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12 Manchester and Crewe to North Wales continued<br />

<strong>The</strong>se are the route improvements we plan to deliver<br />

CAP<strong>AC</strong>ITY CHANGES TO MEET FRANCHISING DIRECTOR, PTE AND CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS AND DELIVER ROUTE VISION<br />

LOCATION PROPOSED SOLUTION YEAR REF<br />

Manchester and Crewe to North Wales None required<br />

CAPABILITY CHANGES TO <strong>AC</strong>HIEVE ROUTE VISION<br />

JOURNEY TIMES km STOPS CURRENT POSITION 2001 POSITION SUSTAINING THE ROUTE <strong>AC</strong>HIEVING ROUTE VISION<br />

Manchester–Chester via Warrington Bank Quay 65 7 39mph (1hr 2min) No change No change No change<br />

Stockport–Chester 62 13 31mph (1hr 14min) No change No change No change<br />

Crewe–Chester 34 0 57mph (22min) No change No change No change<br />

Chester–Holyhead 136 5 49mph (1hr 43min) 51mph (1hr 39min) No change No change<br />

Bidston–Wrexham Central 44 13 30mph (54min) No change No change No change<br />

Llandudno–Blaenau Ffestiniog 50 11 26mph (1hr 10min) No change No change No change<br />

LINESPEEDS (km of track)<br />

Up to 35mph 63 63 63 63<br />

40–75mph 663 534 534 534<br />

80–105mph 54 183 183 183<br />

110–125mph 0 0 0 0<br />

Over 125mph 0 0 0 0<br />

TOTAL 780 780 780 780<br />

GAUGE (km of route)<br />

W6A 408 408 408 408<br />

W7 340 340 340 340<br />

W8 307 307 307 307<br />

W9 4 4 4 4<br />

W10 0 0 0 0<br />

AXLE WEIGHT (km of track)<br />

Up to 20.3 tonnes 2 2 2 2<br />

20.4 tonnes to 23.4 tonnes 778 778 778 778<br />

23.5 tonnes to 25.4 tonnes 0 0 0 0<br />

TOTAL 780 780 780 780<br />

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