Bolton Station Is Still An Ongoing Project
I Bolton station still needs a lot of work to be done to allow electric trains to pass through.
I had just intended to change trains at Bolton on a trip from Deansgate to Blackburn. But because the trains to Blackburn are only hourly, I had to wait nearly an hour.
Hopefully, when the service between Bolton and Blackburn is doubled in frequency, as I wrote about in Blackburn To Manchester Every Thirty Minutes, the wait will be reduced too!
Hopefully
Progress At Pomona – 17th November 2017
Pomona tram stop will become the interchange between the Eccles Line and the new Trafford Park Line on the Manchester Metrolink.
As work has now started on the Trafford Park Line, I went to take a look.
I also walked along the canal to the entrance to the Trafford Park Estate.
This Google Map shows the area.
Note.
- The single bridge to the East takes the tram over the Irwell.
- The double-bridge takes masses of traffic to and from Manchester City Centre.
- The Trafford Park Line goes along the River Irwell.
When completed, there will be the River Irwell, the Trafford Park tram line, the Canal and the railway running through together.
The rail line is a curious one, as it has a two-hourly service between Manchester Piccadilly/Oxford Road and Liverpool Lime Street via Warrington, which stops at Trafford Park station and additionally Manchester United Football Ground station on match days only.
I’m pretty certain, that in perhaps 1966, I had my last ride on a steam-hauled British Rail service between Oxford Road and the football ground.
Surely in these days, a two-hourly service is inadequate and the frequency should be at least two trains per hour.
Karlsruhe would apply a tram-train solution and tram-trains from perhaps Warrington, would join the Trafford Park tram line to go through Manchester City Centre.
Assange Isn’t A Dreamer He’s A Destroyer
The title of this post is the same as that of an article in yesterday’s Times, by David Aaronovitch.
It is subtitled.
Don”t be fooled by the Wikileaks e founder’s supposed idealism; he is in the same destructive club as Putin and Trump.
It is thoughtful and well worth a read.
The Anonymous Widower 