Plans
Nottingham County Council and the Department for Transport are investigating the possibility of adding an additional service that does not call at Sheffield in order to improve the journey time between Nottingham and Manchester. It currently takes 115 minutes but the council believes it could be cut to 90 minutes by 2012. Improvements to allow faster speeds on a 2.5 mile stretch near Stockport could also shave off 2–3 minutes.
Network Rail, in partnership with South Yorkshire ITA, will redouble the track between Dore Station Junction and Dore West Junction, at an estimated cost of £15 million. This costing is based on four additional vehicles in traffic to deliver the option, however, this will depend on vehicle allocation through the DfT rolling stock plan. This work will be programmed for between 2009–2016, subject to funding, is conjunction with signalling renewals in the Dore/Totley Tunnel area.
Other proposals include freight loops in the Hope and Grindleford areas, again, subject to funding, in order to fit in either a peak-busting, or all-day (07:00–19:00) hourly Manchester - Sheffield via New Mills Central service, by extending an existing Manchester - New Mills Central service.
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