HSUK NORTH-WEST CORRIDOR / POTTERIES RAIL STRATEGY - High Speed UK
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HSUK NORTH-WEST CORRIDOR / POTTERIES RAIL STRATEGY The Potteries conurbation is a major UK industrial area, located approximately equidistant between the larger conurbations of the West Midlands and the North-West. Comprising an agglomeration of smaller communities ie Newcastle under Lyme, and the ‘Six Towns’ of Tunstall, Burslem, Hanley, Stoke, Fenton and Longton (now incorporated as the city of ‘Stoke on Trent’) and the wider Staffordshire Moorlands Borough, its collective population of 450,000 puts it at the fringe of ‘primary city’ status. Yet its hilly local geography/ topography caused Stoke to be bypassed by the Grand Junction Railway (latterly the West Coast Main Line), and a similar fate is set to befall Stoke with the development of HS2. The following diagrams chart the development of the rail network of the Potteries region, and illustrate the likely impacts of both HS2 and High Speed UK. For precise details of the core High Speed UK proposals (as included in the cost estimates), see the HSUK Regional Maps on www.highspeeduk.co.uk. PRC1 : NORTH-WEST CORRIDOR/POTTERIES REGIONAL NETWORKS – PRE-1923 GROUPING The railway network of the North-West Corridor developed from the original 1837 Grand Junction Railway. Running northwards from Birmingham via Stafford and Crewe, and passing through easier topography to the west of the Potteries, the Grand Junction complemented the London & Birmingham Railway and connected to the Liverpool & Manchester at Earlestown to establish the world’s first intercity network. The Grand Junction was later subsumed into the London North-Western (LNW), which controlled all West Coast operations from London to Carlisle and established the regional hub at Crewe. This left Stoke effectively bypassed; here a dense local network was operated by the North Staffordshire Railway, which enjoyed a complete monopoly within the Potteries region. The region’s trunk network was supplemented by the Great Western, whose main line ran north-westwards from Birmingham to Wolverhampton, Shrewsbury, Chester and ultimately Birkenhead. PRC2 : NORTH-WEST CORRIDOR REGIONAL NETWORKS - CONTEMPORARY The trunk network of the North-West Corridor region remained largely intact through the Beeching era, with only subsidiary branch lines closed. Within the Potteries, the network has reduced to the North Staffordshire main line from Colwich Junction to Macclesfield, and regional routes radiating towards Derby, Stafford and Crewe. With the closure of branches such as the Potteries Loop, and with the closure of most minor stations along the main lines, virtually all Potteries rail activity is concentrated upon Stoke Station. Stoke is currently served by 2 Virgin West Coast trains per hour from London, and 2 CrossCountry trains per hour, all en route to Manchester Piccadilly. However, its connectivity to other regional cities eg Nottingham, Sheffield, Leeds and Liverpool is poor. PRC3 : CONNECTIVITY OF LOCAL & INTERCITY RAIL NETWORK TO HS2 The HS2 trunk route is projected to follow the route of the West Coast Main Line, bypassing Stoke and instead serving a new hub station at Crewe. Existing intercity services via Stoke are projected to be reduced to a single train per hour. This reduced intercity connectivity seems likely to have severe economic impacts, and there is local pressure for extra HS2 services to follow the existing Trent Valley route to serve Stoke, Macclesfield and Stockport, but this proposal may not be practicable owing to the restricted capacity of HS2’s 2-track stem. PRC4 : CONNECTIVITY OF LOCAL & INTERCITY RAIL NETWORK TO ‘STOKE ROUTE’ VARIANT The ‘Stoke Route’ comprises a more radical strategy to maintain Stoke’s rail connectivity. This is a proposal, developed by Stoke City Council, to revise the routeing of HS2 to pass through Stoke along the existing ‘brownfield’ rail corridor, with a new central station (to the north of the existing) that is harmonised with a much wider urban regeneration project. The revised route would continue north up the Trent valley and into the Cheshire Plain, before rejoining the designed HS2 route north of Crewe. ‘Stoke Hub’ would effectively replace ‘Crewe Hub’ as a primary calling point on HS2 services, whilst maintaining the possibility of serving Crewe via Kidsgrove and Alsager. The principle of the ‘Stoke Route’ concept – to bring improved connectivity and higher speed services to a much greater population (450,000 for Stoke vs 70,000 for Crewe) – is fundamentally sound. However, it is compromised by its attempt to compete with HS2 on the basis of speed/journey time on the time-sensitive ‘West Coast’ Anglo-Scottish high speed route, and by its assumption of maximum speeds (330km/h on the southern approaches to Stoke, and 230km/h in the environs of Stoke Station), which are unachievable for new
parallel tracks, given the existing curvatures. This may well have provided HS2 Ltd with the pretext it needed
to reject the Stoke Route proposals, despite their major advantages.
