RAILSCOT | Northerns rail services totally unacceptable as Transport Secretary promises to act after driver shortage claims [Yorkshire Post]

Northerns rail services totally unacceptable as Transport Secretary promises to act after driver shortage claims [Yorkshire Post]

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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Northerns rail services totally unacceptable as Transport Secretary promises to act after driver shortage claims [Yorkshire Post]

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