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    Train operators fail to deliver summer timetable change

    Jun 11, 2018 3 minutes
    By ‘Industry Witness’
    Paul Bickerdyke

    BOTH Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) and Arriva Trains Northern (ATN) have been heavily criticised since the May 20 timetable change as they have been unable to deliver the promised new services, with hundreds of services cancelled each day.

    Both operators have suffered from Network Rail project overruns, which have prevented the necessary driver training for the new pattern of services. As a result, Northern introduced an emergency timetable from June 4 that saw the temporary cancellation of 165 services each day, including all trains on the Windermere branch.

    The new timetable saw GTR start running

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