Meanwhile, if you want a party not in total denial,

join.greenparty.org.uk

Our party policy is building it in full, serving Manchester, Sheffield and Leeds AND building Northern Powerhouse Rail, and the Goldborne link allowing HS2 services to rejoin the West Coast after Manchester to service the North West and Scotland

TPE is operated by the government, it's time the government put its money where its mouth is and invested in new rolling stock to replace the remainder of the 3 car diesel Class 185s.

The same goes for Northern, also nationalised, often relegated to 3 cars on busy journeys.

I'm disabled, I can't stand for long periods, so rather than stand for the entire journey, I was forced to sit in the only space in my coach, the floor, by the door.

This isn't good enough. South Transpennine services have suffered overcrowding for years.

Waaaay! Welcome back