If ever there was a need for a (permanent) temporary speed restriction this realignment of the down fast at Slade is one. British Ace spend a good minute analysing that piece of track on his Manchester Voyager video on YouTube today as the sudden jolt wasn’t pleasant. I don’t know why they got the alignment wrong in the first place but as you say it’s better than trains colliding although it’s not the most elegant fix.
Not personally been over that piece of track yet, but saw it BAces stream, and yes, it's not good at all - needs to be sorted again really, along with the signalling issues mentioned above. Still a cracking route though.
Please re-do or remove announcements at Manchester Piccadilly! It only ever announces departures from Platforms 13 & 14, even then, not all. All you can hear is The next train at Platform x (x being 1-12) is for Manchester Piccadilly, calling at Manchester Piccadilly I've not heard departures for Euston, Bouremouth etc. Just Manchester Grrrrrrrrrrrrr I'm bloody well in Manchester Piccadilly for gawds sake
Haha that reminds me of when Thomas Cook went bust and the BBC had that utter wankstain that it Simon Calder on for an interview, live from "Manchester Airport" when in-fact you could clearly see the station sign "Macclesfield" through the waiting room window behind him.
