TransPennine Express

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RE: First Transpennine Express

(17/07/2013 14:41)wirralbus Wrote:  What is going to be the current state of affairs with regards the Windermere and Barrow in Furness branch services , considering the service is at present operated by Transpennine when the class 350's take over the main Manchester - Scotland service.

Will the through services be lost to a stub service terminating at Oxenholme and Lancaster respectively .

When the WCML was electrified in the mid 1970s, there was something like an hourly shuttle between Oxenholme and Windermere, albeit with power/trailer class 108 DMU and it worked well with regular connections from the south and north, Occasionally one was exended to/from Lancaster. There is no reason why a similar method of working would not work after the 350s take over. TPE don't have to work the service, maybe Northern Rail could take over the shuttle and possibly interwork with the Cumbrian coast line.