Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many trains (a) to and (b) from Warrington have been cancelled as a result of the recent disruption on the trans-Pennine line.

The Department does not hold Train Operator performance information at this level of detail. We acknowledge that the delays and cancellations experienced following the introduction of the new timetable have been unacceptable. We are working with Transport for the North, the Train Operators, and Network Rail to resolve the problems as quickly as possible, to compensate passengers appropriately, and to learn the lessons that will prevent this happening again in the future.