TransPennine Express
Publicly owned inter-city operator linking the North of England with Scotland, including the Hope Valley and Windermere routes and the West Coast to Edinburgh.
- BasedManchester
- Founded2023
- TractionBoth
TransPennine Express connects Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, York, Newcastle, Hull, Sheffield, Edinburgh and Glasgow. The current publicly owned company took over from FirstGroup on 28 May 2023 after a long period of cancellations, and will become part of Great British Railways.
Its routes include the Hope Valley Line between Manchester and Sheffield, the Manchester–Windermere service through the Lakes and the West Coast Main Line north of Preston over Shap and Beattock. Trains are Class 185 diesel units, Class 802 bi-modes and Class 397 electrics.
TPE tickets are valid on the Cumbria Travel Pass and on Northern's North Country and North East Rovers. It sells its own tickets online without booking fees.