Transport chief apologises after weekend of travel chaos
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA Greater Manchester transport chief has apologised to passengers who were reportedly left stranded at the weekend following a series of high-profile events.
Vernon Everitt, who is Greater Manchester’s Transport Commissioner, also said that authorities are looking to re-extend the operating hours of the tram network, which were cut by the Covid-19 pandemic.
He also urged Keolis-Amey, the firm which runs Metrolink, and trade unions to reach a deal to prevent scheduled strikes from going ahead this weekend.
Mr Everitt made his comments as he and Dame Sarah Storey, the city-region’s Active Travel Commissioner, launched an ambition to eliminate deaths and serious injuries on the the roads by 2040. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community “I apologise to everybody that might have been affected by that [disruption this weekend just gone],” Mr Everitt told journalists at the event in Ashton-under-Lyne. “It does need to improve.
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