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7/13/2025, 11:00:56 AM
>>2048197
There isn't enough money (that the Treasury are willing to release) for a full network.
They're better off building a tunnelled route bypassing the Castlefield Corridor (e.g. Piccadilly - St Peter's Square - Salford) that they can increase the capacity on that section. Also, adding the curve back at Ardwick Junction would allow services between Piccadilly and Victoria, or Picc trains North/East and Vic South without needing Castlefield.
Both of those, or even quadrupling Castlefield and adding Platform 15/16 at Piccadilly should be considered before an Underground/ heavy Metro system.
>>20482112
That and don't forget £100m+ for a bat tunnel, to protect ~300 bats in the wood. That's ~£330k per bat.
They would've been better off spending a fraction of that money buying land the other side of the woods from HS2 and re-wilding it so the bats have more habitat.
There isn't enough money (that the Treasury are willing to release) for a full network.
They're better off building a tunnelled route bypassing the Castlefield Corridor (e.g. Piccadilly - St Peter's Square - Salford) that they can increase the capacity on that section. Also, adding the curve back at Ardwick Junction would allow services between Piccadilly and Victoria, or Picc trains North/East and Vic South without needing Castlefield.
Both of those, or even quadrupling Castlefield and adding Platform 15/16 at Piccadilly should be considered before an Underground/ heavy Metro system.
>>20482112
That and don't forget £100m+ for a bat tunnel, to protect ~300 bats in the wood. That's ~£330k per bat.
They would've been better off spending a fraction of that money buying land the other side of the woods from HS2 and re-wilding it so the bats have more habitat.
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