Burnham urges ministers to step in after TransPennine issues ‘do not travel’ alert
by Helen Pidd North of England editor from World news | The Guardian on (#672MX)
A third of train services are cancelled on key northern routes, with the rail operator blaming IT issues
One of the UK's worst-performing railway operators issued a do not travel" alert on Wednesday, blaming an internal computer failure which resulted in a third of all of its trains being cancelled yet again.
Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, urged the government to step in - now" after TransPennine Express (TPE) urged against all travel on Wednesday.
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