WITH regard to Blackburn Station being a shambles, I agree with First North Western using Platform 4.

I am a rail traveller and the crossovers at Blackburn East do slow trains down, but if only Platforms 1 and 2 are in use then Blackburn West is even worse because it is effectively single line working to the Iron Bridge.

Trains coming in from Preston are held there until a train going to Manchester or Preston has left the station and passed the inbound one, only then can this train proceed into Blackburn.

Using Platform 4 is using the station as it was originally designed for.

When the artist's impressions were first displayed it appeared that the bubble roof might cover the tracks to Platform 4 but alas it did not.

So as we cannot have the old station back let us at least have Platform 4 covered with a proper shelter.

DAVID FAIRCLOUGH, Branch Road, Lower Darwen.