Rail Timetabling

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 5:14 pm on 4 June 2018.

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Photo of Chris Grayling Chris Grayling The Secretary of State for Transport 5:14, 4 June 2018

The Labour party keeps saying that it wants the Government to run the railways. We do not at the moment. The temporary Northern timetable has been put in place this week. Some adjustment of rosters is taking place right now. I hope and believe that by the middle of the week, we will return to a point of stability, with a lower level of cancellations today and tomorrow and getting back to a reasonably dependable timetable within a day or two. That is what I am expecting, that is what we have been promised, and that is what we will be demanding of Northern Rail.