TransPennine Express

TransPennine Express
Overview
Franchise(s)	TransPennine Express; 28 May 2023 – present
Main route(s)	North East England; North West England; Scotland; Yorkshire & the Humber;
Parent company	DfT OLR Holdings
Reporting mark	TP
Predecessor	TransPennine Express (2016–2023)
Other
Website	www.tpexpress.co.uk
System map

TransPennine Trains Ltd, trading as TransPennine Express,[1] is a train operator in the United Kingdom that has operated the TransPennine Express franchise area services since 28 May 2023. It runs regional and inter-city rail services between the major cities and towns of Northern England and Scotland. The company, which is government-owned, was established following poor performance by the previous operator, also called TransPennine Express. It has carried over the rolling stock, passenger services, and branding.

History

On 11 May 2023, the Department for Transport (DfT) announced that it would not be renewing FirstGroup's TransPennine Express National Rail Contract when it expired on 28 May, and that an operator of last resort owned by DfT OLR Holdings would operate the services from that date.[2][3]

Services

TransPennine Trains took over all services operated by its predecessor, TransPennine Express, on 28 May 2023.[4][5]

The TransPennine Express routes are subdivided into three operations:

North Route, which includes all routes that pass through the core section between Manchester station group and Leeds;
Anglo-Scottish Route, which consists of services on the West Coast Main Line;
South Route, which includes services running on the Hope Valley line and the South Humberside Main Line.[6]

As of May 2023, the following services operate off-peak, seven days a week:[7]

North Route
Route	Freq.	Calling at
Liverpool Lime Street to Newcastle	1tph	Newton-le-Willows, Manchester Victoria, Huddersfield, Leeds, York, Darlington, Durham
Liverpool Lime Street to Hull	1tph	Lea Green, Manchester Victoria, Stalybridge, Huddersfield, Leeds, Selby, Brough
Manchester Airport to Saltburn	1tph	Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester Victoria, Huddersfield, Dewsbury, Leeds, York, Thirsk, Northallerton, Yarm, Thornaby, Middlesbrough, Redcar Central
Manchester Piccadilly to Newcastle	1tp2h	Stalybridge, Greenfield, Marsden, Slaithwaite, Huddersfield, Dewsbury, Leeds, York, Northallerton, Darlington, Durham, Chester-le-Street Alternates with services from Manchester Piccadilly to Scarborough.
Manchester Piccadilly to Scarborough	1tp2h	Stalybridge, Huddersfield, Dewsbury, Leeds, York, Malton, Seamer Alternates with services from Manchester Piccadilly to Newcastle and from York to Scarborough.
York to Scarborough	1tp2h	Malton, Seamer Alternates with services from Manchester Piccadilly to Scarborough.
Manchester Piccadilly to Huddersfield	1tph	Stalybridge, Mossley, Greenfield, Marsden, Slaithwaite
Huddersfield to Leeds	1tph	Deighton, Mirfield, Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury, Batley, Morley, Cottingley
Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley	6tpd	Morpeth, Alnmouth, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Reston, Dunbar 2 trains per day run between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Edinburgh Waverley.
South Route
Route	Freq.	Calling at
Liverpool Lime Street to Cleethorpes	1tph	Liverpool South Parkway, Warrington Central, Birchwood, Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester Piccadilly, Stockport, Sheffield, Meadowhall, Doncaster, Scunthorpe, Barnetby, Habrough, Grimsby Town
Anglo-Scottish Route
Route	Freq.	Calling at
Manchester Airport to Glasgow Central	1tp2h	Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Oxford Road, Preston, Lancaster, Oxenholme Lake District, Penrith North Lakes, Carlisle, Lockerbie, Motherwell 1tpd runs between Preston and Glasgow Central only. Alternates with services to Edinburgh Waverley, see below.
Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverley	1tp2h	Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Oxford Road, Preston, Lancaster, Oxenholme Lake District, Penrith North Lakes, Carlisle, Lockerbie, Haymarket[lower-alpha 1] Alternates with services to Glasgow Central, see above.
Liverpool Lime Street to Glasgow Central	2tpd	St Helens Central, Wigan North Western, Preston, Lancaster Oxenholme Lake District, Carlisle, Lockerbie, Motherwell (1tpd)

Served to pick up only southbound and set down only northbound

Routes

North Route

				3:53	Edinburgh Waverley ( St Andrew Sq.)
				3:30	Dunbar
				3:15	Reston
				3:10	Berwick-upon-Tweed
				2:50	Alnmouth
				2:34	Morpeth
				2:29	Cramlington
				2:14	Newcastle
				2:07	Chester-le-Street
				2:00	Durham
				1:47	Darlington
				2:45	Saltburn
				2:35	Redcar Central
				2:21	Middlesbrough
				2:13	Thornaby
				2:02	Yarm
				1:37	Northallerton
				1:34	Thirsk
				2:03	Scarborough
				1:53	Seamer
				1:36	Malton
				1:12	York
				1:54	Hull Paragon
				1:36	Brough
				1:30	Gilberdyke
				1:24	Howden
				1:18	Selby
				1:09	South Milford
				1:08	Garforth
				0:48	Leeds
				1:04	Cottingley
				1:01	Morley
				0:47	Batley
				0:40	Dewsbury
				0:46	Ravensthorpe
				0:43	Mirfield
				0:38	Deighton
				0:29	Huddersfield
				0:28	Slaithwaite
				0:27	Marsden
				0:19	Greenfield
				0:17	Mossley
				0:13	Stalybridge
				0:00	Manchester Victoria
				0:02	Manchester Oxford Road
				0:00	Manchester Piccadilly
				0:06	East Didsbury
				0:08	Gatley
				0:14	Manchester Airport
				0:16	Newton-le-Willows
				0:20	Lea Green
				0:38	Liverpool Lime Street

Times shown are best times from
Manchester Piccadilly/Manchester Victoria.

