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More trains cancelled as Transport Secretary pulls out of Liverpool transport summit

Shadow transport secretary bemoans state of trains in the north as hundreds head to city for key conference

Liverpool Echo

Bus fares capped at £2 until June as passengers win battle against ministers

Cheaper bus tickets will be available in England for an extra three months after government ministers dropped their threat to axe the £2 fare cap at the end of March

Daily Mirror

Mark Harper pledges to enhance role of private firms in railways

Mr Harper delivered the annual George Bradshaw address in central London.

The Independent UK

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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

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.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson photoshopped out of Grant Shapps spaceport rocket picture

Source close to Shapps says: ‘Grant wasn’t aware anyone had edited the picture’

Evening Standard

Third of TransPennine trains cancelled on first day of timetable to add services

‘Shambles’ entirely predictable, says Labour on first full day of new winter timetable

The Guardian - UK

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‘The Avanti West Coast schedule is currently designed using a tombola’

The Man Who Pays His Way: MPs lined up to give rail firms a kicking

The Independent UK

Stark north-south divide in railway reliability, UK figures reveal

Labour demands government close loophole of pre-emptive cancellations

The Guardian - UK

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

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

The Guardian - UK

MP slams 'crisis' train operator TransPennine Express as 23 services cancelled in a DAY

Bosses have apologised as northern business leaders write to the Transport Secretary

Manchester Evening News

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

The Guardian - UK

New rail minister raises hopes high-speed line may include Bradford

Huw Merriman says he is ‘working up options’ for city’s inclusion in Northern Powerhouse Rail

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The Independent UK

Crew ‘in tears’ after last flight takes off from Doncaster Sheffield airport before shut down

This South Yorkshire airport was recently voted best in the UK

Daily Mirror

Last flight at Doncaster Sheffield takes off as crew 'in tears' and locals furious

The last flight - to Katowice in Poland - left Doncaster Sheffield Airport on Saturday as the South Sheffield travel hub is wound down by owners Peel Group despite protests from workers and users of it

Liverpool Echo

Metro Mayors holding emergency summit over rail chaos

Steve Rotheram will join other northern leaders to address the "shambles" on the rail network

Manchester Evening News

Mayors blast 'shambles' of rail services 'inflicting misery on millions of people'

An emergency meeting of regional mayors was being held today

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The Independent UK

Northern mayors holding emergency meeting over rail services ‘shambles’

West Yorkshire mayor Tracy Brabin has called Thursday’s meeting.

The Guardian - UK

Avanti West Coast and ministers risking Christmas rail chaos, says Labour

Shadow transport secretary seeks assurances over ‘staggering’ situation on west coast mainline

Daily Mirror

Doncaster Sheffield supporters demand Liz Truss honour promise to protect airport

Louise Haigh, MP for Sheffield Heeley, and Ed Miliband, Doncaster North MP, joined Doncaster Sheffield Airport workers to demand that the travel hub is not closed

The Guardian - UK

Ministers back free train travel for military to remembrance services after outcry

Exclusive: former veterans minister Johnny Mercer and others had condemned plans to scrap free travel

The Independent UK

Truss promises station in Bradford as part of Northern Powerhouse Rail plans

The Prime Minister has previously said she would reverse the Government’s decision to curtail much of the high-speed railway route.

Daily Mirror

All the policies announced at Labour conference 2022 as Keir Starmer gives big speech

From nationalising the railways and getting 1.5million people on the housing ladder to reversing a Tory tax cut, here are all the new announcements at the Labour Party Conference

Evening Standard

What does rail renationalisation mean and who owns UK railways?

The government will take control of TransPennine Express services, which covers Manchester and Liverpool in the North of England, and runs to Edinburgh and Glasgow in Scotland.

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