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    Northern denies ‘crisis talks’ rumour as timetable changes are reduced

    Dec 02, 2018 5 minutes
    By Tony Miles

    SUGGESTIONS in the Sunday Telegraph on November 4 that Arriva is“locked in crisis talks with the Government”over the future of the Northern rail franchise and that it is trying to“renegotiate terms”have been strongly denied by the company.

    The story, which was repeated in other news outlets, said the long-running industrial dispute over the future role of guards and the impact of the chaos which followed the May 2018 timetable change had“crippled”the finances of Northern.

    According to the report, former Transport Minister Jo Johnson had answered a parliamentary question with the information that in the year to March 2018, the subsidy to Northern had risen from £279million the previous year to £282m. This appeared to contrast with the announcement at the start of the franchise that

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