Date: 22/06/2020

The coronavirus lockdown could put the UK^s smallest rail operator out of business, MPs have said.
Conservative MP David Davis and Labour^s Diana Johnson have written to the Department for Transport (DfT) asking for support for Hull Trains.
The MPs claimed without assistance there was ^genuine doubt about their commercial survival^.
The DfT said it was discussing support with Hull Trains and ^was keen to see them return to the network.^

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MPs ask for government support for Hull Trains after the firm suspended its services during lockdown.

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