The route from Crewe to Manchester Piccadilly, including the Styal line, was the first section of the West Coast Main Line to be electrified, in 1959. The line was upgraded in the early 2000s, as part of the West Coast Main Line modernisation programme. A full service resumed on the line in March 2007.
In April 2006, Network Rail organised its maintenance and train control operations into '26 Routes'; the Crewe–Manchester line was included in Route 20 (North West Urban).
Services
Northern Trains operates services between Crewe, Alderley Edge and Manchester Piccadilly, via Stockport and the Styal line via Manchester Airport. A number of the Crewe / Alderley Edge – Piccadilly services also extend beyond Piccadilly to terminate at Liverpool Lime Street, Southport and Wigan North Western. Also, a number of services to/from Manchester start or terminate at Wilmslow.
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crewe, manchester, line, railway, line, north, west, england, running, between, crewe, manchester, piccadilly, spur, west, coast, main, line, northern, rail, class, cheadle, hulme, railway, stationoverviewownernetwork, raillocalestockportcrewecheshiremancheste. The Crewe Manchester line is a railway line in North West England running between Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly It is a spur of the West Coast Main Line Crewe Manchester lineNorthern Rail Class 323 at Cheadle Hulme railway stationOverviewOwnerNetwork RailLocaleStockportCreweCheshireManchesterNorth West EnglandServiceTypeHeavy railSystemNational RailOperator s Avanti West CoastCrossCountryNorthern TrainsTransPennine ExpressTransport for Wales RailTechnicalTrack gauge1 435 mm 4 ft 8 1 2 in standard gaugeOperating speed110 mph 180 km h Route map Click to expand vteCrewe Manchester lineLegendLiverpool Manchester linesOrdsall Chord to Manchester VictoriaDeansgateManchester Oxford RoadManchester PiccadillyHuddersfield line and Glossop lineMauldeth RoadLevenshulmeBurnageHeaton ChapelEast DidsburyStockportMid Cheshire line Hope Valley lineGatleyCheadle HulmeStafford Manchester lineHeald GreenHandforthManchester AirportStyalWilmslowAlderley EdgeChelfordGoostreyHolmes ChapelM6 motorwayto Northwich freight line Sandbachto Chester WCML northboundCreweWelsh Marches line to StokeWest Coast Main Line southboundHistory EditThe line was built by the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company which diverted to Crewe in 1841 and merged in 1846 with others to form the London and North Western Railway Company This in turn became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923 The route from Crewe to Manchester Piccadilly including the Styal line was the first section of the West Coast Main Line to be electrified in 1959 The line was upgraded in the early 2000s as part of the West Coast Main Line modernisation programme A full service resumed on the line in March 2007 The line is joined at Cheadle Hulme by the West Coast spur from Stoke on Trent At Stockport it is then joined by the Mid Cheshire line from Chester the Hope Valley line from Sheffield and by the Buxton line In April 2006 Network Rail organised its maintenance and train control operations into 26 Routes the Crewe Manchester line was included in Route 20 North West Urban Services EditNorthern Trains operates services between Crewe Alderley Edge and Manchester Piccadilly via Stockport and the Styal line via Manchester Airport A number of the Crewe Alderley Edge Piccadilly services also extend beyond Piccadilly to terminate at Liverpool Lime Street Southport and Wigan North Western Also a number of services to from Manchester start or terminate at Wilmslow Transport for Wales operates a through express service between Milford Haven and Cardiff via the Welsh Marches line to Manchester Avanti West Coast operates West Coast Main Line services between London Euston Crewe and Manchester CrossCountry also operates a small number of services on the line between Manchester Piccadilly Birmingham New Street and the South External links Edit Cheshire portal Wikimedia Commons has media related to Crewe to Manchester Line Website of Crewe to Manchester Community Rail Partnership Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Crewe Manchester line amp oldid 1110332000, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
