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TransPennine Express
Class 185 alongside a Class 802 on test at Hull
Overview
Franchise(s)TransPennine Express
1 April 2016 – 31 March 2023
Main route(s)North West England, Yorkshire and Humber, North East England, Scotland
Fleet size62 units
(One unit subleased from Northern per day)
Stations operated19
Parent companyFirstGroup
Reporting markTP
Other
Websitewww.tpexpress.co.uk

TransPennine Express, often abbreviated to TPE, is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup operating the TransPennine Express franchise. It runs regional and intercity rail services between the major cities of Northern England and Scotland.

The franchise operates all its services to and through Manchester covering three main routes. The service provides rail links for major towns and cities such as Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, Sheffield, Hull, Leeds, York, Scarborough, Middlesbrough and Newcastle.

TransPennine Express runs trains 24 hours a day, including through New Year's Eve night. Trains run between York, Leeds and Manchester Airport at least every three hours every night of the week. The franchise operates 51 three-carriage Class 185 diesel units and 10 four-carriage Class 350 electric units. It is planned most of the fleet will be replaced by 45 new-built five-carriage units by the end of 2019.

History

The TransPennine Express brand was launched in the early 1990s by British Rail's Regional Railways sector.[1] It became part of Regional Railways North East and on 2 March 1997 was privatised with Northern Spirit and its successor, Arriva Trains Northern maintaining the brand.[2]

In 2000, the Strategic Rail Authority announced that it planned to reorganise the North West Regional Railways and Regional Railways North East franchises operated by First North Western and Arriva Trains Northern. A TransPennine Express franchise would be created for the long-distance regional services, the remaining services being operated by a new Northern franchise.[3]

In July 2003, the TransPennine franchise was awarded to a joint venture between FirstGroup and Keolis, and the services operated by Arriva Trains Northern and First North Western were transferred to First TransPennine Express on 1 February 2004.[4] On 11 November 2007, the services from Manchester to Edinburgh and Glasgow via the West Coast Main Line formerly operated by Virgin CrossCountry were transferred to First TransPennine Express.[5]

In August 2014, the Department for Transport announced FirstGroup, Keolis/Go-Ahead and Stagecoach had been shortlisted to bid for the next franchise.[6] In December 2015, FirstGroup was awarded the franchise with TransPennine Express taking over on 1 April 2016. The franchise will run until 31 March 2023 with an option to extend for two years.[7][8][9]

As part of a recasting of the franchise map by the Department for Transport, services from Manchester Airport to Blackpool North, Manchester Airport to Barrow in Furness and Oxenholme to Windermere were transferred to the Northern franchise on 1 April 2016.[10]

Services

The TransPennine Express routes are subdivided into three operations:

Details of each route, including maps and timetables, are on the TransPennine Express official website (see External links, below). In May 2018, following the transfer of the Manchester to Huddersfield Northern stopping service to TPE, regular services ceased between some of the intermediate Pennine stations, most daytime services either stopped at Mossley and Slaithwaite, or Greenfield and Marsden. Following the December 2018 timetable change, however, regular services resumed between Marsden and Slathwaite.

The following services run regularly, Mondays to Saturdays (Sunday service is similar except where noted), with frequencies in trains per hour (tph):

