First TransPennine Express (FTPE) is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. It operates regular regional services in the north of England, including services linking the west and east coasts of England across the Pennines. Image File history File links First_TransPennine_Express_logo. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1097, 645 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): British Rail British Rail Class 185 TransPennine Express User:AA Milne/British Rail Network Metadata This file contains... 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → // February 29, 2004 Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigns as president of Haiti and flees the country for the Central African Republic. ... Typical Pennine scenery. ... North East England is one of the regions of England. ... Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... Cumbria (IPA: ), is a shire county in the extreme North West of England. ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Edinburgh (disambiguation). ... First Group PLC (LSE: FGP) is a British transport company operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland and North America, with headquarters in Aberdeen, Scotland. ... Keolis is a French transport group based in Paris. ... Due to historical differences the railway network of the United Kingdom is split into two independent systems: one on the island of Great Britain and one in Northern Ireland, which is closely linked to the railway system of the Republic of Ireland. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Typical Pennine scenery. ...

The original service and brand name were launched in late 1998 by Northern Spirit, and later transferred to its successor, Arriva Trains Northern. On 1 February 2004, the service became a separate franchise, also incorporating the long distance routes of First North Western. The franchise will run for eight years and is a joint operation between First Group (55%) and Keolis (45%), with an optional extension of five years. Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the railway company Northern Spirit. ... Arriva Trains Northern was a train operating company that operated passenger trains in Northern England. ... is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... First North Western was a train operating company in the United Kingdom serving North West England. ... First Group PLC (LSE: FGP) is a British transport company operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland and North America, with headquarters in Aberdeen, Scotland. ... Keolis is a French transport group based in Paris. ...

First TransPennine Express is one of the few train operating companies in the United Kingdom running 24 hours a day, including through New Years Eve night. For example, trains run between York and Manchester Airport at least every three hours every night of the week. The approach to York station and the Royal York hotel York railway station is a main-line railway station in the historic city of York. ... Manchesters International Airport has a station built into its terminal buildings, and is currently a 2-platform hub with transport connections to the local bus network. ...

Routes

First TransPennine Express services are split into three routes:

North TransPennine

Main article: North TransPennine

The core route between Manchester Piccadilly and Leeds sees four trains per hour between the two cities. This is made up of an hourly Liverpool Lime Street to Scarborough service, an hourly Manchester Airport to Newcastle service, an hourly Manchester Airport to Middlesbrough service and an hourly Manchester Piccadilly to Hull service. The North TransPennine line is one of the three rail services provided by TransPennine Express running through Northern England. ... Interior shot of the station with the Victorian trainshed. ... Leeds City station is the mainline railway station serving the city of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. ... The main entrance to Liverpool Lime Street Station Liverpool Lime Street railway station on Lime Street is the mainline railway station serving Liverpool, England. ... Scarborough railway station serves the seaside town of Scarborough in North Yorkshire, England. ... Manchesters International Airport has a station built into its terminal buildings, and is currently a 2-platform hub with transport connections to the local bus network. ... Northern approach. ... Middlesbrough railway station serves the large town of Middlesbrough in England. ... Hull Paragon railway station is the main railway station in Kingston-upon-Hull, England. ...

The Manchester to Liverpool sector is supplemented by Central Trains hourly service from Norwich to Liverpool, thus giving half hourly fast services between Manchester and Liverpool. Similarly, the service between Leeds and Newcastle is boosted by an hourly Virgin Trains service; York to Newcastle is also supplemented by GNER’s services. It can be faster for passengers wishing to travel to Durham or Newcastle to change at York as both Virgin and GNER run faster trains (125mph vs 100mph) but serve fewer stations. Central Trains rolling stock at Liverpool Lime Street railway station Central Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom, running local and long-distance services in central England. ... Norwich railway station A DBSO approaching Norwich station Norwich railway station is a railway station serving the city of Norwich in Norfolk. ... Virgin Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. ... GNER operates along the East Coast Main Line from London Kings Cross to Northern Scotland. ... Durham is the principle railway station for the city of Durham and is a major railway station on the East Coast Main Line. ...

