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TransPennine Express rail boss 'deliberately' moved home so he could experience commuters' train delays

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The managing director of under-fire train operator TransPennine Express says he personally experiences the same frustrations other passengers do as he regularly commutes into Manchester from Huddersfield on the network.

Matthew Golton said of what he called TPE's 'recent delivery': "We know it's not been good enough. I have apologised for that and I will apologise again, because we have to get it right." And Mr Golton, speaking in Manchester at a board meeting of Transport Focus, an independent watchdog for transport users, said long-suffering commuters were facing a 'doubling this year' in planned disruption due to the ongoing TransPennine Route Upgrade project. READ MORE: New Avanti West Coast boss claims under-fire train operator has 'turned a corner' after controversy TransPennine Express, together with Avanti West Coast, have faced vociferous calls for their contracts to be axed due to their performance, with Avanti being controversially awarded a six-month extension earlier this month.

TPE's contract expires at the end of May and the Department for Transport is examining the details of a recovery plan the company submitted in January after ministers deemed its performance was unacceptable.

The Manchester Evening News revealed in February that TPE cancelled almost a quarter of all its trains in a month, including more than 1,000 the night before they were due to run.

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