Tag Archives: Slaithwaite

“Change needs to come…more quickly than the trains”

“TPEs head of communications says there’s no need for MD Leo Goodwin to meet residents of Marsden and Slaithwaite who have endured hundreds of trains being delayed or cancelled since May, because its staff have good relations with the community.” … Continue reading

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Looking to the future – improving the timetable – update

Whilst the focus at the moment is still on the failure to operate a service which resembles the published new timetable , with its large number of cancellations, part-cancellations (as an aside, 21st August saw the total number of cancellations … Continue reading

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“Why under-fire rail boss needs to take a trip to meet his customers. Here’s the invite”

Tom Richmond: Why under-fire rail boss needs to take a trip to meet his customers. Here’s the invite [from the Yorkshire Post, Saturday 11 August 2018] The managing director of troubled train operator TransPennine Express, Leo Goodwin, has now broken … Continue reading

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“Rail’s own Chuckle Brothers are having a laugh – at us”

Thanks to Tom Richmond and the Yorkshire Post for continuing to highlight the farce that our train service has become. Tom Richmond: Rail’s own Chuckle Brothers are having a laugh – at us [from the Yorkshire Post, 9th August 2018] … Continue reading

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