South TransPennine

Main article: South TransPennine

An hourly service operates from Manchester Airport to Cleethorpes via Manchester Piccadilly, Stockport, Sheffield, Doncaster and Scunthorpe. The Manchester to Sheffield sector is supplemented by Central Trains hourly Liverpool to Norwich service, thus giving a half hourly fast service frequency between Manchester and Sheffield. South TransPennine is one of the three rail services provided by TransPennine Express, running in Northern England. ... Cleethorpes railway station is a rail terminus serving the town of Cleethorpes in North East Lincolnshire. ... Stockport railway station is in Greater Manchester, England, 13km (8 miles) south-east of Manchester Piccadilly station on the West Coast Main Line from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston. ... Sheffield Midland Station, now called simply Sheffield, is the railway station in central Sheffield, England. ... Doncaster railway station serves the town of Doncaster, in South Yorkshire, England. ... Scunthorpe railway station serves the town of Scunthorpe in North Lincolnshire. ... Central Trains rolling stock at Liverpool Lime Street railway station Central Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom, running local and long-distance services in central England. ...

TransPennine North West

Main article: TransPennine North West

An hourly service operates between Manchester Airport and Lancaster, then continuing every two hours alternating between Barrow-in-Furness and Windermere. Combining with Northern Rail’s twice-hourly service, this gives at least three trains per hour between Manchester Piccadilly and Preston. TransPennine Express also took over the service between Blackpool and Manchester in 2006. From December 2007, TPE will operate the Manchester Piccadilly to Glasgow Central and Edinburgh services, currently operated by Virgin Trains, which run two-hourly between Manchester Piccadilly, Preston, Lancaster, and Oxenholme. TransPennine North West is one of the three rail services provided by First TransPennine Express, running in Northern England. ... Lancaster railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Lancaster in Lancashire. ... Barrow-in-Furness railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria. ... Windermere railway station is the railway station that serves Windermere in Cumbria. ... Northern Rail is a train and railway operating company that has operated local services in the north of England since 2004. ... Preston Railway Station in Preston, Lancashire is on the West Coast Main Line. ... Glasgow Central is the larger of the two present main-line railway terminals in Glasgow, Scotland, and is managed by Network Rail. ... Waverley railway station- the principal mainline station in Edinburgh viewed from Edinburgh Castle. ...

Rolling Stock

185102 is seen here in the old First livery, departing Leeds City station during testing trials on 15 January 2006

The franchise is operated with Class 185 and Class 170 diesel multiple units. When first created the franchise operated a mixed fleet of Class 158 (inherited from Arriva Trans Northern) and Class 175 (inherited from First North Western). Image File history File linksMetadata Leeds185. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Leeds185. ... Leeds City station is the mainline railway station serving the city of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. ... is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 185102 is seen here departing Leeds City station during testing trials on 15 January 2006, and shows the livery in which the trains were delivered. ... The Class 170 Turbostar is a diesel multiple unit (DMU) built by Bombardier Transportation (previously ADtranz) at their Derby Litchurch Lane Works, England. ... DMU, type SA108 of Great Poland Voivodship in Poznań, Poland The Transwa Prospector DEMU capable of up to 200km/h provides a passenger service between Perth, Western Australia and the mining town of Kalgoorlie A Diesel Multiple Unit or DMU is a multiple unit train consisting of multiple carriages powered... A British Rail Class 158 Express Sprinter is a diesel multiple unit, built from 1989-92 by BREL at Derby Works. ... The Class 175 ‘Coradia’ is a model of diesel multiple unit passenger train used in the United Kingdom. ...

In March 2006 new three-car Class 185 units, constructed in Germany by Siemens, began to enter service and took over most services. A new depot at Ardwick, about a mile east of Manchester Piccadilly was built as the base for the Class 185 fleet. A smaller depot, to provide stabling and lighter maintenance east of the Pennines, has been built at York and another at Cleethorpes. The Class 185 units were delivered in the First Group 'neon-style' livery. The first eight units were sent over in First’s old livery, and were converted to the new one (see the photograph at the beginning of this article) using vinyl wraps. March 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Fijian Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase announces that the 2006 Fiji general elections will be held in the second week of May 2006 from the 6th to the 13th. ... “Siemens” redirects here. ... Ardwick is an inner-city district of Manchester, about one mile south east of the city centre. ... First Group PLC (LSE: FGP) is a British transport company operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland and North America, with headquarters in Aberdeen, Scotland. ... A light rail vehicle wrapped in an iPod advertisement Wrap advertising is the practice of completely covering (wrapping) a vehicle in an advertisement or livery. ...

