 This arrangement survives today as the platforms 13 and 14 at Manchester Piccadilly.In the early part of the 20th century, the MSJ&AR steam trains came under increasing competition from electric tramways, which by that time ran the whole way from Manchester to Altrincham and closely followed the route of the railway.Various electrification proposals were studied to counter this threat, although it was only after the 1923 Grouping that concrete action was taken.