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Mauldeth Road Railway Station
Mauldeth Road railway station (known as Mauldeth Road for Withington until 1974) is a suburban railway station serving the Ladybarn area of Manchester, England. It is the last station before Manchester Piccadilly on the Styal Line and was electrified in 1959. The station sits on the Styal Line to Manchester Airport, one of the most congested lines on the national rail network. It has been served by a half-hourly stopping service from Manchester Airport/Crewe to Manchester Piccadilly. Between May 2018 and December 2022, services operated on a skip-stop basis at irregular intervals to increase capacity on the line with a semi-fast service to Liverpool. From December 2022 the timetable reverted similar to pre-May 2018 with half-hourly stopping services; one terminating at Manchester Piccadilly and the other continuing onto Liverpool Lime Street. History The station opened in 1909, south of Longsight (Slade Lane Junction), as Mauldeth Road for Withington. It was renamed Mauldeth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladybarn
Ladybarn is a small suburban area in Manchester, England, around Ladybarn Lane. It is now part of Manchester's urban sprawl but some of the village's original cobbled streets remain. The oldest properties are probably Rose Cottages, dating from the late 18th century. Ladybarn Village, consisting of around 20 shops, is on Mauldeth Road: to the north is Ladybarn Lane. Ladybarn is a quieter area compared to the busy student centres on its borders. Two primary schools are within walking distance and transport links include Mauldeth Road railway station, bus route 44 to Manchester city centre and cross-town routes 22, 178 and 179. The area is named after Lady Barn House, formerly used as the Lady Barn House School Lady Barn House School is an independent primary school in Cheadle, Greater Manchester. It was originally in Fallowfield, Manchester, but moved to its present location in the 1950s. It was founded in 1873 by W. H. Herford who was also the first ..., founded in 1873 by W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Railway Magazine
''The Railway Magazine'' is a monthly British railway magazine, aimed at the railway enthusiast market, that has been published in London since July 1897. it was, for three years running, the railway magazine with the largest circulation in the United Kingdom, having a monthly average sale during 2009 of 34,715 (the figure for 2007 being 34,661). It was published by IPC Media until October 2010, with , and in 2007 won IPC's 'Magazine of the Year' award. Since November 2010, ''The Railway Magazine'' has been published by Mortons of Horncastle. History ''The Railway Magazine'' was launched by Joseph Lawrence and ex-railwayman Frank E. Cornwall of Railway Publishing Ltd, who thought there would be an amateur enthusiast market for some of the material they were then publishing in a railway staff magazine, the ''Railway Herald''. They appointed as its first editor a former auctioneer, George Augustus Nokes (1867–1948), who wrote under the pseudonym "G. A. Sekon". He quickly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skip-stop
Skip-stop is a public transit service pattern which reduces travel times and increases capacity by having vehicles ''skip'' certain ''stops'' along a route. Originating in rapid transit systems, skip-stop may be also used in light rail and bus systems. "Skip-stop" is also used to describe elevators that stop at alternating floors and hence also used to describe building designs that exploit this design and avoid corridors on alternating floors. Rationale Skip-stop service is one solution to increasing train speed at minimal cost. In rapid transit systems in the United States, stations tend to be close together (approximately in 1976), and so trains struggle to reach high speeds. The New York City Subway for example, the slowest in the United States, travels at an average speed of . Trains on the same track cannot pass each other like buses can, and so to increase speed, changes can only be made in terms of headway, or in which stations are served. Skipping stations incre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alderley Edge Railway Station
Alderley Edge railway station serves the large village of Alderley Edge in Cheshire, England. The station is 13¾ miles (22 km) south of Manchester Piccadilly on the Crewe to Manchester Line. History Opened by the Manchester and Birmingham Railway, then absorbed by the London and North Western Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. When sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Regional Railways on behalf of the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive until the privatisation of British Railways. The line was electrified in 1960 (as the first stage of the West Coast Main Line electrification project) - since then, the station has acted as a terminus for some local services from the Manchester direction. Both platforms are bi-directionally signalled to facilitate this and there are t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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