Night-time tests continue as far as Droylsden.<\/p>\n
Oldham and Rochdale Line<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n On the night of Thursday 18th<\/sup> October the first gauging run up to Shaw was undertaken.<\/p>\n South Manchester Line<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Daytime testing as far as East Didsbury has started with a number of gauging runs undertaken.<\/p>\n Meanwhile the withdrawals of the initial batch of T68s has stalled in recent weeks with no Still clinging on in service is the last of the unrefurbished T68s, 1020. Having lost its regular partner (1019) a couple of weeks ago 1020 can now be seen running alone, normally on the Bury-Piccadilly service but its days in service are expected to be numbered so catch it whilst you can! This view shows 1020 at Piccadilly. (Photo: Steve Hyde)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As we reported last week test running on both the South and East Manchester line\u2019s has recently commenced and this has continued over the past seven days. In addition the Oldham and Rochdale line beyond Oldham Mumps has seen some … Continue reading
\nfurther examples being taken out of service for a few weeks now. Currently 10 have been withdrawn with another two expected to be removed from service soon (TfGM\u2019s latest plan had been to take them out of service by the end of September although this has obviously passed now). Of note is that 3020<\/strong> is expected to receive the Lancashire Fusilier<\/em> name off 1020<\/strong> in the next few weeks (1020<\/strong> is the last unmodified T68 to be in service).<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/P1000180a-550x366.jpg\" "\\"P1000180a\\"")
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