South Route

				3:02	Cleethorpes
				2:49	Grimsby Town
				2:33	Habrough
				2:27	Barnetby
				2:12	Scunthorpe
				2:13	Althorpe
				2:08	Crowle
				1:59	Thorne South
				1:55	Hatfield and Stainforth
				1:50	Kirk Sandall
				1:45	Doncaster
				1:30	Rotherham Central
				1:21	Meadowhall
				1:11	Sheffield
				1:10	Dore and Totley
				0:56	Stockport
				0:42	Manchester Piccadilly
				0:38	Urmston
				0:35	Irlam
				0:33	Birchwood
				0:24	Warrington Central
				0:23	Warrington West
				0:10	Liverpool South Parkway
				0:00	Liverpool Lime Street

Times shown are best times from
Liverpool Lime Street.

Anglo-Scottish Route

				3:19	Edinburgh Waverley ( St Andrew Sq.)
				3:14	Haymarket
				3:29	Glasgow Central ( St Enoch)
				3:13	Motherwell
				3:06	Carstairs

				2:15	Lockerbie
				1:55	Carlisle
				1:46	Penrith
				1:23	Oxenholme Lake District
				1:09	Lancaster
				0:51	Preston
				0:31	Wigan North Western
				0:15	St Helens Central
				0:00	Liverpool Lime Street
				0:22	Bolton
				0:18	Manchester Oxford Road
				0:14	Manchester Piccadilly
				0:00	Manchester Airport

Times shown are best times from
Liverpool Lime Street/Manchester Airport.

Rolling stock

Current fleet

Family	Class	Image	Type	Top speed		Number	Carriages	Routes operated	Built
Family	Class	Image	Type	mph	km/h	Number	Carriages	Routes operated	Built
	Diesel multiple units
Siemens Desiro	185		DHMU	100	160	51	3	North Route, South Route	2005–06
Siemens Desiro	185		DHMU	100	160
	Bi-mode multiple units
Hitachi AT300	802 Nova 1		BMU	125[8]	200[8]	19	5	North Route Liverpool Lime Street – Newcastle Manchester Piccadilly – Newcastle Newcastle – Edinburgh Manchester Airport – Edinburgh via Leeds Anglo-Scottish Route Manchester Airport – Edinburgh via Preston	2017–19
Hitachi AT300	802 Nova 1		BMU	125[8]	200[8]
	Electric multiple units
CAF Civity	397 Nova 2		EMU	125	200	12	5	Anglo-Scottish Route Manchester Airport, Liverpool Lime Street – Glasgow, Edinburgh	2017–19[9]
CAF Civity	397 Nova 2		EMU	125	200
	Locomotive hauled stock
Stadler UKLight	68		Diesel locomotive	100[10]	160	14[11]	5	North Route Manchester Piccadilly – Scarborough York – Scarborough	2016–17
CAF	Mark 5A Nova 3		Coach	125	200	52			2017–18
			Driving Trailer			14[12]			2017–18
			Driving Trailer

References

"TransPennine Express transfers to government operator". TransPennine Express. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
"Transpennine Express to be brought into operator of last resort". Department for Transport. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
"TransPennine Express loses contract over poor service". BBC News. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
"TransPennine Express services to be nationalised from this weekend". York Press. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
"TransPennine Express comes under government control". BBC News. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
"TransPennine Express Route Map (Geographic)" (PDF). Manchester: TransPennine Express. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
"Timetables". Manchester: TransPennine Express. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
"Speed limiters for Hitachi fleets". Traction & Stock. The Railway Magazine. Vol. 168, no. 1457. August 2022. p. 92.
"More new trains for the North and Scotland". First Transpennine Express. 20 May 2016. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
"Class 68 Specification". Rail Magazine. October 2014.
"New-build DRS Class 68s to operate TPE's Mk 5 rakes". Retrieved 28 May 2023 – via PressReader.
"First view of TransPennine livery on a Class 68 loco". The Railway Magazine. 28 October 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2023.

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[Haymarket-8] Served to pick up only southbound and set down only northbound

[1] "TransPennine Express transfers to government operator". TransPennine Express. Retrieved 30 May 2023.

[2] "Transpennine Express to be brought into operator of last resort". Department for Transport. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023.

[3] "TransPennine Express loses contract over poor service". BBC News. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.

[4] "TransPennine Express services to be nationalised from this weekend". York Press. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.

[5] "TransPennine Express comes under government control". BBC News. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.

[6] "TransPennine Express Route Map (Geographic)" (PDF). Manchester: TransPennine Express. Retrieved 28 May 2023.

[7] "Timetables". Manchester: TransPennine Express. Retrieved 28 May 2023.

[:0-9] "Speed limiters for Hitachi fleets". Traction & Stock. The Railway Magazine. Vol. 168, no. 1457. August 2022. p. 92.

[tpe-caf-10] "More new trains for the North and Scotland". First Transpennine Express. 20 May 2016. Archived from the original on 26 May 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2023.

[11] "Class 68 Specification". Rail Magazine. October 2014.

[TPE-12] "New-build DRS Class 68s to operate TPE's Mk 5 rakes". Retrieved 28 May 2023 – via PressReader.

[13] "First view of TransPennine livery on a Class 68 loco". The Railway Magazine. 28 October 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2023.