To illustrate the quality of the connectivity achieved by both HS2 and the ‘Stoke Route’ variant, a
green/amber/red ‘traffic light’ system indicates stations within 20/40/60 minutes’ direct journey from the
nearest station at which high speed services to London are planned.
PRC5 : ALTERNATIVE HIGH SPEED UK AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS TO LOCAL RAIL SYSTEM
High Speed UK has adopted the ‘Stoke Route’ philosophy, to eliminate the current bypassing of Stoke by
reorienting or enhancing main line corridors through the heart of the Potteries conurbation. With all time-
sensitive north-south routes located on the more favourable east side of the country, the new alignments
through Stoke can be designed for lesser speeds (230km/h on the southern approaches to Stoke, and 180km/h in
the environs of Stoke Station) which can be accommodated along the existing rail corridor.
The High Speed UK proposals for the Potteries comprise the following key project elements:
Upgrade of the Birmingham-Stoke-Manchester route to achieve sub-1-hour Birmingham-Manchester journey
times. Locally to Stoke, this will require completion of the ongoing Norton Bridge flyover project, a new
curve to bypass Stone, full 4-tracking of the Trent valley route from Stone through Stoke to Longport, and
selective 4-tracking of the onward route to Stockport. This will enhance capacity to allow increased
frequency on both intercity and local routes.
Reorientation of the West Coast Main Line via Stoke. This will divert from the existing WCML north-west of
Rugeley and pass on a new alignment following the A51 to the east of Colwich. The route will be
upgraded to 230km/h from Hixon to Stone, then tunnel to the east of Stone to join the core 4-track
section through Stoke. From Longport, the reoriented WCML will diverge from the existing North Staffs
route, to follow the A500 on an accelerated direct route to Stoke.
Upgrade of the Derby-Stoke route. This is a currently neglected route which, through upgrade and/or
elimination of the many level crossings along its length, could offer much faster timings and comprise a
new ‘North Midlands’ intercity route, running Nottingham-Derby-Stoke-Crewe-Warrington-Liverpool.
Reopening/opening of local stations enabled by 4-tracking of Trent Valley main line, and the segregation
of express passenger traffic from slower local traffic.
Development of new central Stoke station in the Etruria area, generally in line with Stoke City Council
plans. This new station is necessary to cope with increased train movements and passenger interchange
that will result from Stoke’s improved local and national connectivity. The existing station would remain
in use as a local facility.
It is important to note that proposed HSUK developments around Stoke should not detract from proposed
development of the railway estate in the Crewe area.
PRC6 : CONNECTIVITY OF LOCAL & INTERCITY RAIL NETWORK TO HIGH SPEED UK
HSUK high speed services will directly access all communities currently served by the national intercity network,
and connectivity will at the very least be maintained but in the majority of cases significantly improved. As
with HS2 and the ‘Stoke Route’ variant, a green/amber/red ‘traffic light’ system indicates stations within
20/40/60 minutes’ direct journey of the nearest hub.
