TBirdFrank

> In the past, TPE are reported to have said they will not stop at both Guide
> Bridge & Stalybridge. If they only call at a Guide Bridge Parkway, that will
> break connections for connecting passengers travelling via Manchester
> Victoria. Stalybridge also has slightly better range of local bus
> connections than Guide Bridge, but for best transport interchange, an
> enlarged Ashton station would be more useful, especially if some TPE trains
> could be diverted via Ashton.  .
>
> Bevan

That really is nonsense isn't it?

Yes of course a few people would be inconvenienced by having to start
rail journeys at Guide Bridge rather than Stalybridgem but the fare
box and infinitely more would be better placed to use rail.

Connections via Victoria unavailable via Piccadilly - Eh? Salford
Crescent anyone? or are they going back east from whence they came?

Ashton - a town centre location, yes, and I can think of some very
good arguments to knock down Oldham Towers, but the whole point of
Guide Bridge is its hinterland - Ashton, Hyde, Denton, Openshaw, and
anywhere along the M60 and M67 to boot.

Bus connections - if regional trains were to start stopping there, do
you not think that a bus link to Ashton bus station would not follow?

Inter modal should be the future. Its win win win - which is perhaps
why the TOCs won't go there!