"andrew" wrote in message ...
However, this Sunday instead of the usual THREE carriage train. First
Transpennie thought it would be highly amusing now they have got the
contract from Arriva to put on a TWO carriage train on this service.


the Transpennine Expresses on the route to Blackpool are almost always two
carriages, so often that crowded. And not always 158s either. This was the
case before First ran them.


Andrew

2006 brand new 100mph trains being introduced on Transepennie.
Although this being British railways you need to add another 9 months.
And also they never said which part of 2006