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Should TransPennine Express be stripped of its contract?

Northern leaders say time has run out for the under-fire rail operator to improve

Liverpool Echo

TransPennine Express cancelled equivalent of nearly one in four trains in month

The operator has been badly affected by drivers no longer volunteering to work paid overtime shifts.

The Independent UK

Should TransPennine Express be stripped of its contract?

Northern leaders say time has run out for the under-fire rail operator to improve

Manchester Evening News

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North East promised transport 'revolution' as anger mounts over train and bus chaos

Labour's North of Tyne mayor and the shadow transport secretary pledged major upgrades, including the reopening of the Leamside Line, at a transport summit in Newcastle

Chronicle Live

Transport Secretary has 'frank conversation' with boss of TransPennine Express

TransPennine Express cancelled 1,781 services over the last four-week reporting period according to official data

Manchester Evening News

Transport Secretary has ‘frank conversation’ with boss of struggling train firm

TransPennine Express passengers have suffered from widespread delays and cancellations over the past year.

The Independent UK

'People deserve so much better': Sad state of our trains laid bare in damning figures - but fares are still going up by record amounts

A study shows TransPennine Express will cancel more than 23,000 trains this year if reliability continues at its current level

Manchester Evening News

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TransPennine Express on track to cancel 23,000 services in 2023, says mayor

The figure for TransPennine Express was released by West Yorkshire mayor Tracy Brabin, who urged the Government to ‘get a grip’.

The Independent UK

Ministers warn TransPennine on service as mayors demand they ‘get a grip’

Northern mayors call for operator to be removed with 20,000 trains expected to be cancelled this year

The Guardian - UK

The Mancunian Way: A collective voice

How Greater Manchester threw its arms around the people of Ukraine PLUS Further call for TPE to be stripped of contract

Manchester Evening News

Under-fire TransPennine Express should be stripped of its contract now, says top Labour MP

But Tory Minister says putting the operator into public ownership wouldn't solve all its problems

Manchester Evening News

TransPennine Express cancellations almost three times higher than reported

Office of Rail and Road figures expose how train companies use legal loophole to under-report cancellations

The Guardian - UK

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

Hellish train journeys show why 'Levelling Up' is still miles away

Echo reporter Liam Thorp was caught up in rail hell as he made his way to and from the Conference of the North

Liverpool Echo

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The Guardian - UK

Michael Gove briefly meets one mayor at northern conference

Levelling up secretary talks of ‘partnership’ in speech but has little time to hear local leaders’ concerns

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

The Guardian - UK

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’

Manchester Evening News

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

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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

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

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'

Manchester Evening News

Rail strikes on Tuesday - what commuters in and around Greater Manchester need to know

Two 48-hour walkouts are expected this week and will be widespread disruption to services

Liverpool Echo

TransPennine Express rail chaos as dozens of trains cancelled

Nearly 50 services have already been cancelled by the firm

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