https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63776464?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGABusiness leaders in the north of England are warning rail services could "collapse into utter chaos" by January unless the government takes action.
Members of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership have written to ask the transport secretary to address a crisis they say is "wreaking havoc".
Rail travel in northern England has been severely disrupted in recent months by strikes and cancellations.
The government agreed the current situation was "unacceptable".
It said it was "investing billions" in northern transport and was "working closely with train operators" to resolve problems around the recruitment of new drivers.
But Juergen Maier, former chief executive of Siemens UK and a vice chair of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, said the government had failed to "use the levers only it can pull, to sort out or train services".
