Light rail and trams

Andrew Gwilt   26/04/2017 at 08:02

Bolton as a town does have bad transport links but with this new interchange station for linking trains and buses will help to solve the problems that Bolton needs good transport links and trains coming from Manchester, Liverpool and the Northwest will also serve this new station that Bolton needs. Bolton is a commuter town that is on the outskirts of Manchester and is near to the M62 motorway that's goes from East Yorkshire to Liverpool and the M6 motorway which goes from Birmingham and the South (including M5 & London (M1)) to Carlisle and Scotland (Glasgow & Edinburgh (M8).

Lee   26/04/2017 at 08:36

This is the section interchange that Bolton has had. The first was built to replace the former Lancashire & Yorkshire railway-built Trinity Street station buildings, which were connectred to Moor Lane, where the new interchange is being built, by a footbridge that was pulled down when the then new interchange was built. For some reason the bus/rail interchange seems to have become a big taxi rank that is served by a couple of bus services. The new interchange is to replace the old Moor Lane bus station site, which will be redeveloped. Andrew, Bolton is already derved by frequent trains to/from Manchester, Manchester Airport, Wigan, Preston and Blackpool. To get to Liverpool you will still have to change trains in Manchester or Wigan. The new interchange will not generate new services, the Northwest electrification project though may allow the proposed Blackpool - London electric service to run through Bolton and allow Transpennine electric services between Manchester Airport and Scotland to be re-routed back through the town, especially when the Platform 5 reinstatement project is finished. However, Bolton Council seem resolutely against extension of Metrolink from Bury to Bolton via the old East Lancshaire Line between the two towns and onward toward Leigh via the old Bolton and Leigh Railway route, a significant proportion of both routes of which still survive.

Ryan   26/04/2017 at 17:26

Do you know anything at all about Bolton, Andrew? You realise a new bridge isn't going to magically mean that more trains can fit on the tracks.

Andrew Gwilt   26/04/2017 at 18:47

Why be sarcastic Ryan.

Andrew G   26/04/2017 at 22:39

Not forgetting Cambridge North railway station which is set to open on the 21st May this year as progress is nearly completed with the new car park, bus stops, platforms, ticket kiosks, entrance, lights, stairs, lifts and the station itself that is nearly completed.

David   27/04/2017 at 11:02

Ticket kiosks? I'm pretty sure Cambridge North only has TVMs.

Andrew Gwilt   28/04/2017 at 11:05

Possibly David.