MPs savage “system-wide failures” for last year's timetable change fiasco
A CROSS-PARTY committee of MPs has severely criticised train operators, Network Rail, the DfT, Transport Secretary Chris Grayling and the complex structure of the rail industry in a scathing report on last May’s timetable chaos, which affected around 20% of UK rail users.
“The statistics cannot do justice to the severe effects on people’s lives,” said the cross-party committee of MPs, chaired by Labour MP Lilian Greenwood.
“Businesses and local economies suffered. Children were late for school. Anxiety about getting to and from work put a considerable strain on people’s mental health.
