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.
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