HSUK achieves particular connectivity benefits for Stoke, necessary to elevate the city to ‘Top 16 core city’
status. With main line routes deviated to serve either the existing station or the new site proposed by Stoke
City Council, HSUK offers direct connections to all other 15 core regional centres ie London, Heathrow, Milton
Keynes, Birmingham, Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Darlington,
Newcastle, Edinburgh and Glasgow. The HSUK national intercity timetable shows average journey time savings
of 46% to these destinations – which illustrates the value of comprehensive connectivity and full integration
offered by HSUK, rather than the extreme speed of HS2.
Elsewhere in the North-West Corridor region, improved capacity through Birmingham New Street and across the
West Midlands network should permit the operation of through high speed services to Telford and Shrewsbury.
PRC7 : HIGH SPEED UK AND ASSOCIATED FREIGHT DEVELOPMENTS
Currently, little if any railfreight is conveyed to or from the Potteries conurbation. However, given its status as
a major hub of UK industry, it is important that railfreight facilities are maintained, and that capacity is
provided to accommodate new freight flows. HSUK satisfies this requirement through the 4-tracking of the core
Stone-Longport section, which allows slower freight and local passenger flows to be segregated from express
passenger flows. Equally importantly, the HSUK proposals also make allowance for approach routes with
sufficient capacity, particularly from the West Midlands where HSUK proposals for faster and higher-volume
flows along the Bushbury-Stafford Grand Junction route may necessitate the diversion of freight flows onto the
Walsall-Cannock-Rugeley line.BOLTON ROCHDALE POTTERIES RAIL CONNECTIONS : 1 DIAGRAM
ORMSKIRK
WIGAN
BURY NORTH-WEST CORRIDOR PRC 1
KIRKBY OLDHAM REGIONAL NETWORKS – 2020
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LIVERPOOL EARLES
SALFORD VICTORIA PRE-1923 GROUPING MAPPING 2018
-TOWN
WIDNES
PICCADILLY
KEY
LONDON NORTH-WESTERN
WARRINGTON MARPLE LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE
RUNCORN CHESHIRE LINES COMMITTEE
ALTRINCHAM MIDLAND
GREAT CENTRAL
STOCKPORT GREAT NORTHERN
NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE
GREAT WESTERN
