Cheeky wrote in message . ..
On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 04:39:30 -0400, Stephen Farrow
wrote:



Cheeky wrote:

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 23:21:43 -0400, Stephen Farrow
wrote:


Agreed. Although even half-decent DMUs would improve services on the
Oldham loop....

Though they would not, in themselves, solve the location problems at Mumps and Werneth stations.

True... they are not ideally located for the centre. However it is
debatable whether a slower, more expensive service from Manchester to
Oldham would be an improvement either....

Well, the frequency (10 trams per hour into Manchester from Oldham) would certainly be an
improvement. There's a lot of support for Metrolink in Oldham.

Even those who currently use the train with an integrated bus/rail
season ticket which won't be valid on Metrolink....?

There's not all that much traffic interchanging between buses and
trains at Mumps, partly because pedestrian access to the railway
station is so poor.

Stephen