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Neil O'Brien
Member of Parliament for Harborough, Oadby & Wigston

Midland Mainline crisis deepens

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Friday, 17 July, 2026
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Yesterday I challenged Ministers about the crisis on the Midland mainline, today we had the bad news they are to run an emergency reduced timetable with fewer trains for the foreseeable future.

I have also been contacted by more concerned people who work on the railway - and it is apparent that these major problems are not going to be solved any time soon. 

I am continuing to press ministers to get a grip on this crisis - which has been growing ever since they allowed our existing trains to be sent away at the end of last year, despite knowing our new ones had not arrived.


I am calling on them to cancel plans for more of our trains to be sent away in September, and demanding a timetable for the resolution of this crisis. 

Watch my Westminster speech here 

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