WILMSLOW CAMBRIAN
CHESTER NORTHWICH WIRRAL RAILWAY
MACCLESFIELD PRINCIPAL/SECONDARY
TERTIARY/LOCAL STATION
WREXHAM SANDBACH
CONGLETON CALDON
FOR FURTHER
DETAILS SEE HSUK LEEK QUARRIES
RUABON NORTH-WEST CREWE ALSAGER
BIDDULPH
RAIL STRATEGY
KIDSGROVE
MALPAS NANTWICH TUNSTALL
CHIRK
BURSLEM
POTTERIES
GOBOWEN HANLEY LOOP
ASHBOURNE
NEWCASTLE
WHITCHURCH
ELLESMERE
STOKE FENTON
LONGTON
OSWESTRY MARKET
DRAYTON
STONE
UTTOXETER
SHREWSBURY
STAFFORD
WELLINGTON
WICHNOR
COLWICH
JUNCTION
JUNCTION
PENKRIDGE
RUGELEY
BUSHBURY
CHURCH JUNCTION
STRETTON
MUCH
WENLOCK
WOLVERHAMPTON
TAMWORTH
CRAVEN WALSALL SUTTON
ARMS COLDFIELD
BRIDGNORTH
FOR FURTHER
DETAILS SEE WATER
ORTON
KNIGHTON LUDLOW HSUK WEST
MIDS RAIL DUDLEY
BIRMINGHAM
STRATEGY SNOW HILL
SOHO JN
STOURBRIDGE NEW STREET
TENBURY CLEOBURY MOOR STREET
WELLS MORTIMER
KIDDERMINSTER
BEWDLEY
LEOMINSTER STOURPORTROCHDALE POTTERIES RAIL CONNECTIONS : 2 DIAGRAM
ORMSKIRK BOLTON
WIGAN
BURY NORTH-WEST CORRIDOR PRC 2
KIRKBY OLDHAM REGIONAL NETWORKS – 2020
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LIVERPOOL VICTORIA CONTEMPORARY MAPPING 2018
WIDNES
PICCADILLY
KEY
WARRINGTON WEST COAST
RUNCORN CROSSCOUNTRY
ALTRINCHAM TRANSPENNINE
STOCKPORT METRO LINE
ABANDONED ROUTE &
WILMSLOW DISCONNECTED TOWN
CHESTER NORTHWICH
MIDDLEWICH
PRINCIPAL/SECONDARY
MACCLESFIELD
TERTIARY/LOCAL STATION
WREXHAM SANDBACH
CONGLETON CALDON
FOR FURTHER
DETAILS SEE HSUK LEEK QUARRIES
RUABON NORTH-WEST CREWE ALSAGER
BIDDULPH
RAIL STRATEGY
KIDSGROVE
MALPAS NANTWICH TUNSTALL CHURNET VALLEY
CHIRK
RAILWAY (restored)
BURSLEM
LONGPORT
GOBOWEN NEWCASTLE HANLEY
ASHBOURNE
WHITCHURCH LEEK/CALDON LOW
FENTON BRANCH UNDER
ELLESMERE STOKE LONGTON RESTORATION BY
OSWESTRY MARKET MOORLAND & CITY
DRAYTON RAILWAY
ETRURIA, WEDGWOOD, STONE
BARLASTON & NORTON
BRIDGE STATIONS
CLOSED UNDER WEST
COAST ROUTE
MODERNISATION CIRCA
2003-2005
UTTOXETER
WEST COAST MAIN LINE
ROUTED VIA STAFFORD,
BYPASSING STOKE NORTON BRIDGE FLYOVER
SHREWSBURY ELIMINATES CONFLICTS
BETWEEN WEST COAST &
STAFFORD CROSSCOUNTRY FLOWS
WICHNOR
COLWICH
JUNCTION
JUNCTION
TELFORD PENKRIDGE
RUGELEY
BUSHBURY
CHURCH JUNCTION
STRETTON LICHFIELD
MUCH
WENLOCK
WOLVERHAMPTON
TAMWORTH
CRAVEN FOR FURTHER DETAILS
WALSALL SUTTON
ARMS SEE HSUK WEST MIDS COLDFIELD
TAME BRIDGE
RAIL STRATEGY
BRIDGNORTH SANDWELL
& DUDLEY
