But on message, yes a cable car like where eagles deare and at Alton towers to replace the expensive Rose hill station.
What expensive Rose Hill Station?
The costs associated with Rose Hill are bourne by the private company which tenders to run it, and makes a profit out of it.
As a customer I expect to see the station staffed, cleaned etc etc. My ticket gets me from Rose Hill to Manchester, why should I expect differing levels of service at either end of the line?
Andy
Subsidies have already mentioned but furthermore, Marple is already served by the normal station and Rose hill is just a branch off the same Sheff Manc line, If it was me owning (yes I know the operator doesn’t own the line & station) & operating a train service, I’d just like to run my trains to one station. The answer is to close Rose hill, sell off the land to developers, station buildings would make a nice little pad.
Then, improving the service, I’d have a cable car running to Stockport Station from Marple Station via Rose Hill & stops on the way. This would give everyone a better service plus a better link to Stockport station for mainline services.
It will also take traffic off Dan bank giving a greener solution all round. The cost would be negligible, no need to staff a station or keep it up to date and the sale of the land would cover the building costs.
You see, if I’d been in charge of that silly TIF thing that Richard Leese tried to foist on us with a congestion charge, I’d have come up with far cheaper, workable, effective & cost effective solutions.