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. Mr Shoveller comments:'There are options in terms of what we do now and in terms of what we do in the medium term. Those options have to align with other options like the TransPennine Route Upgrade, Leeds station and HS2.
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