Temple Meads 1
Bournemouth 1
Transport for Wales Cardiff Central 1
Manchester Airport Llandudno 1

Operational Tips

The simulation is best run at half speed for most of the time, with occasional brief periods of normal time and sometimes quarter time when traffic build-up is severe.

Specific platforms are advised in train descriptions for Piccadilly and Victoria, and these should be used unless there is a build-up of delays, when in some cases it might be preferable to use other platforms.

It pays to keep a sharp eye on arrival and departure times because some trains have plenty of excess time whereas others have little. Just because a train enters the railway before another it doesn’t always mean that the first to enter is the first to arrive at a station. Often the first can be held at a signal without it being delayed – the important thing is to keep to or before scheduled arrival times as far as possible.

This is a difficult simulation to operate, especially for traffic in and out of Piccadilly, but there is some useful advice provided in the operational notes.

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