MP calls for half-hourly train service to coast

The route between Scarborough and York currently has one train per hour, run by TransPennine Express

Scarborough and Whitby's MP has called for a half-hourly train service between Scarborough and York.

The route currently only has one train per hour run by TransPennine Express.

Alison Hume said at the Labour Party's annual conference she had raised the issue with newly elected York and North Yorkshire mayor David Skaith.

She said: "We also need to look at Seamer and how we improve that station and make the most of what that can offer."

According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, Mr Skaith was "determined" to increase the frequency of trains running between York and Scarborough.

He said meetings with Network Rail and train operators in the region were under way to realise the plans.

TransPennine Express was revealed last year to have some of the highest rates of cancellations of any provider.

Last May, the previous government brought it back into public ownership.

On Monday, Transport Secretary Louise Haigh reaffirmed Labour’s plan to renationalise nearly all passenger rail services within five years.

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