Category: FirstGroup

TransPennine Express services ‘worse’ under state-owned OLR

by The Guardian | Jun 21, 2023 | Business, FirstGroup, Politics, Rail industry, Rail transport, The Guardian, Trade unions, Transport, Transport policy, Travel & leisure, UK news | 0 |

Operator, which covers trains across north of England and southern Scotland, cancelled more than 90 trains in a day this month Business live – latest updatesThe TransPennine Express train service has got “worse...

TransPennine railway: what is the operator of last resort?

by The Guardian | May 11, 2023 | Business, FirstGroup, Politics, Rail industry, Rail transport, The Guardian, Transport, Transport policy, Travel & leisure, UK news | 0 |

British government’s OLR also took control of LNER, Northern and Southeastern train services FirstGroup will no longer run the TransPennine Express rail franchise after 28 May owing to the high level of cancellations and...