Route Oldham Loop Line & Partial Calder Valley (2007)

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  1. vboynton#5128

    vboynton#5128 Member

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    Today I’m suggesting the Oldham Loop Line before the majority of it was turned into a Metrolink Line but I doubt we’d ever get trams despite the metrolink being very similar to heavy rail.

    Manchester Victoria - Rochdale (Via CVL)

    Victoria (Route Hopping Enabled to NTP, GL & MAC)
    Miles Platting
    Moston
    Mills Hill
    Castleton
    Rochdale

    Rochdale - Manchester Victoria (Via OLL)

    Rochdale
    Milnrow
    New Hey
    Shaw & Crompton
    Royton Junction
    Derker
    Oldham Mumps
    Oldham Central
    Oldham Werneth
    Hollinwood
    Failsworth
    Dean Lane
    Miles Platting
    Manchester Victoria

    Rolling Stock:

    Northern Rail Class 156
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    Northern Rail Class 150/1
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    Reasons for wanting this specific route:

    I think this would be educational on what the metrolink looked like beforehand and to embrace modernisation and how the worlds changed in 21-22 years :)
     
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    Sorry i didn’t know about the closed stations… the map I looked at gave me the wrong stations I guess and actually the 3 and a half lines would be really good as a network like A&W coming in September. But you’d need 3 classes of train right?
     
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    Yes.....
     

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