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Transport Secretary Grant Shapps claims 'four trains an hour from London to Manchester' in breakfast show bungle
19.08.2022 - 15:17 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps claimed there are 'four trains an hour' running between London Euston and Manchester Piccadilly. The transport chief had to be corrected as strike action has seen timetables slashed to just one train an hour between the two major cities.
In an interview on BBC Breakfast this morning, August 19, presenter Charlie Stayt and Mr Shapps got into debate on the number of trains per hour between Manchester and the capital as the transport secretary argued that rail union bosses should accept the government's pay offer and agree to reform 'out of date practices'.
After the presenter stated there was only one train an hour between Manchester and the capital, Mr Shapps stated twice there were four 'direct' trains an hour, telling the BBC journalist he had misinformed viewers. National Rail timetables show there is only one train an hour today on the main route from Manchester to London, which runs between the two stations.
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"We don't have a timetable that runs reliably at the weekend when we have some of the biggest increases in the number of passengers post-coronavirus," Mr Shapps said. "We often can't run trains on Sundays because it's not [within] the rail contract."
"People might be slightly bemused by you talking about timetables when at the moment there's only one train an hour going between Manchester and London," Charlie Stayt replied. "They might find it a little odd that you're quibbling about these things."
"Just for factual information, one train an hour is not correct," claimed Mr Shapps . He later returned to the point saying: "You incorrectly told your viewers there is only one train running from Manchester to
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