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The Mayor of Manchester Andy Burnham has told 麻豆社 Radio 5 live the Northern Rail network disruption is 鈥渁n utter shambles鈥� and accused Transport Secretary Chris Grayling of being 鈥渁sleep at the wheel鈥�.

The disruption has seen more than a thousand services running late or being cancelled altogether on Northern and Govia Thameslink routes.

The operators switched to new timetables on 20th May, saying they are urgently working on "comprehensive plans" to improve services.

Mr Burnham told Radio 5 live鈥檚 Tony Livesey: 鈥淭he disruption to people's lives, the worry this is causing is enormous. I'm so frustrated today because a week after we were promised that things will get better, things are only dramatically worse鈥�.

Chris Grayling sent us this statement:

鈥淚 am in regular discussions with Network Rail, Northern and GTR, and have reiterated that disruption suffered by passengers is wholly unacceptable. I have been very clear with Network Rail that it was far too late in finalising planned timetable changes and this must not happen again. Train companies are working to keep passengers moving and disruption minimised. While this is currently a huge inconvenience to passengers as the changes bed in, we are investing in the biggest modernisation of the railway since Victorian times and this new timetable will deliver hundreds more services up and down the country.鈥�

This clip is originally from 5 live Drive on 31 May 2018.

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