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Opinion: Holding operators to account for poor punctuality

Rail North Committee members expressed sympathy for Northern‘s circumstances, despite it having a worse record on cancellations than some of its fellow operators. Northern 331004 stands at Wakefield Westgate on May 8 with the 0826 Doncaster-Leeds. TOM MCATEE.

Who guards the guards is an ancient question brought into current focus by the new government’s policy of nationalising English train operators.How will it hold to them to account for poor punctuality and cancellations?

There was a glimpse of the challenge at July 15’s meeting of the Rail North Committee (which is part of Transport for the North, TfN).




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