{"id":1521,"date":"2018-02-08T14:55:04","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T14:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/?p=1521"},"modified":"2018-02-08T14:55:04","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T14:55:04","slug":"an-old-timetable-from-1991","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/?p=1521","title":{"rendered":"An Old Timetable, from 1991"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s an old timetable, from 1991. It’s interesting to make a comparison with the proposed timetable to take effect from May 2018.<\/p>\n

What’s clear is that any commuters from Marsden and (especially) Slaithwaite in the Manchester direction will suffer a reduced peak frequency compared to 1991, where what was previously a half hourly service becomes hourly.<\/p>\n

So, 27 years of progress and alleged investment, and we end up with something worse than when we first started.<\/p>\n

Since the train companies are so fond of using alleged service improvements as a justification for fare increases, next time we meet with TPE we’ll be asking them to reduce peak fares into Manchester to pre-1991 levels. It’s only fair that if improvement justifies an increase, deterioration justifies a decrease.<\/p>\n

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