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TransPennine Express cancelled almost a quarter of all trains in a month, including 1,048 the night before

Mayor Andy Burnham has repeated a call for the operator to be stripped of its franchise

Manchester Evening News

Train reliability sinks to new low with 4% of services cancelled in past year

Services have been disrupted by a series of issues such as staff shortages and sickness, industrial action and severe weather.

The Independent UK

Storm Otto: Train lines between York and Edinburgh blocked as Scotland is battered by 80mph winds

Disruption is expected until this afternoon

The Independent UK

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February rail strikes: Are trains running today? Everything you need to know as unions walk out

Most trains in England are cancelled on Friday, but the East Coast main line and South Western Railway will see frequent services

The Independent UK

Will my train run during the next round of rail strikes?

Most trains in England are cancelled on Wednesday and Friday, but the East Coast main line and South Western Railway will see frequent services

The Independent UK

Will my train run during the latest rail strikes?

Most trains in England are cancelled on Friday, but the East Coast main line and South Western Railway will see frequent services

The Independent UK

Merseyrail bans 'volatile' e-scooters from all trains and stations

The e-scooter ban is being introduced on all railways across the UK

Liverpool Echo

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TransPennine Express boss apologises to passengers amid raft of cancellations

Matthew Golton said the services have not been good enough

Manchester Evening News

Under-fire TransPennine Express urged to hire more drivers after 'abject failure' accusation

Aslef says a seven-days-a-week railway should employ enough drivers to run it, without relying on people working on allotted time off

Birmingham Post

Northern mayors call for TransPennine Express services to be publicly controlled

It comes after analysis by Transport for Greater Manchester revealed that 18,000 rail services have been cancelled over the last 12 months, but only one-third have led to financial penalties

Manchester Evening News

Rail disruption between Newcastle and York for three more weekends - everything you need to know

Network Rail is carrying out works at Durham Station which means rail travel between Newcastle and York is severely disrupted

Chronicle Live

TransPennine Express 'sorry' for unreliable timetables and frequently cancelled trains

One Newcastle to Manchester and Liverpool train has only run 7% of the times it was timetabled to over the past 12 weeks

Chronicle Live

UK rail firms ordered to stop abusing train cancellations loophole

Cancellations far higher than official data suggests, says ORR, driven by use of unrecorded ‘pre-cancellations’

The Guardian - UK

Call for TransPennine Express to be nationalised after 'one of the worst days yet'

Dozens of trains were cancelled across the Greater Manchester region today

Manchester Evening News

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The Independent UK

Calls to nationalise TransPennine Express after ‘one of worst days yet’

Labour’s Louise Haigh wants the Government to strip the operator of its contract and bring it in-house.

Liverpool Echo

TransPennine Express cancels trains across network due to staff shortages

Services at Liverpool Lime Street are being affected

Manchester Evening News

TransPennine Express cancels almost 100 trains across entire network due to staff shortages

Many routes in Greater Manchester are being impacted

Daily Record

Lockerbie rail passengers set to be hit with "double whammy"

Customers will face a price hike when fares in England are increased and will miss out on ScotRail's plans to scrap peak time fares

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February 2023 train drivers' strike to impact rail services in Newcastle and around North East

Drivers working for LNER, CrossCountry, TransPennine Express and Northern are among those set to walk out again in February 2023

Liverpool Echo

Channel 4 boss on way to Hollyoaks meeting calls journey an 'insult to the North'

The head of drama documented her "nightmare" journey as she tried to get from Leeds to Liverpool Lime Street

Birmingham Post

Profits slashed at train operator Transpennine Express despite £260m government support

Transpennine Express, along with Northern Trains and Avanti West Coast, has come under fire in recent months over delayed and cancelled services

Birmingham Post

Avanti West Coast handed shareholders £13.5m ahead of complaints jumping to almost 10 times the national average

Avanti took over the running of the west coast mainline from Virgin Trains in December 2019 and is 70% owned by FirstGroup and 30% owned by Trenitalia

The Independent UK

Spike in complaints by Avanti West Coast and TransPennine Express passengers

The rate of complaints made by users of both operators between July and September last year soared.

Chronicle Live

Luggage limits for taking suitcases and bags on trains including LNER, Lumo, CrossCountry

National Rail and train operators have rules for how much luggage passengers can bring on board without being charged a fee

Manchester Evening News

TransPennine Express cancellations MASSIVELY under-reported as 'between 250 and 450' train services axed per week

During the October half-term, TPE 'fully or part-cancelled over 30 per cent of its entire services'

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