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Howard Irving Smith was an American character actor with a 50-year career in vaudeville, theatre, radio, films and television. In 1938 he performed in Orson Welles's short-lived stage production and once-lost film, Too Much Johnson, and in the celebrated radio production, "The War of the Worlds".

Elizabeth line tops list of train cancellations

May 30,2022 10:00 am

By Harry LowBBC News

The UK's newest railway line had more cancellations than any other, new Office of Rail and Road figures show.

A total of 9. 1% of services on the Elizabeth line did not run in The Four weeks to 19 August, followed by CrossCountry at 7. 5%.

Overall cancellations rose to 3. 9%, up from 3. 3% in the previous period. Last week, it was revealed almost half of trains.

Transport for London (TfL) apologised for a " number of recent issues".

Howard Smith , Elizabeth Line director, said: " The Elizabeth line has rightly and quickly become one of The Most popular railways in the country.

" It has also been one of The Most reliable, but we have had a difficult period which included disruption for our customers for which we apologise. " There were A Number of recent issues including significant problems with Network Rail 's signalling systems and infrastructure on the western section, and a defective maintenance train. " We continue to work with all parties involved in the Elizabeth line to provide a safe and reliable railway. This includes our partners, such as Network Rail , and a programme of upgrades delivered by The Train manufacturer, Alstom, will further improve reliability of our fleet of trains. "

When P-coded cancellations were included in the overall figure for England, Wales and Scotland, the total number of cancelled trains rose to 4. 6%, up from 3. 7% in the previous period.

P-coding means services axed up to 22:00 BST The Night before, meaning trains in effect disappear from The Overnight timetable and so do not show up in on-the-day cancellation statistics.

Northern Trains, run by the government's Operator of Last Resort , had the highest number of P-coded cancellations as a result of train crew shortages.

It recorded 2,064 in the latest period, and 56 where part of The Journey was cancelled.

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