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No doubt the buses are of a superb standard, but for me it all boils down to journey times to and from Nelson and Burnley into Manc Victoria.
The last time I caught the bus it took almost 2 hours to get into Manchester, which unfortunately in this day and age for a 30 mile journey is FAR too...
Thanks for that.
I forgot it was only an hourly service from Blackburn to Victoria (via Bolton), so your theory of jumping on the Burnley > Todmorden> Victoria train instead of waiting is a good one :). The amount of times ive missed that train by a few minutes and had to wait 50 odd minutes is...
Good point. Like I said everyone on here knows ALOT more than myself about the network.
I take it they are terminating the service at Blackburn due to the fact it has the capacity to reverse the train??
Im just wondering what the time difference will be in terms of Blackburn> via the...
Having lived in East Lancs for the first 25 years of my life this project really is of huge importance to the area.
I was speaking to Northern Rail online yesterday about the 2 projects (The curve and Holme tunnel), and as others have said they are BOTH expected to be completed by March 28th...
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