Just seen this posted in the local press https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/direct-trains-saltburn-manchester-given-15149803 and heard a rumour through a contact at TPE last week.
A direct train from Saltburn to Manchester has been given the green light to begin running in December 2019.
It was turbulent day at the Transport for the North (TfN) board meeting in Sheffield on Thursday.
But during a string of lengthy meetings with rail bosses, the panel of northern political leaders found time to agree a TransPennine Express (TPE) service should run all the way to the East Cleveland Coast.
It comes after members of the Saltburn Line Users Group (SLUG) and Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland MP Simon Clarke backed the idea to boost tourism , offer greater access to other towns and free up Middlesbrough Station.