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Train strikes: Dates and all you need to know ahead of next rail walk-outs

Eurovision weekend will see strikes by both the RMT and Aslef unions

The Independent UK

Train strikes: Dates and all you need to know ahead of next rail walk-outs

Eurovision weekend will see strikes by both the RMT and Aslef unions

The Independent UK

Train strikes: Dates and all you need to know ahead of next rail walk-outs

Eurovision weekend will see strikes by both the RMT and Aslef unions

The Independent UK

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Train strikes: Dates and all you need to know ahead of next rail walk-outs

Eurovision weekend will see strikes by both the RMT and Aslef unions

The Independent UK

Train strikes: Dates and everything you need to know ahead of next rail walk-outs

Eurovision weekend will see strikes by both the RMT and Aslef unions

The Independent UK

RMT joins train drivers’ union in announcing further rail strikes

Eurovision and FA Cup final to be hit by strikes which are likely to stop all trains running at affected companies

The Guardian - UK

TransPennine Express 'cancelled equivalent of one in six trains in March'

Calls for the train operator to be stripped of its contract next month have been renewed

Manchester Evening News

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TransPennine Express cancelled equivalent of one in six services in March

There are renewed calls for the Department for Transport to take over control of services when TPE’s current contract expires on May 28.

The Independent UK

TransPennine Express was worst UK rail operator for cancelled trains in March

Data from regulator showed TPE made almost 1,000 cancellations, more than one in six of its services

The Guardian - UK

TransPennine Express – Transport Secretary says no option is off the table as contract expiry nears

MPs told passengers have suffered “horrendous experience” recently

Birmingham Post

Government signs off £65m payout for owners of failing Avanti and TransPennine rail franchises

Critics say cash should have been invested to avoid collapse of rail services

The Independent UK

'TransPennine Express has completely failed the North East': Mayor's plea over train cancellations

Five Labour mayors from across the North have urged ministers not to renew the First Group's contract, which is due to expire at the end of May

Chronicle Live

The decrepit state of our creaking Victorian railway network is leaving it open to ridicule

News Analysis: Rail is providing commentators with all the ammunition they need to ridicule the state of the industry, writes Simon Calder

The Independent UK

Jamie Driscoll and Northern mayors call for fresh start on rail service

Five Labour mayors say the Government must not renew TransPennine Express' contract in the region

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Manchester Evening News

Calls for TransPennine Express contract extension to be abolished as cancellations 'fail passengers' in the north

The news comes just days after Burnham called for train services run by TransPennine Express to be brought under public control

The Independent UK

TransPennine Express needs ‘fresh start’ after spate of cancellations – mayors

Northern mayors say renewing the contract for the train service would be ‘rewarding failure’.

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: Less affordable than London?

The eye-watering cost of rent PLUS More officers disciplined over Whatsapp group AND GM councillor standing in the Cotswolds

Manchester Evening News

Rail union bosses back Andy Burnham's calls to end TransPennine Express contract

A decision on the train operator's contract is 'imminent'

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Chronicle Live

Tragedy as man dies after being hit by train on East Coast Mainline near Cramlington

Emergency services were called to Cramlington Station which has led to cancellations and delays for dozens of train services

Manchester Evening News

Manchester leaders want 'decisive action' over TransPennine Express amid 'deep concern'

TransPennine Express and Avanti West Coast have faced calls for their contracts to be axed due to their performance

Birmingham Post

Business leaders call for 'decisive action' over TransPennine Express contract as concerns grow over impact to region's economy

TransPennine Express' contract is due to expire at the end of May

Chronicle Live

Residents launch campaign for more trains to serve north Northumberland communities including Bamburgh, Seahouses and Beadnell

Only two slow trains per day stop at Chathill on the East Coast Mainline - yet several trains from LNER, Lumo and TransPennine Express fly through the north Northumberland station every day

Manchester Evening News

TransPennine Express rail boss 'deliberately' moved home so he could experience commuters' train delays

Passengers facing 'a doubling' this year in 'planned disruption' due to TransPennine Route Upgrade project

Daily Record

UK Government accused of "rewarding failure" as Lockerbie train operator sees contract extended

The move comes despite the rail firm, which runs trains between London and Glasgow and Edinburgh through Lockerbie, has been heavily criticised for its level of cancellations

Liverpool Echo

Should TransPennine Express be stripped of its contract?

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

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