It was planned to operate all services with the new Class 185 units. However, weight restrictions on the Hull-Leeds line mean the Class 185 units are limited to 75mph (120km/h) east of Leeds. To solve this problem and create extra capacity across their network TransPennine Express has started to take on a nine-strong fleet of lighter Class 170 Turbostar units formerly used by South West Trains (SWT) on their Waterloo–Salisbury–Exeter services. In return SWT has received six surplus Class 158 units from TransPennine Express which will be upgraded to the same standard as SWT's Class 159 units. The two-car Class 170 Turbostars are still awaiting refurbishment to the same standard as the new Class 185 units and are being used solely on Manchester-Hull services. The Class 170 Turbostar is a diesel multiple unit (DMU) built by Bombardier Transportation (previously ADtranz) at their Derby Litchurch Lane Works, England. ... South West Trains (SWT) is a train operating company operating in the United Kingdom, providing train services to the south-west of London, chiefly in Greater London and the counties of Surrey, Hampshire, Dorset, Devon, Somerset, Berkshire and Wiltshire (the area largely covered before 1923 by the London and South... The British Rail Class 159 Express Sprinter (also known as South Western Turbo by Network South East) is a diesel multiple unit, built from 1992-93 by BREL at Derby Works. ...

Current fleet

Class	Image	Type	Top speed		Number	Routes operated	Built
			mph	km/h
Class 185 Pennine		Diesel Multiple Unit	100	160	51	All TransPennine routes
Class 170 Turbostar		Diesel Multiple Unit	100	160	5	Manchester Piccadilly - Hull route	2000

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Past Fleet

Class	Image	Type	Number	Built	Withdrawn	Notes
Class 175 Coradia		diesel multiple unit		1999 - 2001	[2006]	Moved to Arriva Trains Wales
Class 158 Express Sprinter		diesel multiple unit		1989 - 1992	2006 - 2007	Moved to Central Trains, First Great Western, South West Trains and Northern Rail

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Future services

On 31 October 2006, it was announced that from December 2007, subject to contract, First Transpennine Express will operate frequent services between Manchester Airport and Glasgow/Edinburgh, replacing the current Manchester Piccadilly-Scotland service provided by Virgin Cross Country.[1] is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 2007 is the twelfth month of that year and has yet to occur. ...

It was announced that the Class 185s would be used to run the services, replacing the faster Class 220s and 221s currently used by Virgin, although there is currently some debate over whether they will have enough units to cover a frequent service to Scotland, and whether the 100mph (160 km/h) units can be effectively timetabled to fit in with Virgin West Coast's 125mph (200km/h) Class 390-operated service on the predominantly double track WCML north of Preston.^{[attribution needed]} The seating capacity, which will also be less has also been called into question. A Class 220 Voyager at Bristol. ... Virgin Trains Class 221 Super Voyager 221137 Mayflower Pilgrims at Camborne Station, Cornwall operating route VT1651, preparing to depart for Penzance. ... Class 390 no. ...

In 2005, the company considered introducing a couple of High Speed Trains on the Manchester Piccadilly–Newcastle routes, to cope with high passenger numbers during the Royal Ascot at York event, but this was deemed to be too expensive.^{[citation needed]} HST power car 43127 is shown here crossing the Kennet and Avon Canal The British Rail Class 43 is the classification used for the InterCity 125 High Speed Train power cars, built by BREL from 1976 to 1982 The class are officially the fastest diesels in the world, with an...

A major uncertainty at the moment is if the 3-car 185 fleet will be able to cope with the growth in passenger numbers in the future. The addition of a fourth coach into some of the new trains is a possibility and has been mentioned regularly by many sources, but the government are still assessing First TransPennine Express's long-term viability before any more money is committed to the franchise.^{[citation needed]}

There has also been recent speculation that Class 180 Adelante trains from First Great Western shall be moved to the Manchester - Scotland route. Class 180, at Radley, shows off its roof. ... First Great Western is the operating name of First Greater Western Ltd,[1] a British train operating company owned by First Group, which operates services in the west and south west of England and South Wales. ...

Name Change

From 10 December 2004, TransPennine Express changed its name to First TransPennine Express. But in November 2006 this was changed back to TransPennine Express, due to complaints from Keolis. However on 14 August 2007 this was again changed back to First TransPennine Express. December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, 21 days before the next year. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 67 die and about 300,000 people are affected by floods in Ethiopias Somali Region of Ogaden after the Shabelle River bursts its banks. ... is the 226th day of the year (227th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

External links

• Official web site