TONY MILES talked to Network Rail’s TIM SHOVELLER about the problematic two-track section in central Manchester
One major challenge facing Network Rail’s new Managing Director, North West and Central, Tim Shoveller, is the situation in central Manchester, where the opening of the Ordsall chord and the introduction of a new timetable led to a collapse in performance through the Castlefield corridor, leading west from Manchester Piccadilly’s through platforms 13 and 14.