Why does TPE call at Lea Green instead of St Helens Junction?
From what I remember the winning bidder for the franchise got to choose which of the two stops to call at. Either/or, but not both.
However looking at Wiki the numbers using St.Helens Jcn have fallen from 414K to 212K, but there has been no corresponding increase at Lea Green! The 2018 Timetable fiasco and also Northern strikes will not have helped but that is a significant reduction from the two stations combined. Have passengers been lost to the railway following this change of stop (in addition to the other reasons already given)?
From what I remember, they were leaning towards St Helens Jct initially, but after consultation and deeper investigation, they chose Lea Green.From what I remember the winning bidder for the franchise got to choose which of the two stops to call at. Either/or, but not both.
No, it was always and still is East Midlands Railway that stopped at Widnes, TPE stopped at Birchwood whereas East Midlands Railway doesnt and never has done as far as I know.