“Mayors in the north of England are meeting to demand the government “get a grip” on appalling rail services, with TransPennine Express on track to cancel more than 20,000 trains this year.

The operator has so far cancelled about a quarter of services in 2023.”

Tracy Brabin said there was frequent overcrowding on services that do run, and “health and safety issues – the staff are incredibly concerned”.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/mar/06/northern-mayors-rail-summit-demand-uk-gets-a-grip-poor-services

#Railways #NorthernPowerhouse #ToryFailure #Nationalise

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Meanwhile infrastructure programmes in Yorkshire are being frozen thanks to no money.
#LevellingUp #NorthernPowerhouse #Yorkshire #Tories #Corruption #fraud

#trains #manchester #northernpowerhouse Today @benchu. has been in #Manchester reporting on #trains #north #economy inc sitting down with @ @Juergen_Maier. [#Twitter handle] Watch #bbc2 from 1030 on #BBCNewsnight presented by @vicderbyshire. [#Twitter handle]

Green Party Transport Spokesperson Matt Edwards is calling for an improvement in the #NorthernPowerhouse Rail plans, including a stop at #Bradford

This could be paid for by “scrapping the immensely wasteful road building” planned as part of the Road Investment Strategy 2 #RIS2 #LevellingUp