Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

BIZARRE: 5 - What They Never Told You

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

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

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

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

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

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'

Manchester Evening News

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

The Guardian - UK

The Mancunian Way: Clear, demonstrable progress

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

Manchester Evening News

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

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

Liverpool Echo

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.

Manchester Evening News

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"

Chronicle Live

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

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.

Manchester Evening News

Mayors call for 'six-month probation period' for TransPennine Express before 'any suggestion' of contract renewal

'If this level of disruption was being experienced in other parts of the country, we believe action would already have been taken'

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Manchester Evening News

Mayors blast 'shambles' of rail services 'inflicting misery on millions of people'

An emergency meeting of regional mayors was being held today

Chronicle Live

Newcastle train passenger hits out as journey to Liverpool 'took as long as flight to Dubai'

Passengers commuting from Newcastle to Liverpool on Sunday found themselves wrapped up in lengthy delays due to issues with TransPennine Express and Northern services.

Daily Mirror

Newcastle to Liverpool train 'took as long as flight to Dubai' amid rail chaos

Passengers trying to get from Newcastle to Liverpool on Sunday evening found themselves enduring lengthy delays due to issues with TransPennine Express and Northern services

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool passengers caught in 'chaos' as TransPennine cancels 30 trains in one day

Steve Rotheram said issues with trains in the region "should be a national scandal"

The Independent UK

Northern train disruption: Passenger says Newcastle-Liverpool journey took ‘as long as a flight to Dubai’

This weekend’s delays follow months of disruption on the Northern network

Liverpool Echo

'My train journey home to Liverpool took as long as a flight to Dubai'

I was one of hundreds of passengers caught up in travel chaos on the journey back to Liverpool

Liverpool Echo

'Chaos' on trains, man strangled girlfriend and jailed this week

Liverpool ECHO latest headlines on Monday, October 24

1 … 4 5 6 7

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Greater Manchester Police

1,255 stories

Metro

727 stories

Liverpool Crown Court

East Midlands Railway

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.