TransPennine Express cancelled almost a quarter of all its trains in a month, including more than 1,000 the night before they were due to run, new data has revealed.
Under-fire TPE, which has now revealed a lengthy 'recovery plan' has been submitted to the Government, ranked the highest of all train operating companies in terms of cancellations by some distance in the figures published by the rail regulator.
Pre-planned service cancellations, known as P-coded trains, are removed from systems by 10pm the evening before, but crucially do not count towards official performance figures - an industry loophole which led rail bosses in Greater Manchester to claim reliability statistics from TPE were being 'masked'.
