Date: 26/08/2019
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has branded the performance of the Norths main rail operator as totally unacceptable and promised action after yet another weekend of disruption to services in the region.
The newly-appointed Cabinet minister was responding to calls from Andy Burnham, Greater Manchesters metro mayor, for Northern to be stripped of its franchise because of its poor reliability record.
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TRANSPORT Secretary Grant Shapps has branded the performance of the Norths main rail operator as totally unacceptable “ and promsied action “ after yet another weekend of disruption to services in the region.
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