Rail firm told to pump in an extra £20m to fix Northampton train services

By Kevin Nicholls
Published 10th Feb 2020, 10:28 BST
Updated 10th Feb 2020, 10:39 BST
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Minister Heaton-Harris delivers ultimatum to under-fire London Northwestern

Rail minister Chris Heaton-Harris has ordered under-fire rail firm London Northwestern to fork out an extra £20million to fix services through Northampton – or face losing the franchise.

The Daventry MP carpeted LNWR's parent company West Midlands Trains over problems which dogged the Birmingham-Northampton-London route since the bungled introduction of a new timetable last May.

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