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Film-maker Gemma Thorpe, 41, who regularly travels from Sheffield to Bolton for work, said: "When the transport is terrible, it contributes to not being able to work as creatively or productively.Gemma Thorpe says it can feel "isolating" living in the north of England due to problems with the trains
Politicians have also put the boot in to TransPennine Express following the news it is to be nationalised. "To use a railway analogy, light at the end of the tunnel. It's been a long tunnel, but I'm feeling upbeat about things today." "For the past 18 months, the service on the Cleethorpes-Manchester route has ranged from unreliable to appalling," he said.
"I've heard of people having to get taxis from Manchester airport to Newcastle because trains were cancelled at short notice.
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