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Northern: Standards

Commons · Question 10238 · Tabled 21 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 29 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Lizzi Collinge

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to (a) tackle (i) delays and (ii) cancellations and (b) improve the performance of Northern Rail services (A) in general and (B) on the Morecambe line.

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 29 Oct 2024

Northern Trains’ current performance is not acceptable and we have issued it with a notice requiring it to develop an improvement plan to address the issues underlying its current lack of reliability. The Secretary of State also recently met with Northern...