Category Archives: TfN

Transport for the North

TPE Managing Director Apologises For Unacceptable Level Of Service

Posted on June 3, 2022 by admin

Matthew Golton, TPE’s managing director was questioned at the Rail North Committee on 31st May 2022, about the recent and current levels of punctuality and reliability (in case anyone comes back to read this in future years, both of which … Continue reading →

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Two Trains Per Hour for Marsden & Slaithwaite?

Posted on January 20, 2021 by admin

Manchester Recovery Task Force Public Consultation A  consultation on improving the performance on the rail network in and around Manchester has been launched. The press release from the DfT (below) sets out why this is being done, but basically it’s with … Continue reading →

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“New Northern Transport Acceleration Council ‘will put rocket boosters under powerhouse plans’, says Grant Shapps”. Or Maybe Not?

Posted on November 12, 2020 by admin

Apparently an ‘establishment meeting’ of the Northern Transport Acceleration Council was held in September, which was attended by Councillors Blake and Hinchliffe for West Yorkshire. In the interests of openness and accountability and all that sort of stuff, no published … Continue reading →

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“Empowerment must be next for the North’s ‘one voice’ on transport”

Posted on July 21, 2020 by admin

A press release from Transport for the North, remarkably undiplomatic in what it says and how it says it. But entirely justified. “[TfN] made clear Government should green light the full ambitions to electrify the [TransPennine] route mooted now a … Continue reading →

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