{"id":1798,"date":"2018-10-01T16:57:13","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T15:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/?p=1798"},"modified":"2018-10-01T16:57:13","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T15:57:13","slug":"a-reminder-of-what-transpennine-said-before-the-timetable-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/?p=1798","title":{"rendered":"A reminder of what Transpennine said before the timetable change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A letter from Leo Goodwin, Managing Director of TPE, to Andy Burnham before the timetable change.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/A-Burnham-1802051.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1796\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/A-Burnham-1802051.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1700\" height=\"2337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/A-Burnham-1802051.jpg 1700w, https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/A-Burnham-1802051-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/A-Burnham-1802051-768x1056.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/A-Burnham-1802051-745x1024.jpg 745w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1700px) 100vw, 1700px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/A-Burnham-1802052.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1797\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/A-Burnham-1802052.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1700\" height=\"2337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/A-Burnham-1802052.jpg 1700w, https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/A-Burnham-1802052-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/A-Burnham-1802052-768x1056.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/A-Burnham-1802052-745x1024.jpg 745w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1700px) 100vw, 1700px\" \/><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">So, of the claims made:<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>faster journey times to Manchester &#8211; only on the rare occasions when trains are running to time and not terminated at Stalybridge, and definitely slower to Victoria<\/li>\n<li>faster journey times to Leeds &#8211; again, only when not being delayed<\/li>\n<li>regular direct service to Leeds &#8211; yes, but being withdrawn in December<\/li>\n<li>regular direct service to Manchester &#8211; we had this before, but now it often gets no further than Stalybridge<\/li>\n<li>significant increase in seating capacity &#8211; no<\/li>\n<li>earlier and later services &#8211; yes<\/li>\n<li>more services on a Saturday &#8211; no<\/li>\n<li>significant increase in services on Sundays &#8211; no<\/li>\n<li>train fleet more reliable &#8211; no, reliability has been a feature conspicuously absent since 20th May<\/li>\n<li>passengers getting faster, more frequent and more reliable services &#8211; no<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A letter from Leo Goodwin, Managing Director of TPE, to Andy Burnham before the timetable change. So, of the claims made: faster journey times to Manchester &#8211; only on the rare occasions when trains are running to time and not &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/?p=1798\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,18],"tags":[24,62],"class_list":["post-1798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-timetable-changes-2","category-tpe-services","tag-timetable-changes","tag-tpe-services"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1798"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1799,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798\/revisions\/1799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smart-rail.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}