Now l have never been one to plan an adventure other than to pack a bottle of pop and assorted sandwiches.
And that was my undoing when l decided to take a trip on the Ordsall Chord which is of course the much hyped rail link between Piccadilly Railway Station and Victoria.
It should have been a breeze beginning with the tram from Chorlton to the railway station, which as everyone knows entailed changing at St Peter’s Square and then on the short trip across town to Victoria station, with an option on a return journey.
All seemed well, and just outside the metro stop at Castlefield Deansgate I got a fine picture of the new bridge away in the distance.
At which point I pondered on whether to alight at Castlefield and wander over to the railway station at Knott Mill, confident that this would be on the route between the two railways stations.
Alas the adventure was not to happen, because the service won’t start till later in December.
A lesson l think in forward planning.
But it did allow me a bit more time to admire the wonderful glass and iron roof at Piccadilly, so a trip not completely wasted.
And no sooner after the story went live Paul Sherlock commented that, "new timetables come into effect next weekend, so hopefully we'll see if anything is going across the link then. My understanding of the advanced hype is that it should be operative on 10th December. Meanwhile my carton of orange juice remains in the cupboard".
And that also seems a plan.
Location; Manchester
Picture; the Ordsall Chord bridge, and Piccadilly Railway Station, 2017 from the collection of Andrew Simpson
It should have been a breeze beginning with the tram from Chorlton to the railway station, which as everyone knows entailed changing at St Peter’s Square and then on the short trip across town to Victoria station, with an option on a return journey.
At which point I pondered on whether to alight at Castlefield and wander over to the railway station at Knott Mill, confident that this would be on the route between the two railways stations.
Alas the adventure was not to happen, because the service won’t start till later in December.
A lesson l think in forward planning.
But it did allow me a bit more time to admire the wonderful glass and iron roof at Piccadilly, so a trip not completely wasted.
And no sooner after the story went live Paul Sherlock commented that, "new timetables come into effect next weekend, so hopefully we'll see if anything is going across the link then. My understanding of the advanced hype is that it should be operative on 10th December. Meanwhile my carton of orange juice remains in the cupboard".
And that also seems a plan.
Location; Manchester
Picture; the Ordsall Chord bridge, and Piccadilly Railway Station, 2017 from the collection of Andrew Simpson
New timetables come into effect next weekend, so hopefully we'll see if anything is going across the link then. My understanding of the advanced hype is that it should be operative on 10th December. Meanwhile my carton of orange juice remains in the cupboard.
ReplyDeleteWell Paul December 10 is a Monday and close enough to Christmas to warrant a journey across to Victoria Railway Station via the tram and back again or just from Victoria to Exchange Square. We shall see.
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