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North East Mayor seeks Northern Trains takeover

Speaking to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, external, McGuinness said: “We will absolutely be looking at regional proposals for control of local rail because too many people are failed by poor service levels.

“As a northern group of mayors we want to be working together more in the interests of the Great North.”

Northern runs about 2,500 local and regional services every day to towns and cities across the North of England.

It was issued with a formal breach notice last summer because of its “unacceptable” performance levels, while managers admitted in October they were still using fax machines.

The operator said it wanted to have 90% of trains run on time and only 2% of services cancelled by 2027.


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