TransPennine Express

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RE: TransPennine Express

(28/07/2017 08:15)wirralbus Wrote:  You do wonder what Trans Pennine can do alleviate some of these issues , maybe to remove the Wigan North Western stop and run non stop to Manchester from Preston with the 04.22 service from Glasgow Central. The same could be said of the 16.00 from Manchester Airport to Edinburgh running non stop Manchester Oxford Road to Preston , both of these services are to be honest inter regional expresses and not commuters services .

Which would then require Northern to run additional services between Manchester and Wigan - which needs extra paths and rolling stock.

DfT sold in re-routing TPE Scottish services via Wigan instead of via Bolton as offering faster services between Wigan and Manchester and consequently freeing up space for Bolton commuters on Southport-Manchester Airport services.