Ordsall Chord

This investment will help ease a rail bottleneck to the south of Piccadilly station and enable faster, more frequent services to run across the North of England.

The plans

The plans include a new section of track to the north west of Castlefield Junction, in the vicinity of Ordsall. This will link the Castlefield Junction line with the Deal Street Junction line, connecting Manchester’s three main stations for the very first time.

The benefits

• Two new fast trains per hour between Manchester Victoria and Liverpool
• Six fast trains an hour between Leeds and Manchester (as opposed to four now)
• Faster journeys across the north:
• Journey times between Leeds and Manchester could be reduced by about 10 minutes
• Journey times between Liverpool and Manchester could be reduced by 10-15 minutes
• A new direct service through Manchester city centre to Manchester Airport
• Faster journey times to Hull, Newcastle and the North East

Public consultation

We are carrying out our final round of consultation in May 2013, where you will be able to review our draft application documents. Visit our consultation website for more information and to download the documents.

We are also holding consultation events across Manchester and Salford, where you will be able to talk to members of our project team about our proposals. You can visit us on:

• 8th & 9th May – Castlefield Hotel, Liverpool Road, Manchester: 12.00 – 20.00
• 10th & 11th May – Creative Media Centre, Chapel Street, Salford: 12.00 – 20.00

We hope to see you at one of the drop in sessions.

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