57313 leads a smart set of Northern Belle stock between Ashton and Roade on the southern WCML that is full of race-goers on their way to Aintree. Unfortunately, due to through trains not being able to get as far as the racecourse station anymore, excursions can only go as far as other Merseyside stations for onward transit to the course itself. In the case of this special, it ran as 1Z59 06.47 Euston to Liverpool South Parkway. The punters would then transfer to Merseyrail trains to get them to their destination. I hope that they were treated better than we were by awful Merseyrail staff when they made a similar change at South Parkway station last year.
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