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FIRST PICTURE: Completed Mk 5A bodyshell for TransPennine Express

First image of first completed boyshell of new Mk 5A locomotive hauled stock released by TransPennine Express

7 Mar

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Work starts on new-look Paragon station

Hull Paragon station is being refurbished, with new toilets and a new waiting room.

6 Feb

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Faster trains for the north?

Trains running at full potential via infrastructure upgrades and full devolution by the end of the recently-awarded franchises are the aims of Rail North.

20 Sept

FGW 43176 enters Exeter St Davids on October 3 2014. RICHARD CLINNICK.

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First rail margins rise, revenues fall

Profit margins on FirstGroup’s rail operations increased in 2015-16 to 5.6%, but revenues fell significantly with the loss of two franchises.

15 Jun

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RAIL ARCHIVE: TransPennine 185s

In Sept 2006, Siemens unveiled the first Class 185 for the TransPennine Express franchise. Ten years later, bigger trains with more capacity have been announced

5 Jun

DRS 68009 on hire to Chiltern Railways on December 30 2015. RICHARD CLINNICK.

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Brand new locomotive hauled trains for TPE

£230 million deal includes 13 Class 68-hauled CAF trains and 12 five-car CAF electric units

23 May

An artist's impression of First TransPennine Express AT300s at Manchester Piccadilly. FTPE.

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Hitachi scoops 95-car TPE train deal

Hitachi will build 19 five-car bi-mode trains for First TransPennine Express (FTPE). The trains will enter traffic from 2019.

1 Apr

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TPE’s Goodwin pledges new trains and more services

TransPennine Express planning a three-phase improvement to its services, with the first - a sixth hourly Manchester-Leeds service - starting in December 2017.

16 Feb

TPE 350408 stands at Edinburgh Waverley on November 25 2015. RICHARD CLINNICK.

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TPE franchise costs revealed

The cost of procuring the TransPennine Express franchise (to the end of November 2015) was £6.9m, with a further £0.6m to come.

1 Jan

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TPE train raises £20,000

Special rail tour from York for Railway Children charity

24 Dec

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New Northern and TransPennine Express franchises confirmed

DfT confirmed formal signing of contracts with Arriva Rail North Limited for Northern Franchise and First Trans Pennine Express Ltd for TPE franchise

23 Dec

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Patrick McLoughlin’s TransPennine Express announcement

Secretary of State for Transport makes official announcement regarding Direct Award for TPE

23 Mar

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Brand new trains and Pacer replacement for North

Bidders must order new vehicles, run more trains, increase capacity and replace Pacers, says DfT in franchise ITTs

27 Feb

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Invitation to Tenders for Northern Rail and TransPennine early next year

ITTs for two northern franchises published early next year

8 Dec

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Railway renaissance

In the final part of his All-Line Rover trip around the UK’s railways, PAUL BIGLAND focuses on the North, before a final trip back down to King’s Cross

Locomotives 21 Nov

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Shortlists revealed for Northern and TPE franchises

Bidders will have to come up with innovative and ambitious proposals that will ensure a truly world-class rail network for the North.

3 Sept

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Government identifies TPE rolling stock solution

The Department for Transport “has identified a potential solution” to the problem caused by the transfer of nine two-car Class 170 diesel multiple units.

6 Aug

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