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33 Manchester to the coast 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 to the coast 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 Piccadilly–Blackpool North via Chorley 78 13 37mph (1hr 19min) No change No change To be evaluated<br />

Manchester Victoria–Southport via Atherton 58 15 30mph (1hr 11min) No change No change No change<br />

Hebden Bridge–Manchester Victoria 38 5 34mph (41min) No change No change To be evaluated<br />

Buxton–Manchester Piccadilly 41 11 29mph (52min) No change No change No change<br />

Glossop–Manchester Piccadilly 21 9 26mph (31min) No change No change No change<br />

New Mills Central–Manchester Piccadilly via Bredbury 21 6 25mph (31min) No change No change No change<br />

LINESPEEDS (km of track)<br />

Up to 35mph 43 40 40 40<br />

40–75mph 550 519 519 519<br />

80–105mph 0 0 0 0<br />

110–125mph 0 0 0 0<br />

Over 125mph 0 0 0 0<br />

TOTAL 592 559 559 559<br />

GAUGE (km of route)<br />

W6A 296 283 283 283<br />

W7 153 153 153 153<br />

W8 32 32 32 32<br />

W9 0 0 0 13<br />

W10 0 0 0 13<br />

AXLE WEIGHT (km of track)<br />

Up to 20.3 tonnes 0 0 0 0<br />

20.4 tonnes to 23.4 tonnes 592 559 559 559<br />

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

TOTAL 592 559 559 559<br />

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