HAWTHORNS WATER
SEVERN
ORTON
KNIGHTON LUDLOW VALLEY BIRMINGHAM
RAILWAY
SNOW HILL
(restored) SOHO JN
STOURBRIDGE NEW STREET
TENBURY CLEOBURY MOOR STREET
WELLS MORTIMER
KIDDERMINSTER BIRMINGHAM
BEWDLEY INTERNATIONAL
LEOMINSTER STOURPORTROCHDALE POTTERIES RAIL CONNECTIONS : 3 DIAGRAM
ORMSKIRK BOLTON
BURY CONNECTIVITY OF LOCAL PRC 3
4% WIGAN
KIRKBY OLDHAM & INTERCITY RAIL 2020
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2 St HELENS # MANCHESTER NETWORK TO HS2 MAPPING 2018
LIVERPOOL SALFORD VICTORIA
WIDNES
PICCADILLY 13% KEY
WARRINGTON
4 HIGH SPEED NETWORK
RUNCORN & HUBS WITH HS
ALTRINCHAM
LINKS TO LONDON
4%
STOCKPORT STATIONS AT
3
CHESTER 2% 20/40/60 MINUTES
18% FOR
FROM HS HUB
2% NORTHWICH
WILMS
0 FURTHER
4 -LOW DETAILS
SEE HSUK STATION AT >60
0 MACCLESFIELD NORTH-
MINUTES OR REQG
WEST RAIL
HS2 SERVICES
ALONG EXISTING
STRATEGY FURTHER CHANGE
WREXHAM SANDBACH
WEST COAST CONGLETON
MAIN LINE TO CREWE NORTHERN POWERHOUSE RAIL
RUABON LIVERPOOL & 6% ALSAGER
PROPOSALS NOT ILLUSTRATED
WARRINGTON
4 KIDSGROVE
INTERCITY SERVICES TO NANTWICH
#
CHIRK
CHESTER & N.WALES
LONGPORT CHURNET
COAST, AND VIA
GOBOWEN
WILMSLOW, TO BE
DISCONTINUED
1% VALLEY
RAILWAY CONNECTIVITY DATA
WHITCHURCH
0 AVE. JOURNEY
TIME REDUCTION
BASED UPON HSUK
CREWE HUB TO ASSESSMENT OF HS2
SERVE AS HIGH
STOKE LONGTON No OF CITIES SCHEME, ADDRESSING
SPEED TERMINAL DIRECTLY LINKED 32 KEY HUBS OF
FOR POTTERIES UK RAIL NETWORK
CITY-REGION.
STONE
NOTE HS2 LINK
TO WCML SOUTH
OF CREWE
# WCML INTERCITY
SERVICES VIA STOKE
REDUCED TO 1
HS2 LINKS TO TRAIN PER HOUR UTTOXETER
WCML SOUTH OF
CREWE SECOND PHASE
SHREWSBURY EXTENSION TO
MANCHESTER
STAFFORD FIRST PHASE
CONNECTION
#
TO WEST COAST WICHNOR
COLWICH
MAIN LINE JUNCTION
JUNCTION
TELFORD PENKRIDGE
RUGELEY
BUSHBURY
CHURCH
STRETTON
JUNCTION #
LICHFIELD
0%
WOLVERHAMPTON 0
TAMWORTH
CRAVEN 2% WALSALL SUTTON
COLDFIELD
ARMS
0 TAME BRIDGE
BRIDGNORTH SANDWELL
& DUDLEY
HAWTHORNS WATER
ORTON
KNIGHTON LUDLOW BIRMINGHAM
SNOW HILL
SOHO JN
STOURBRIDGE NEW STREET
MOOR CURZON
23% STREET STREET
BIRMINGHAM
BEWDLEY
KIDDERMINSTER 8 INTERNATIONAL
FOR FURTHER DETAILS 20%
LEOMINSTER SEE HSUK WEST MIDS
RAIL STRATEGY 6ROCHDALE POTTERIES RAIL CONNECTIONS : 4 DIAGRAM
ORMSKIRK BOLTON
BURY CONNECTIVITY OF LOCAL/ PRC 4
WIGAN
KIRKBY OLDHAM INTERCITY NETWORK TO © NETWORK
2020
