The chief executive of property giant Bruntwood has revealed the impact the continued cancellations of Avanti West Coast trains are having on Manchester's economy in a letter to the Secretary of State for Transport.
Chris Oglesby, who is also the chair of Manchester Business Sounding Board, appealed to Mark Harper to "take action to address the serious economic damage that is being caused by the continuing failure of our train services in the North and between the North and London".
He added that the "current situation is worse than anything we have experienced" and that performance is "worse even than after the May 2018 timetabling fiasco".
