Opinion: Holding operators to account for poor punctuality

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).

This meeting of local politicians decided to re-send a letter to the Department for Transport calling for privatised Avanti West Coast to be stripped of its operating contract.