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2 days agoFour daily Blackpool to London trains cut to one
Blackpool will lose three weekday Avanti West Coast services to London Euston, cutting four daily services to one after ORR-imposed access restrictions.
In the upcoming railway timetable change on 15th December, Avanti West Coast's 7am service from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston will cease to carry passengers. The service, which is quite busy as it's timetabled to arrive in London just before 9am, is also regularly delayed. Over the past ten days, the services arrived at Euston on time just twice. On average, the delays were just inside the 15-minute cut-off to get a delay refund,
Virgin Trains has had its application to share Eurostar's east London train depot approved by the Office of Rail and Road, paving the way for it to launch international services through the Channel Tunnel. Access to the depot is a critical requirement for an operator to launch Channel Tunnel services competing with Eurostar. Temple Mills is the only train depot that can be accessed from High Speed 1, the line that runs between London and the tunnel.