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May 2022
Harrogate and Knaresborough MP Andrew Jones has told Parliament that cuts to train services in the towns will damage business and make it impossible for some commuters to be at work on time.
The two early morning weekday services from Harrogate to Leeds were axed this week, meaning the earliest commuters can arrive in Leeds is 7.28am
Speaking in a Commons transport debate yesterday, Mr Jones said it was a "bad mistake" to think that the decline in passenger numbers due to covid was now at a fixed level and "service levels can be cut back accordingly".
He added:
Mr Jones, a former transport minister, said the cuts were "not great to see" because rail services had been "making such great progress after all of the years of Labour’s no-growth northern franchise".
He cited the six daily direct London services and better rolling stock as examples.
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