They’ll probably need three trains to provide the planned hourly service from Manchester to Blackburn via Todmorden and Burnley.
But don’t think they will be ‘new’ trains – just the same old 30-35-year-old diesels, original Sprinters and Third World Pacers.
TonyGreaves (via website).
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