North TransPennine
Route tph Calling at Stock
Manchester Airport to Middlesbrough 1 Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester Victoria, Huddersfield, Dewsbury, Leeds, York, Thirsk, Northallerton, Yarm, Thornaby 185
Manchester Airport to Newcastle 1 Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester Victoria, Huddersfield, Leeds, York, Darlington (1tp2h), Durham
Liverpool Lime Street to Newcastle 1 Newton-le-Willows, Manchester Victoria, Huddersfield, Leeds, York, Northallerton, Darlington, Durham, Chester-le-Street (1tp2h)
Liverpool Lime Street to Scarborough 1 Lea Green, Manchester Victoria, Huddersfield, Leeds, York, Malton, Seamer
Manchester Piccadilly to Hull 1 Stalybridge, Mossley, Huddersfield, Dewsbury, Leeds, Garforth, Selby, Brough
Manchester Piccadilly to Huddersfield 1 Stalybridge, Mossley (irregular), Greenfield, Marsden, Slaithwaite
Huddersfield to Leeds 1 Deighton, Mirfield, Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury, Batley, Morley, Cottingley 170/185
South TransPennine
Route tph Calling at Stock
Manchester Airport to Cleethorpes 1 Manchester Piccadilly, Stockport, Sheffield, Meadowhall Interchange, Doncaster, Scunthorpe, Barnetby, Habrough (1tp2h), Grimsby Town
Trains reverse at Manchester Piccadilly.		 185
TransPennine North West
Route tp2h Calling at Stock
Manchester Airport to Glasgow Central 1 Manchester Piccadilly, Preston, Lancaster, Oxenholme Lake District[a], Penrith[a], Carlisle, Lockerbie[a], Motherwell
 350
Manchester Airport to Edinburgh Waverley 1 Manchester Piccadilly, Preston, Lancaster, Oxenholme Lake District[a], Penrith[a], Carlisle, Lockerbie[a], Haymarket
  1. ^ a b c d e f Oxenholme Lake District, Penrith and Lockerbie are generally served hourly but there are two-hour gaps between some services.
TransPennine Express
North Route
3:53
 Edinburgh Waverley (Edinburgh Trams St Andrew Sq.)
3:38
 East Linton
3:30
 Dunbar
3:15
 Reston
3:10
 Berwick-upon-Tweed
2:50
 Alnmouth
2:34
 Morpeth
2:29
 Cramlington
2:14
 Newcastle Tyne and Wear Metro
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 Manchester Metrolink
0:02
 Manchester Oxford Road
0:00
 Manchester Piccadilly Manchester Metrolink
0:06
 East Didsbury Manchester Metrolink
0:08
 Gatley
0:14
 Manchester Airport Airport interchange Manchester Metrolink
0:16
 Newton-le-Willows
0:20
 Lea Green
0:38
 Liverpool Lime Street Merseyrail
Times shown are best times from
Manchester Piccadilly/Manchester Victoria.
TransPennine Express
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 Sheffield Supertram
1:21
 Meadowhall Sheffield Supertram
1:11
 Sheffield Sheffield Supertram
1:10
 Dore and Totley
0:56
 Stockport
0:42
 Manchester Piccadilly Manchester Metrolink
0:41
 Manchester Oxford Road
0:38
 Urmston
0:35
 Irlam
0:33
 Birchwood
0:24
 Warrington Central
0:23
 Warrington West
0:10
 Liverpool South Parkway Merseyrail
0:00
 Liverpool Lime Street Merseyrail
Times shown are best times from
Liverpool Lime Street.
TransPennine Express
Anglo-Scottish Route
3:19
 Edinburgh Waverley (Edinburgh Trams St Andrew Sq.)
3:14
 Haymarket Edinburgh Trams
3:29
 Glasgow Central (Glasgow Subway 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 Merseyrail
0:22
 Bolton
0:18
 Manchester Oxford Road
0:14
 Manchester Piccadilly Manchester Metrolink
0:00
 Manchester Airport Airport interchange Manchester Metrolink
Times shown are best times from
Liverpool Lime Street/Manchester Airport.

Future services

Trains from Liverpool-Newcastle will extend to Edinburgh via the East Coast Main Line, giving 2tph from Leeds-Edinburgh together with an hourly CrossCountry service from December 2019. [11]

Direct Liverpool to Glasgow services via the West Coast Main Line are expected to be reintroduced at the December 2019 timetable change. [11]

Rolling stock

First TransPennine Express inherited a fleet of four Class 170 and 51 Class 185 DMUs as well as ten Class 350/4 EMUs from First Keolis TransPennine Express, although the Class 170s left for Chiltern Railways to be converted to Class 168s shortly afterwards. After the new rolling stock has been delivered, 22 Class 185 units will be returned to Eversholt Rail Group,[12] whilst the Class 350s are due to transfer to West Midlands Trains after the Class 397 units enter service in 2019.[13]

Current fleet

Class Image Type Top speed Number Carriages Routes operated Built
 mph   km/h 
Diesel multiple units
170/4 Turbostar DMU 100 161 1 3 Leeds–Huddersfield
1 unit is subleased from Northern on a daily basis 		2003–05
185 Desiro DMU 100 160 51 3 All TransPennine routes
2 are loaned to Northern on a daily basis[14][15] 		2005–06
Electric multiple units
350/4 Desiro EMU 110 175 10 4 Manchester Airport–Edinburgh/Glasgow 2013–14

Future fleet

A total of 44 brand new five-car trains will be delivered to TransPennine Express.[7]

Class Brand Image Type Top speed Number Carriages Routes operated Built In service
 mph   km/h 
Locomotive hauled stock
68 Nova 3 Loco 100[16] 160 14[17] 5
  • Liverpool Lime Street to Scarborough via Manchester Victoria
  • Manchester Airport to Middlesbrough
 2016–17 2019[18]
Mark 5A[19] Coach 125 200 66[20] 52 2017–
DTSO 14[21]
Electric multiple units
397 Civity[22] Nova 2 EMU 125 200 12 5
  • Manchester Airport to Glasgow Central/ Edinburgh Waverley
  • Liverpool Lime Street to Glasgow Central
 2017– 2019[18]
Bi-mode multiple units
802/2 AT300
[23][24][25] 		Nova 1 BMMU 125 200 19 5
  • Liverpool Lime Street to Edinburgh Waverley via Newcastle
  • Manchester Airport to Newcastle
 2017– 2019[23]

Past fleet

Former units operated by TransPennine Express include:

Class Image Type Top speed Number Carriages Notes Built Left Fleet
 mph   km/h 
170/3 Turbostar DMU 100 160 4[26] 2 Transferred to Chiltern Railways 2000 2016

Managed stations

TransPennine Express services run over a large area of northern England and southern Scottish Lowlands. Many of the largest stations they serve are managed by other train operating companies or Network Rail.

