Yes but the issue is the new shift pattern sheet has just been posted which runs from now until Dec.
There are 0 additional training days added, and not all staff are willing to do training on RD work so you’ve still got to try and get over 100 conductors route trained from the 3 guard depots, plus any contingency depots and driver route retention.
When the Liverpool to Cleethorpes run will start, it’s likely that it won’t be a full service from Day 1, and was never been planned to be prior to the industrial relations issues. It was meant to operate from May, similar to the current Manchester to Scarborough services, in which case most services would have terminated at Manchester Pic (Main Shed) with a minimal number of services to Liverpool (but not stopping at Irlam, Flixton, Urmston, Warrington West) until the beacons are fitted and more importantly tested.