Manchester-London 7am train will now carry passengers after outcry over regulator’s decision

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Avanti service was initially to be pulled from timetable from mid-December but would have still run carrying staff

The express Manchester-London 7am Avanti service will take passengers after all, after the rail regulator conceded defeat in the face of public outcry over a ruling that would have left it running as an empty “ghost train” each day.

The 7am train, the only service linking the cities in under two hours, was set to be axed from the passenger table from mid-December – but would, as the Guardian reported on Saturday, have kept running empty from Piccadilly each day so it could run morning trains back out of Euston.

Source: www.theguardian.com

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