Mikey C
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Yes I'm a spoilt Londoner, but I was still shocked travelling from Blackpool to Liverpool on Sunday morning (11:32) that only an hourly service operates on the Wigan to Liverpool (via St Helens Central) corridor on Sunday. With Liverpool playing at 4:30pm that day, the 6 car 331 was completely rammed, and desperately slow at stations as people tried to cram themselves on. Not helped by the short platforms meaning everyone was cramming on the same parts of the train.
Firstly it seems mad to spend all the money on electrification and shiny new trains, and then run so few of them on Sunday full stop.
Are any extra services laid on when Liverpool or Everton play on a Sunday? It does seem that when a game is at 4:30, a lot of people will arrive early and make a day of it, so the extra traffic is for a longer period than just the usual before and after match traffic you usually get.
Firstly it seems mad to spend all the money on electrification and shiny new trains, and then run so few of them on Sunday full stop.
Are any extra services laid on when Liverpool or Everton play on a Sunday? It does seem that when a game is at 4:30, a lot of people will arrive early and make a day of it, so the extra traffic is for a longer period than just the usual before and after match traffic you usually get.