St HELENS MANCHESTER ‘STOKE ROUTE’ VARIANT MAPPING 2018
LIVERPOOL SALFORD VICTORIA
WIDNES
PICCADILLY KEY
STOKE ROUTE
HS2 & HUBS WITH HS
WARRINGTON
RUNCORN
SERVICES VIA LINKS TO LONDON
MACCLESF’D
ALTRINCHAM & STOCKPORT ‘STOKE ROUTE’
CONTINUING
STOCKPORT TO W.YORKS VARIANT TO HS2
STATIONS AT
WILMSLOW 20/40/60 MINUTES
CHESTER NORTHWICH
FROM HS HUB
MACCLESFIELD ‘STOKE ROUTE’
REJOINS HS2 & STATION AT >60
WCML NORTH
HS2 SERVICES ALONG
OF CREWE
MINUTES OR REQG
WREXHAM EXISTING WEST COAST SANDBACH
FURTHER CHANGE
MAIN LINE TO LIVERPOOL CONGLETON
& WARRINGTON
RUABON CREWE ALSAGER
KIDSGROVE CHURNET
CHIRK INTERCITY SERVICES TO NANTWICH VALLEY
CHESTER & N.WALES RAILWAY
COAST, AND VIA FOR LONGPORT
GOBOWEN
WILMSLOW, TO BE FURTHER STOKE
DISCONTINUED DETAILS HS2 SECOND PHASE REDIRECTED VIA
SEE HSUK ‘STOKE ROUTE’ TO NEW POTTERIES
WHITCHURCH NORTH- HUB STATION AT ETRURIA
WEST RAIL
STRATEGY LONGTON
STONE
HS2 ROUTE ALTERNATIVE
BYPASSING ‘STOKE ROUTE’
STOKE VIA VIA TRENT
WCML VALLEY
CORRIDOR UTTOXETER
HS2 2ND PHASE
SHREWSBURY EXTENSION TO
MANCHESTER
STAFFORD FIRST PHASE
CONNECTION
TO WEST COAST WICHNOR
COLWICH
MAIN LINE JUNCTION
JUNCTION
TELFORD PENKRIDGE
RUGELEY
BUSHBURY
CHURCH JUNCTION
STRETTON LICHFIELD
WOLVERHAMPTON
TAMWORTH
CRAVEN FOR FURTHER DETAILS WALSALL SUTTON
ARMS SEE HSUK WEST MIDS COLDFIELD
TAME BRIDGE
RAIL STRATEGY
BRIDGNORTH SANDWELL
& DUDLEY
HAWTHORNS WATER
ORTON
KNIGHTON LUDLOW BIRMINGHAM
SNOW HILL
SOHO JN
STOURBRIDGE NEW STREET
MOOR CURZON
STREET STREET
KIDDERMINSTER BIRMINGHAM
BEWDLEY INTERNATIONAL
LEOMINSTERROCHDALE POTTERIES RAIL CONNECTIONS : 5 DIAGRAM
ORMSKIRK BOLTON
WIGAN
BURY HIGH SPEED UK AND PRC 5
KIRKBY OLDHAM OTHER DEVELOPMENTS 2020
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LIVERPOOL SALFORD VICTORIA
PICCADILLY
WIDNES KEY
WARRINGTON DEDICATED HIGH
RUNCORN
ALTRINCHAM
SPEED LINE
STOCKPORT UPGRADED
SELECTIVE 4-TRACKING EXISTING ROUTE
ALONG MANCHESTER-
WILMSLOW STOKE ROUTE TO
NEW ROUTE &
CHESTER NORTHWICH
INCREASE CAPACITY NEW STATION
MACCLESFIELD FOR LOCAL & HIGH
SPEED TRAFFIC RESTORED ROUTE
WREXHAM SANDBACH
FOR FURTHER CONGLETON RESTORATION OF LEEK BRANCH
DETAILS SEE HSUK LEEK TO BE CONSIDERED FOR:
RUABON NORTH-WEST CREWE ALSAGER
STONE TRAFFIC FROM
RAIL STRATEGY CALDON LOW
KIDSGROVE
NANTWICH LOCAL SERVICES TO LEEK
CHIRK
EXCURSION TRAFFIC TO
