The boss of a train operator which cancelled almost a quarter of services in the last month has been hauled in for a 'frank converstaion' with the Transport Secretary. TransPennine Express cancelled 1,781 services during the last four-week reporting period according to official data from the Office of Road and Rail.
That's almost a quarter of all their trains between 8 January and 4 February and 10% of all cancellations in England and Wales. And if the current rate continues 23,153 services will be cancelled by the FirstGroup-owned company this year, the West Yorkshire Combined Authority said.
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