TransPennine Express

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RE: TransPennine Express

(11/02/2019 08:02)T42 PVM Wrote:  St Helens Rider actually brings up valid points, On the run up to this service starting it stopping at St Helens was used a lot, There is a growing number of People using St Helens Central and this service would add extra capacity when needed along with direct links to new destinations.

Of course it would, but sometimes adding extra capacity can cause more issues than what it's worth. If you open a service like this out to commuters or local passengers by adding extra stops, it has the potential to get flooded with people between Liverpool and St Helens and vice versa, who purely use this train only as it is an express, therefore potentially providing capacity issues for passengers travelling further afield.

Again, I'll reiterate, the purpose of this service is to provide new city to city connections, not town to town.