NEW DIRECT LINK FROM LONGPORT CHURNET ALTON TOWERS VIA
CHURNET VALLEY RAILWAY
GOBOWEN
LONGPORT TO CREWE STOKE VALLEY
FOLLOWING A500 Et RAILWAY
NOTE OPTION UPGRADES ALONG TRENT VALLEY
WHITCHURCH FOR RELOCATING CORRIDOR ALLOW EFFECTIVE
STOKE STATION Fe REORIENTATION OF WEST COAST
TO ETRURIA AS Br LONGTON MAIN LINE VIA STOKE & SUB 1-HR
PER STOKE CITY Tr BIRMINGHAM-MANCHESTER
COUNCIL PLANS Ba JOURNEY TIMES
STONE DERBY-STOKE LINE
4-TRACKING FROM STONE UPGRADED TO FORM
TO LONGPORT PERMITTING NOTTINGHAM-STOKE-
IMPROVED LOCAL SERVICES LIVERPOOL INTER-
NB ROUTE
NEW/RESTORED STATIONS AT CITY ROUTE
ETRURIA (Et), BRITANNIA (Br), UPGRADED
FENTON (Fe), TRENTHAM (Tr), BETWEEN
BARLASTON (Ba), NORTON HIXON AND UTTOXETER
BRIDGE (NB), COLWICH (Co), & STONE
GREAT HAYWOOD (GH)
SHREWSBURY NEW RUGELEY-HIXON
4-TRACKING AT PENKRIDGE CUT-OFF BYPASSING
FOR ENHANCED CAPACITY STAFFORD GH COLWICH JUNCTION
Co
WICHNOR
COLWICH
JUNCTION
JUNCTION
TELFORD PENKRIDGE
RUGELEY
BUSHBURY
CHURCH JUNCTION
STRETTON LICHFIELD
WOLVERHAMPTON
TAMWORTH
CRAVEN FOR FURTHER DETAILS
WALSALL SUTTON
ARMS SEE HSUK WEST MIDS COLDFIELD
TAME BRIDGE
RAIL STRATEGY
BRIDGNORTH SANDWELL
& DUDLEY
HAWTHORNS WATER
ORTON
KNIGHTON LUDLOW BIRMINGHAM
SNOW HILL
SOHO JN
STOURBRIDGE NEW STREET MOOR STREET
KIDDERMINSTER BIRMINGHAM
BEWDLEY INTERNATIONAL
LEOMINSTERROCHDALE POTTERIES RAIL CONNECTIONS : 6 DIAGRAM
ORMSKIRK BOLTON
BURY CONNECTIVITY OF LOCAL & PRC 6
WIGAN
43% INTERCITY RAIL NETWORK © NETWORK
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MANCHESTER
OLDHAM 2020
27 St HELENS
TO HIGH SPEED UK MAPPING 2018
LIVERPOOL SALFORD VICTORIA
WIDNES
PICCADILLY
KEY
42%
WARRINGTON 45% WEST COAST MAIN LINE
29 REORIENTED VIA STOKE
RUNCORN
ALTRINCHAM 28
43% ACCELERATED BIRMINGHAM-
CHESTER STOCKPORT MANCHESTER ROUTE VIA STOKE
23
HIGH SPEED NETWORK & HUBS
43% WILMS
WITH HS LINKS TO LONDON
42% NORTHWICH
13 -LOW
12 MACCLESFIELD STATIONS AT 20/40/60 MINUTES
FROM HS HUB
WREXHAM SANDBACH STATION AT >60 MINUTES OR
CONGLETON
FOR FURTHER
32% REQG FURTHER CHANGE
DETAILS SEE HSUK
RUABON CREWE ALSAGER
NORTH-WEST
RAIL STRATEGY 20 KIDSGROVE
CHIRK NANTWICH
STOKE CHURNET
LONGPORT
GOBOWEN
Et
46% VALLEY
RAILWAY
NOTE OPTION
WHITCHURCH FOR RELOCATING 26 AVE. % JOURNEY CONNECTIVITY DATA
BASED UPON HSUK
STOKE STATION Fe
TIME REDUCTION
TIMETABLE COVERING
