BIZARRE: 5 - What They Never Told You

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 · Dec 7, 2022

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 · Dec 6, 2022

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

Passengers are warned to expect further disruption

Manchester Evening News · Dec 6, 2022

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 · Dec 1, 2022

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 · Dec 1, 2022

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 · Dec 1, 2022

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 · Nov 30, 2022

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 · Nov 29, 2022

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 · Nov 27, 2022

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 · Nov 18, 2022