Picc-Vic tunnel
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Picc-Vic was a proposed, and later cancelled, underground railway designed in the early 1970s with the purpose of connecting two major mainline railway termini in Manchester city centre, England. The
An artist's impression of the Picc-Vic line (1971)
A prototype SELNEC interactive display board, now on display at the Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester
Ordsall Chord
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Ordsall Chord, also known as the Castlefield Curve, is a short railway line in Ordsall, Salford, England, which links Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Oxford Road to Manchester Victoria, designed
Picc-Vic tunnel
…1992, the Metrolink system opened and linked both stations via tram, to an extent negating the requirement for a direct rail connection. In 2017, the Ordsall Chord became operational; an overground railway scheme directly linking Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Victoria in a comparable fashion to Picc-Vic…
Panoramic view of the completed Ordsall Chord with the River Irwell, Aviva studios and the Prince's bridge in 2024
Construction of the Ordsall Chord in October 2016
Ordsall Chord under construction in April 2017