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Strip Avanti of rail contracts if services don’t improve, city mayors demand

Andy Burnham, Sadiq Khan and Andy Street say operator has weeks to sort out train ‘chaos’

The Guardian - UK

Avanti West Coast staff 'have no confidence train operator can improve', union says

A new national timetable is due to come into force from Sunday

Manchester Evening News

Staff ‘do not believe Avanti can improve its services this month’ – union

RMT Mick Lynch said a worker survey shows the train operator ‘misled Parliament about what’s happened’ on its services

Evening Standard

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Disabled man repeatedly 'forced to sit on floor' on rammed Avanti West Coast trains

'I get a lot of people who look at me and go: ‘you’re not disabled’ and then I have to explain myself'

Manchester Evening News

Train reliability dips sharply in northern England despite reduced service

Review of passenger operations by regulator paints damning picture of growing north-south divide

The Guardian - UK

Stressed Edinburgh passenger gets 1am text saying his train is cancelled due to lack of staff

Jonny Casey made his way up to Edinburgh for work but has no idea how he will get home after Avanti West Coast announced a wave of cancellations due to a shortage of drivers.

Edinburgh Live

Rail industry prays for a Christmas miracle to avert strikes

Time is running out for a deal to send threat of disruption into the sidings and keep holiday travel plans on track

The Guardian - UK

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Labour demands action over 18,000 ‘lost’ train services in north of England

Ministers claim crises at Avanti West Coast and TransPennine Express are partly the fault of rail unions

The Guardian - UK

Transport secretary insists rail dispute 'on the path' to being resolved during Manchester visit

Mark Harper admits services on the railway are not good enough

Manchester Evening News

Thursday briefing: How the north’s rail services went off track

In today’s newsletter: Perhaps nowhere in the UK are trains more in a crisis than in the north of England, where problems are thought to be costing the region up to £400m a year. What could be done to fix it?

The Guardian - UK

Mayors demand minister steps in to fix ‘mess’ blighting northern railways

Five metro mayors said talks with the Transport Secretary had been ‘positive’ but they needed more than ‘warm words’ to ease the disruption.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak says there has been an 'unacceptable deterioration' in Avanti’s service

The railway operator is among many being affected by a wave of strikes from industry workers

Manchester Evening News

Sunak slams ‘unacceptable deterioration’ of northern railways

The Prime Minister faced pressure in the Commons over the chaos in the region’s rail services.

The Independent UK

Claw back £12m ‘failing’ rail firm paid out in dividends, Labour urges

Avanti West Coast, which received £343m subsidy, had worst punctuality performance among train operators

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North of England rail faces ‘utter chaos’, warns business group

Introduction of new timetable could lead to crisis, says Northern Powerhouse Partnership

The Guardian - UK

Rail chaos puts UK on track for some serious economic damage

Good connectivity is the lifeblood of a modern, thriving economy – so how much is the ongoing disruption costing UK plc?

Liverpool Echo

Man shot in back, life on 'Bread Street' and rail passengers 'stressed'

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Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: Train pain harming business

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Liverpool Echo

Rail passengers 'stressed' as more trains cancelled than ever

Roughly 860 trains were cancelled each day in the last year

Manchester Evening News

Lucrative conferences cancelled and investors forced to go by minibus: What Manchester's rail meltdown is costing the city's economy

Senior business leader spells out the damage to local reputation in letter to the Transport Secretary Mark Harper

Birmingham Post

'Economic growth will be choked off': Bruntwood boss warns of impact of Avanti West Coast cancellations

Avanti West Coast has blamed unofficial strike action for the reduced services, an accusation that has been rejected by unions

The Guardian - UK

Just how bad do Britain’s trains have to get before the Tories act?

In the north of England in particular, rail companies such as Avanti are causing misery on a daily basis. This cannot go on, says Guardian North of England editor Helen Pidd

Manchester Evening News

Avanti West Coast cancels services at the weekend due to national strikes

Train drivers will stage a walkout on Saturday over pay disputes with industry operators

The Guardian - UK

Train cancellations in Great Britain hit highest level on record

One in 26 journeys disrupted with government accused of ‘abject failure’ to tackle worst offenders such as Avanti West Coast

Manchester Evening News

Train managers 'angry over work life balance' in roster row ahead of strike on Sunday

Reduced Avanti West Coast services will hit passengers during the walk-out tomorrow

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