More trains are failing to turn up at Middlesbrough and Thornaby railway stations than average due to cancellations. A total of 5% of all stops at Middlesbrough in the last 12 months were cancelled and 4.2% at Thornaby, according to analysis of Office of Rail and Road figures.

The cancellation rate in Britain overall in the year to August stood at 3.3%. Three North-East stations fared even worse with 5.9% of stops at Hartlepool railway station being cancelled before their arrival, 5.8% at Gateshead MetroCentre and the same percentage at Sunderland.

The region overall also had the worst train cancellation rate - 4.5% - higher than any other region. City Thameslink, in London, had the worst record of any individual station with 7.7% of train stops being cancelled.

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