Nationalising TransPennine Express will allow full look at 'whole rail structure in the north'
The rail minister has said the decision to nationalise TransPennine Express would allow the Government to look at the 'whole structure of rail in the North'.
Asked on LBC whether more services could be nationalised, the Tory minister said: "No, I don’t. I think those were matters particular to TransPennine Express."We took the difficult decision to have a reset moment and transfer it over temporarily to the operator of last resort. It is the first time we have had to do that for performance reasons; the other three occasions have been due to financial management matters.
Mr Merriman urged unions to allow train drivers to work overtime again on TPE so new drivers could be trained more quickly in a bid to improve the service. The announcement came yesterday after months of speculation, following many more months of delays and cancellations impacting on frustrated commuters across Greater Manchester and the city region.
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