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Customers say they are STILL struggling for tickets as the clock ticks on Avanti West Coast

The beleaguered firm is in a race against time to improve

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: A seat by the loo

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Manchester Evening News

Anger as Avanti West Coast given six months to 'improve service'

The service was described as "sub-par" by Transport for the North

Liverpool Echo

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Andy Burnham's key demands as Avanti West Coast gets new six month contract

"Very few people in Greater Manchester will support this extension"

Manchester Evening News

Rail regulator 'gains assurances' from Avanti over advanced timetable publication

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) said the news would 'provide some comfort' for passengers

Manchester Evening News

The Standard View: Winter blackouts or not, Liz Truss must double down on net zero

The Government has acknowledged that blackouts are a possibility this winter, as energy supplies are tested to the limit. While denying it is a likelihood, energy minister Graham Stuart confirmed he was planning for all eventualities.

Evening Standard

"The Government has rewarded chaos and failure": Anger in Greater Manchester as Avanti handed new six-month rail contract

'People deserve far better'

Manchester Evening News

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Avanti West Coast must ‘drastically improve’ after securing six-month extension

Rail firm has been criticised after reducing train services and releasing tickets only a few days in advance

The Guardian - UK

Avanti West Coast given deadline to shape up or ship out by Government

The train operator has been heavily criticised in recent months

Liverpool Echo

Avanti West Coast given new deadline to improve train services

FirstGroup plc, which co-owns Avanti West Coast in a joint venture with Italy's Trenitalia, said it was 'committed' to providing services that meet people's needs

Birmingham Post

Hundreds of trains cancelled on Friday ahead of national rail strike on Saturday

Avanti West Coast given a six-month deadline ‘to deliver certainty of service to its passengers’

The Independent UK

Avanti given six more months to run west coast mainline despite 'unacceptable' service

The firm cut trains from Manchester to London to one an hour this summer

Manchester Evening News

Avanti West Coast handed six-month lifeline to improve trains after months of chaos

The train firm will get an extension to April 1, giving it one last chance to win a contract to carry on running the West Coast Main Line, in what unions branded a 'reward for failure'

Daily Mirror

Avanti West Coast given until April to improve 'unacceptable' service

Avanti's current contract is coming to an end and the Government says it must do more to "deliver certainty of service to passengers"

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Evening Standard

Avanti given six months to improve services on West Coast Main Line

Avanti has until April 1 to add at least 80 more services on weekdays

Manchester Evening News

Prime Minister rules out energy-saving information campaign - despite blackout warning

Liz Truss reportedly blocked Jacob Ress-Mogg's proposal

Birmingham Post

Government to 'consider all options' on Avanti as calls grow for West Coast Main Line operator's contract to be removed

Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham hits out at "chaos" on line

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: Manky or swanky?

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Andy Burnham admits there could be more disruption IF Avanti lose their contract

The Labour mayor says train services between London and Manchester must improve immediately

The Guardian - UK

Avanti should run more trains or lose contract – Manchester mayor

Firm should run 2 trains per hour to London in October and then 3 by December, says Andy Burnham

Liverpool Echo

Merseyrail, Northern and Avanti latest advice before Saturday train strike

A number of operators have advised people not to travel unless necessary

Manchester Evening News

Andy Burnham demands Avanti trains ultimatum after passengers hit by months of chaos

The mayor of Greater Manchester has written to Transport Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan

Manchester Evening News

Gary Neville brands Avanti a 'disgrace' as passengers forced to sit in toilet gangway

The broadcaster took to Twitter to share his frustrations

The Guardian - UK

‘Great British Railways is dead’: rail industry at lowest ebb since the days of Railtrack

Grant Shapps ‘revolutionary’ GBR plan faces huge challenges

The Independent UK

Avanti West Coast steps up train services from Manchester and Birmingham to London

‘The services are being targeted at the busiest routes and times and are not dependent on overtime working,’ says train firm

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