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Originally Posted by dunks
I think one of the reasons Victoria's won the Blackpool trains is due to the Piccadilly - Euston Pendolinos going 3 trains p/h from December and they can't have Sprinters clogging up Piccadilly's throat even further.
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To add to this point, this might be a strategy to get Northern units off the Wigan stetch of the line. Possibly if this is a new service to Blackpool it could mean the end of another, and possibly the Blackpool to Liverpool one, so that the 390s will not get caught up in traffic.