TransPennine Express manages the following 19 stations:[10][27]

Some stations from the former TransPennine Express franchise (First Keolis) were transferred to Northern. These include Arnside, Barrow-in-Furness, Birchwood, Burneside, Carnforth, Grange-over-Sands, Kendal, Staveley, Ulverston, Warrington Central and Windermere.[10]

Depots

Siemens maintains the Class 185 and 350 fleets at Ardwick depot in Manchester with a smaller facility in York. Scottish stabling points for both stock include Corkerhill C.S.M.D. (Glasgow) and Craigentinny T.&R.S.M.D. (Edinburgh). Hitachi will maintain the AT300 fleet at Doncaster Carr and Craigentinny.[28] The new EMUs and loco-hauled sets will be maintained by Alstom, on behalf of TransPennine Express, at Longsight (Manchester), Edge Hill (Liverpool) and Polmadie (Glasgow).[18]

TransPennine Express have depots for its train crews at Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Airport (conductors), York, Newcastle, Scarborough, Hull, Cleethorpes, Sheffield, Preston, Liverpool and Glasgow Central.

References

  1. ^ "Collections Online - Objects".
  2. ^ "Northern Spirit is brand new name for Regional Railways North East" Rail issue 332 3 June 1998 page 7
  3. ^ The Trans-Pennine Express rail franchise Archived 20 October 2004 at the Wayback Machine. Yorkshire & The Humber Transport Activist's Roundtable Briefing Note October 2001.
  4. ^ "SRA Announce Preferred Bidder For TransPennine Express Franchise" (PDF) (Press release). Strategic Rail Authority. 28 July 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 August 2009.
  5. ^ New Cross Country Franchise Consultation Document Department for Transport June 2006
  6. ^ Shortlist for Northern and TransPennine operators revealed Department for Transport 19 August 2014
  7. ^ a b "FirstGroup awarded TransPennine Express franchise". Rail Technology Magazine. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  8. ^ "Arriva and First chosen for Northern and TransPennine franchises". International Railway Journal. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  9. ^ "FirstGroup plc welcomes award of TransPennine Express rail franchise". 9 December 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  10. ^ a b c Stakeholder Briefing Document and Consultation Response Department for Transport 27 February 2015
  11. ^ a b "New TransPennine Express franchise launches - First TransPennine Express". First TransPennine Express Trains. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  12. ^ "TfGMC - Item 05b TPE - New Franchise presentation". www.transportforgreatermanchestercommittee.gov.uk.
  13. ^ Briginshaw, David (23 May 2016). "CAF to supply trains to TransPennine Express". International Rail Journal. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  14. ^ TransPennine Express invitation to tender
  15. ^ Northern Rail 31st SA - Remapped services Track Access Rights
  16. ^ "Class 68 Specification". Rail Magazine. October 2014.
  17. ^ New-build DRS Class 68s to operate TPE’s Mk 5 rakes - PressReader.com. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  18. ^ a b c "More new trains for the North and Scotland". First Transpennine Express. 20 May 2016.
  19. ^ Clinnick, Richard (8 June 2016). "TPE orders new EMUs and carriages in £230m deal". Rail (802). Bauer Media: 8–9.
  20. ^ http://www.caf.net/upload/prensa/notas/docs/CAF_UK_%2023-05-16_engl.pdf
  21. ^ "First view of TransPennine livery on a Class 68 loco". The Railway Magazine. The Railway Magazine. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  22. ^ Haigh, Philip. "Is it time for the railway to standardise on fewer types of trains, to cut costs?". PressReader.com. Rail Magazine. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  23. ^ a b News (31 March 2016). "New bi-mode trains for TransPennine Express". {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  24. ^ Hitachi scoops 95-car TPE train deal Rail 1 April 2016
  25. ^ http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/traction-rolling-stock/single-view/view/hitachi-awarded-transpennine-express-multiple-unit-contract.html Hitachi awarded Transpennine Express multiple unit contract
  26. ^ DfT (22 December 2015). "TPE Franchise Agreement" (PDF). Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  27. ^ "Safe and sound train stations". First Transpennine Express. October 2011.
  28. ^ Hitachi awarded TransPennine Express multiple unit contract Railway Gazette International 31 March 2016
Preceded by
First TransPennine Express
TransPennine Express franchise
(First and Keolis joint venture)
 Operator of TransPennine Express franchise
2016–2023 		Succeeded by
incumbent
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