Rail users in the Bolton area have for some time been dealing with the combined problems of a reduced Northern Rail service, short-formed trains, industrial activity by rail staff and rail replacement buses at weekends. To compound these problems, today was the first ‘working day’ of a period of a ten-day period in which buses...
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Andy Burnham calls on Theresa May to sort out Northern trains chaos
The Mayor of Greater Manchester has asked the Prime Minister to intervene and sort out the chaos on railways in the North of England. On Sunday 29th July, dozens of trains were cancelled due to staff shortages, including almost all services between Liverpool and Manchester, with passengers only being made aware of the cancellations at...
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Rail Chaos Continues
Commuters in Bolton and elsewhere in Greater Manchester and Lancashire have endured a miserable few days since the ‘timetable change’ on Sunday, which heralded a period of increased chaos on the region’s railways. The majority of scheduled trains between Bolton and Manchester on Monday morning were cancelled or delayed, with Northern (Arriva Rail North) blaming...
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Bolton MP rebukes rail operators
Bolton North East MP Sir David Crausby met with rail operators on Friday 20th April and made clear to them the huge number of concerns facing local commuters. Rail passengers in Bolton have faced a difficult few years as electrification work has caused disruption, while a shortage of carriages has led to severe overcrowding on...
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Local rail services set to improve?
Bolton commuters were promised that rail services would not only be back to normal after the long-awaited reopening of Farnworth Tunnel, but would be greatly improved, with more train seats available on peak-time services. So has the promise been fulfilled? Well no, not yet, judging by comments received by local news media and a number...