Some issues were passed to later RUSs: Lancashire & Cumbria;[9] Merseyside;[10] Yorkshire & Humber;[11] West Coast Main Line.
Codes for some other stations in the region are as follows: Liverpool Lime Street - LIV; Stockport - SPT; New Mills Central - NMC; New Mills Newtown - NMN; Trafford Park - TRA; Hadfield - HDF; Glossop - GLO; Stalybridge - SYB; Preston - PRE; Blackburn - BBN; Blackpool North - BPN; Blackpool South - BPS; Squires Gate - SQU; Kirkham & Wesham - KKM; Atherton (Manchester) - ATN; Newton-le-Willows - NLW; Manchester Airport - MIA.
There is inadequate capacity in the peaks on most corridors, and this problem is likely potentially to get worse in the face of forecast increasing demand.
Other, less substantial, interventions include reinstating a bay platform at Salford Central allowing Rochdale corridor trains to continue beyond Victoria.
In the long term an interchange between the CLC line and Metrolink in the Cornbrook or Pomona area may be developed, partly dependent on the results at Eccles.
Salford Crescent comprises a simple island platform, but has in practice become a major actual and potential interchange point, as well a significant destination in its own right.
It is highly desirable that the station be developed to handle the present and desired traffic; the currently-favoured option is to move the station northwards to a more spacious location, as minimal alterations to the layout would be required; if so the enhanced facilities would include 4 through platforms and two bay platforms.
This is particularly the case on the Castlefield corridor; however, the RUS states mainly that the effect of various interventions could not be assessed until the December 2008 WCML timetables were known.
Route 20 "A North West Feasibility Study to examine options to increase the capacity of the Manchester ‘Hub’ will be started in CP3.
Assuming a business case can be proven, work to develop any significant recommended infrastructure schemes could commence in CP4, but with implementation in CP5."