Avanti to cut services on some of UK’s busiest routes including Manchester to London before Christmas
manchestereveningnews.co.ukAvanti West Coast is to cut the number of services it operates in December because of staff shortages, reducing weekend train frequency on one of Britain’s main intercity lines before Christmas.
Avanti plans to cut back trains running between London, Birmingham, Manchester and north Wales. That will include only running two trains an hour between London and Manchester on Saturdays in December.
The operator has confirmed the decision only weeks after it was awarded a nine-year contract by the government - after it had been warned to improve its performance.
Greater Manchester mayor, Andy Burnham, has described the news that services will be cut as a 'kick in the teeth'. READ MORE Storm Babet: How long it will last and when it will hit READ MORE People urged to 'act now' as more Storm Babet flood warnings issued across Greater Manchester Avanti was running as little as one train an hour on its main intercity routes in 2022, after it confessed it could no longer operate its schedule because of a shortage of drivers.
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