First TransPennine Express and Northern Trains bosses to be questioned by MPs

The bosses of First TransPennine Express and Northern Trains are to be questioned by MPs over the current state of their services.

Matthew Golton, the managing director of First TransPennine Express, and his Northern Trains counterpart Nick Donovan, will give evidence to the House of Commons Transport Select Committee on Wednesday, December 14.

They will be joined by Richard Scott, director of corporate affairs at The West Coast Partnership.

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In the first of the two evidence sessions Lord McLoughlin, chairman of Transport for the North, and chief executive Martin Tugwell will also face MPs.

They will be joined by Transport Focus chief executive Anthony Smith and Jennifer Williams, northern correspondent at the Financial Times.

They have been called in front of the committee as part of its examination into the causes and effects of recent rail services disruption.

First TransPennine Express and Northern Trains, along with Avanti West Coast, have come under fire in recent months after a spate of cancelled and delayed services.

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