Br LONGTON No OF CITIES
TO ETRURIA AS 32 KEY HUBS OF UK
PER STOKE CITY Tr DIRECTLY LINKED RAIL NETWORK
COUNCIL PLANS Ba
STONE
NEW/RESTORED STATIONS AT
ETRURIA (Et), BRITANNIA (Br),
FENTON (Fe), TRENTHAM (Tr),
BARLASTON (Ba), NORTON NB
BRIDGE (NB), COLWICH (Co), & UTTOXETER
GREAT HAYWOOD (GH)
BIRMINGHAM-MANCHESTER ROUTE WEST COAST MAIN LINE
VIA STOKE UPGRADED TO ACHIEVE REORIENTED VIA STOKE
SHREWSBURY SUB 1-HR BIRMINGHAM-STOKE- FOR MORE DIRECT &
MANCHESTER JOURNEY TIMES FASTER ROUTE
STAFFORD GH
Co
WICHNOR
COLWICH
JUNCTION
JUNCTION
TELFORD PENKRIDGE FOR FURTHER DETAILS
RUGELEY SEE HSUK WEST MIDS
BUSHBURY RAIL STRATEGY
CHURCH JUNCTION
STRETTON LICHFIELD
59%
WOLVERHAMPTON
18
TAMWORTH
CRAVEN 47% WALSALL SUTTON
ARMS COLDFIELD
27 TAME BRIDGE
BRIDGNORTH SANDWELL
& DUDLEY
HAWTHORNS WATER
ORTON
KNIGHTON LUDLOW BIRMINGHAM
SNOW HILL
SOHO JN
STOURBRIDGE NEW STREET MOOR STREET
36%
BEWDLEY
KIDDERMINSTER
29 43% BIRMINGHAM
INTERNATIONAL
LEOMINSTER
24ROCHDALE POTTERIES RAIL CONNECTIONS : 7 DIAGRAM
ORMSKIRK BOLTON
WIGAN
BURY
HIGH SPEED UK AND PRC 7
SEAFORTH KIRKBY
St HELENS MANCHESTER
OLDHAM ASSOCIATED FREIGHT 2020
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VICTORIA DEVELOPMENTS MAPPING 2018
TRAFFORD
WIDNES
PARK PICCADILLY
KEY
GARSTON WARRINGTON NEW HIGH
RUNCORN SPEED LINE
ALTRINCHAM
ARPLEY
TRUNK FREIGHT
STOCKPORT ROUTE & YARD
EUROGAUGE-CAPABLE
WILMSLOW
CHESTER NORTHWICH FREIGHT ROUTE
MACCLESFIELD RESTORED/NEW/
SOUTH MANCHESTER UPGRADED ROUTE
WREXHAM FREIGHT BYPASS VIA SANDBACH
CULCHETH BRANCH, CONGLETON
GLAZEBROOK & TIVIOTDALE LEEK
RUABON LINKING TO TRANSPENNINE CREWE ALSAGER
ROUTE VIA WOODHEAD POTENTIAL STONE TRAFFIC FROM
KIDSGROVE CALDON LOW QUARRIES ALONG
CHIRK NANTWICH RESTORED LEEK BRANCH??
LONGPORT CHURNET
FOR
GOBOWEN FURTHER STOKE VALLEY
DETAILS RAILWAY
MAJOR NEW
SEE HSUK
WHITCHURCH RAILFREIGHT
NORTH-
WEST RAIL FACILITY IN
LONGTON TRENT VALLEY??
STRATEGY
STONE
WALSALL-RUGELEY LINE UTTOXETER
DEVELOPED AS ALTERNATE
NORTHWARD FREIGHT ROUTE
FROM WEST MIDLANDS, CLEAR BROWNHILLS ROUTE
OF POTENTIALLY CONGESTED RESTORED FOR XCOUNTRY
SHREWSBURY BUSHBURY-STAFFORD GRAND FREIGHT LINKS VIA WALSALL &
JUNCTION LINE DUDLEY AND POTENTIAL EUROGAUGE
STAFFORD FREIGHT ROUTE TO BESCOT YARD
WICHNOR
TELFORD COLWICH
JUNCTION
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