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BIZARRE: 5 - You Need To See This

Further travel chaos as more than 40 trains cancelled or amended by TransPennine Express today

A number of routes heading to and from Manchester have been impacted

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: ‘Exploiting a loophole’

Rail company cancels more than 800 trains overnight PLUS Rough sleeping strategy ‘stalling’ AND Winter walkouts

Manchester Evening News

Dozens more train services axed by TransPennine Express amid row over late night cancellations

Passengers are warned to expect further disruption

Manchester Evening News

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The hundreds of cancelled Manchester trains they don't count

The under-fire rail operator is accused of 'exploiting a loophole' in the reporting system

Manchester Evening News

Another 70 trains cancelled or amended by TransPennine Express today

At least 49 services have been axed

Manchester Evening News

Stark north-south divide in railway reliability, UK figures reveal

Labour demands government close loophole of pre-emptive cancellations

The Guardian - UK

Labour demands action over 18,000 ‘lost’ train services in north of England

Ministers claim crises at Avanti West Coast and TransPennine Express are partly the fault of rail unions

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Another 38 train services cancelled or amended by TransPennine Express today

The train provider said it has been hit by a 'range of issues'

Manchester Evening News

Thursday briefing: How the north’s rail services went off track

In today’s newsletter: Perhaps nowhere in the UK are trains more in a crisis than in the north of England, where problems are thought to be costing the region up to £400m a year. What could be done to fix it?

The Guardian - UK

Commuter says she regularly forks out £50 for taxis A DAY amid chaos on the railways

The Transport Secretary will meet mayors in Manchester today - but one won't be there because of short-notice cancellations

Manchester Evening News

Calls for rail companies to be stripped of contracts over 'diabolical' cancellations across the North

One North East mayor was unable to get to Manchester for a key meeting with the transport secretary because he feared being stranded on a platform amid widespread cancellations

Chronicle Live

Claw back £12m ‘failing’ rail firm paid out in dividends, Labour urges

Avanti West Coast, which received £343m subsidy, had worst punctuality performance among train operators

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: north of England train line vastly under-reports cancellations

TransPennine Express uses ‘outrageous’ loophole in which services cancelled a day ahead do not appear in statistics

The Guardian - UK

A year after Boris Johnson broke promises to the North and our railways are still failing us

Daily services are 'unacceptable' and planned improvements aren't what political leaders have called for

Manchester Evening News

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Manchester Evening News

Rail cancellations and delays 'costing economy of the north £8m a week'

Andy Burnham rips into train bosses and London accused of not caring about the current level of rail disruption here

Manchester Evening News

Train operators blasted over 'abhorrent, 11th hour' cancellations as late as 10pm the night before

TransPennine Express 'pulling between 50 to 80 trains a day' using so-called 'P-coding'

The Guardian - UK

Want to understand Britain’s decline? Try catching a train in the north of England

The recent history of our trains is a hare-brained plunge into underinvestment, privatisation and crony capitalism, says the Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on rail travel in the north: taking the public for a ride

Editorial: The current dire performance of train companies is part of a historic pattern of neglect and underinvestment in the region’s transport

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Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: Clear, demonstrable progress

Read the Mancunian Way newsletter for Monday, October 31, 2022.

Liverpool Echo

No TransPennine trains to run from Lime Street during next rail strike

TPE will only run a limited service, which doesn't include Liverpool

Manchester Evening News

No TransPennine Express trains running through Greater Manchester on strike days

The operator cancelled 165 trains over just three days last week, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, according to its own website.

Chronicle Live

North's rail network 'unacceptable' as Northern mayors call on PM to treat rail 'chaos' as emergency

Jamie Driscoll and four more Labour mayors from the North were involved in an emergency meeting on Thursday and are calling on the Government to "haul operators to the table" to sort out the current rail "chaos"

Manchester Evening News

Northern leaders invited to Government meeting over rail chaos

TransPennine Express has cancelled 53 trains on Friday, its website reveals

The Guardian - UK

Rail failings ‘causing serious damage’ to north of England

Five metro mayors issue statement calling for government action after thousands of late cancellations

The Independent UK

Northern mayors call on PM to treat rail ‘chaos’ as emergency

Mayors from West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Manchester, Liverpool and North Tyneside held an emergency meeting.

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