New Northern Managing Director, Tricia Williams, sat down with Tees Valley Mayor, Ben Houchen, last week to discuss services in the region.
A number of topics came up in the meeting, which took place on Friday 19th July 2024, including how to get passengers back to rail, Northern’s role in support of economic growth and social inclusion, increasing number the of apprenticeships at Northern and identifying future opportunities within the Tees Valley.
Issues such as high levels of staff sickness were also discussed in the meeting.
“We have huge ambitions to improve how we get around Teesside, Darlington and Hartlepool – and we’re always striving to forge better links with the rest of the country.
“We’ve already invested in three of our major stations at Darlington, Middlesbrough and Hartlepool – and we’ve our sights on breathing new life into more.
Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen
Responses
Invested in railway stations?its the service that needs improving
I recently investigated travel via the disused rail station to the Airport (and gave up) and the history. Conclusion is that the Airport will not fund moving their terminal nearer the half mile away nearer the rail station. A useful yt film shows all the problem.
No mention of the appalling level of cancellations and no shows this woman is presiding over!