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Manchester mayor calls for deadline on TransPennine Express to improve services
Labour's Andy Burnham tells bossess he's ‘not prepared any longer’ to put up with the company's ‘misery’
A TransPennine Express train at Leeds train station

GREATER Manchester mayor Andy Burnham told rail bosses today he was “not prepared any longer” to put up with private railway failures in the north of England.

At a regional meeting in Leeds, Mr Burnham told the Rail North Committee (RNC) that he wants to set a public deadline for TransPennine Express (TPE) to improve services.

“The people of our region are not prepared to put up with the misery inflicted on their lives,” he said.

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