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Improvements at Northern but GTR faces losing the Thameslink franchise

THE introduction by Northern of an emergency timetable on June 4, just two weeks after the start of the summer timetable, had the desired result of bringing predictability to services – although significant compensation will still be paid to passengers that had their journey arrangements disrupted.

The devolved Transport for the North organisation negotiated a four-week period of

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