DfT e-mails leaked to Lisa Nandy MP

[trainophile]

Care to give some examples of such journeys? Victoria is now the best station to go to for North TPE connections and it already was the best station to go to for connections to Halifax, Bradford, Blackburn etc. Going to the Chester, North Wales, West Midlands, Scotland, or South from Southport doesn't require you to travel via Manchester. That leaves the airport, Sheffield and part of the East Midlands - all places which can be reached with one change at Liverpool South Parkway, even if you still travel via Piccadilly.

Just my regular journey between Southport and Hereford is what I had in mind. It’s an option lost since the new timetable.

I don’t like changing at Crewe if it’s avoidable because it’s sometimes hard to get a seat, especially if it’s a 2-coacher, so prefer to get on at the start at Picc.

 

[pemma]

Just my regular journey between Southport and Hereford is what I had in mind. It’s an option lost since the new timetable.

I don’t like changing at Crewe if it’s avoidable because it’s sometimes hard to get a seat, especially if it’s a 2-coacher, so prefer to get on at the start at Picc.

I forgot about the Manchester to Cardiff service but there will be a new Liverpool to Cardiff service introduced in a couple of years time.

 

[trainophile]

I forgot about the Manchester to Cardiff service but there will be a new Liverpool to Cardiff service introduced in a couple of years time.

Oh that sounds interesting. Which operator?

 

[pemma]

Oh that sounds interesting. Which operator?

Wales & Borders.

 

[trainophile]

Wales & Borders.

Ah, the new one? Thanks, I will await this with interest.

 

[Bertie the bus]

Do Virgin still run an express coach from Southport to Preston which accepts rail tickets?

I'm pretty sure it ended years ago.