Extract from QSD (Lords) on Transport: Investment Plans - Mar 30

Lord Tunnicliffe (Lab):...On the future of the railways, the Government have again rewarded failure by handing Avanti West Coast an extension. It is the worst-performing operator on the rail network, but its problems are not isolated—TransPennine Express has caused misery across the rail network, with dozens of cancellations every day. After more than a decade of this Government, railways in the north and the Midlands are broken...

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