Train cancellations hit 900 a day as timetable changes bite - MSE News

Former_MSE_Callum

Around 4.3% of trains were cancelled or part-cancelled in late spring and early summer, new stats obtained by MoneySavingExpert reveal - the highest such figure in at least six years...

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'Train cancellations hit 900 a day as timetable changes bite'

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Owain_Moneysaver

It was the biggest timetable change for a lot more than six years, so train cancellations were less than might have been expected. Many were not due directly to the timetable change but because of the late availability of new rolling stock, track improvements etc.

If people didn't want any new rolling stock or infrastructure improvements we could have just continued with the 1979 timetable, rolling stock, track, customer service and sandwiches.

Pennywise

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

If people didn't want any new rolling stock or infrastructure improvements we could have just continued with the 1979 timetable, rolling stock, track, customer service and sandwiches.

Or the people responsible for planning and implementing the changes could have done their jobs properly.