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{{Infobox ROSProject
{{Infobox ROSProject
| name = {{PAGENAME}}
| name = {{PAGENAME}}
| description =
| description = A simulation of railways in the Manchester area of the UK in 2024
| country = {{flagu|United Kingdom}}
| country = {{flagu|United Kingdom}}
| time_period =
| time_period = 2024
| company = Northern
| company = Northern, Avanti West Coast, Transport for Wales, Transpennine Express, East Midlands Railway, CrossCountry
| rolling_stock =
| rolling_stock =
*
* [[Diesel Multiple Units of the United Kingdom#Class 150|Class 150]]
*
* [[Diesel Multiple Units of the United Kingdom#Class 156|Class 156]]
* [[Diesel Multiple Units of the United Kingdom#Class 158|Class 158]]
* [[Diesel Multiple Units of the United Kingdom#Class 170|Class 170]]
* [[Diesel Multiple Units of the United Kingdom#Class 185|Class 185]]
* [[Diesel Multiple Units of the United Kingdom#Class 195|Class 195]]
* [[Diesel Multiple Units of the United Kingdom#Class 197|Class 197]]
* [[Diesel Multiple Units of the United Kingdom#Class 220|Class 220]]
* [[Diesel Multiple Units of the United Kingdom#Class 221|Class 221]]
* [[Electric Multiple Units of the United Kingdom#Class 323|Class 323]]
* [[Electric Multiple Units of the United Kingdom#Class 390|Class 390]]
* [[Electric Multiple Units of the United Kingdom#Class 397|Class 397]]
* [[Bi-Mode Multiple Units of the United Kingdom#Class 769|Class 769]]
* [[Bi-Mode Multiple Units of the United Kingdom#Class 802|Class 802]]
* [[Loco Hauled Consists of the United Kingdom#Class 67 + 4*Mk4 “Premier Service”|Class 67 + 4*Mk4 ''“Premier Service”'']]
| difficulty = 7
| difficulty = 7
| author = [[Developer GitHub Organisation|RailOS Dev Team]]
| author = [[Developer GitHub Organisation|RailOS Dev Team]]
| repository = [________ {{PAGENAME}}]
| repository = [https://github.com/Railway-Op-Sim/GB-Manchester-Area {{PAGENAME}}]
| website = [________ {{PAGENAME}}]
| website = [https://www.railwayoperationsimulator.com/catalog/community-projects/united-kingdom/manchester-area {{PAGENAME}}]
| map = {{{{PAGENAME}} Route}}
| map = {{{{PAGENAME}} Route}}
}}
}}
The simulation includes Manchester’s main city stations and surrounding areas close to the city.
== Timetable ==
== Timetable ==
| 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)'''
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"; style="background:#{{National Rail colour|Northern}}; color: white" | Northern
| style="background:#{{National Rail colour|East Midlands Trains}}" | East Midlands Railway
|
| rowspan="3" | Liverpool Lime Street || Norwich || 1
|-
| rowspan="7"; style="background:#{{National Rail colour|First Transpennine Express}}; color: white" | Transpennine Express
| Newcastle || 1
|-
| Cleethorpes || 1
|-
| rowspan="2" | Manchester Piccadilly || Hull || 1
|-
| Huddersfield || 1
|-
| rowspan="7" | Manchester Airport || Saltburn || 1
|-
| Glasgow Central || 0.5
|-
| Edinburgh Waverley || 0.5
|-
| rowspan="24"; style="background:#{{National Rail colour|Northern}}; color: white" | Northern
| Barrow-in-Furness || 1
|-
| Windermere || 4tpd
|-
| Blackpool North || 2
|-
| rowspan="2" | Liverpool Lime Street || 1
|-
| rowspan="2" | Manchester Oxford Road || 1
|-
| rowspan="2" | Southport || 1
|-
| Stalybridge || 1
|-
| Headbolt Lane || rowspan="2" | Blackburn || 1
|-
| rowspan="2" | Rochdale || 1
|-
| Clitheroe || 1
|-
| rowspan="3" | Leeds || Manchester Victoria || 1
|-
| Wigan Wallgate || 1
|-
| rowspan="2" | Chester || 1
|-
| rowspan="16" | 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
|-
| rowspan="2"; style="background:#{{National Rail colour|Avanti West Coast}}; color: white" | Avanti West Coast
| London Euston ''via Stoke-on-Trent'' || 2
|-
| London Euston ''via Crewe'' || 1
|-
| rowspan="2"; style="background:#{{National Rail colour|CrossCountry}}; color: white" | CrossCountry
| Bristol Temple Meads || 1
|-
| Bournemouth || 1
|-
| rowspan="2"; style="background:#{{National Rail colour|Transport for Wales}};color: white" | Transport for Wales
| Cardiff Central || 1
|-
| Manchester Airport || Llandudno || 1
|}
|}
== Operational Tips ==
== 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.
[[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]]
[[Category:Avanti West Coast]]
[[Category:Transport for Wales]]
[[Category:East Midlands Railway]]
[[Category:Transpennine Express]]
[[Category:CrossCountry]]