Councillors - and transport bosses - ripped into 'abhorrent, 11th hour' train cancellations as late as 10pm the night before as under-fire rail operators revealed an update on their services amid ongoing passenger frustration.
Their comments came as it was revealed the percentage of trains arriving at their terminating stations 'on time' - less than five minutes late - were worse now than in pre-Covid times for four of the six train companies running services in Greater Manchester.
Operator Northern, meanwhile, said it was 'ready' and 'in a good place' ahead of the national rail timetable change on December 11. Both Northern and TransPennine Express also vowed to do things differently in the event of a rail strike being called off at the last minute, as happened last Friday, to get more services back on tracks quicker.
