TransPennine Express to slash timetable amid staff shortages

Cuts will affect trains connecting Manchester and Liverpool with Edinburgh and Glasgow

A second UK train operator has said it will slash its schedules because of sickness and industrial relations issues", cutting some services by almost a quarter.

TransPennine Express is to bring in an emergency timetable from next Monday, after similar moves from Avanti West Coast which has pared its schedules back since last month.