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as the transport secretary argued that rail union bosses should accept the government's pay offer and agree to reform 'out of date practices'.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.
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