TransPennine Express

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RE: First Transpennine Express

(20/05/2014 21:32)St Helens Rider Wrote:  As I have said before, i think it's a scandal that there is no stop at St Helens Junction given the size of the town is comparable to Warrington (which is served when TPE run via the CLC). Surely one extra stop wouldn't hurt the overall journey too much.

The new LIV-NCL service leaves Lime Street I understand at xx12. Whilst the LIV-MIA service which does stop at the Junction at xx16. There is no need for both of these services to stop at either SHJ or NLW when they are served by the latter.
The new service is aimed at Liverpool passengers travelling beyond Manchester and has stops at Huddersfield, Leeds, York, Darlington and Durham.
When electrification between Edge Hill and Earlestown is completed later this year it will be a 90 mph railway between Edge Hill and Ordsall Lane and the 185s can take advantage of this.