page_title: First TransPennine Express
section_title: North TransPennine
hierarchical_section_title: First TransPennine Express / Services / North TransPennine
caption_attribution_description: English: First TransPennine Express 185140 approaching Northallerton with a service bound for Manchester Airport.
context_page_description: First TransPennine Express was a British train operating company jointly owned by FirstGroup and Keolis which operated the TransPennine Express franchise. First TransPennine Express ran regular Express regional railway services between the major cities of Northern England as well as Scotland.
  The franchise operated all its services to and through Manchester covering three main routes. The service provided rail links for major towns and cities such as Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, Sheffield, Hull, Leeds, York, Scarborough, Middlesbrough and Newcastle. Previously, all services called or terminated at Manchester Piccadilly, but, as of May 2014, a new service running between Newcastle and Liverpool Lime Street, calling at Manchester Victoria was announced, and launched as part of the Northern Hub plan.
  When the franchise was re-tendered, FirstGroup and Keolis tendered separately. The franchise was awarded solely to FirstGroup. The new franchise drops the 'First' branding and is simply known as TransPennine Express.
context_section_description: As a result of timetable changes in May 2014, five trains per hour instead of four operated on the core route between Manchester and Leeds on the Huddersfield Line. This was made up of the following services:
  1tph between Liverpool Lime Street and Newcastle via Manchester Victoria
  1tph between Liverpool Lime Street and Scarborough via Warrington Central and Manchester Piccadilly
  1tph between Manchester Airport and York via Manchester Piccadilly. This was also a 24-hour service.
  1tph between Manchester Airport and Middlesbrough via Manchester Piccadilly
  1tph between Manchester Piccadilly and Hull.
  Most services between Manchester Airport and Newcastle ran early morning/late evenings.
  Under Arriva Trains Northern, Newcastle services continued to Sunderland. When First TransPennine Express first took over the franchise it extended the Manchester to Hull service to Bridlington, a decision later reversed.
  In May 2014 an hourly service between Liverpool Lime Street and Newcastle Central was introduced. It ran non-stop between Liverpool and Manchester Victoria and onward to Newcastle via Leeds reducing journey times between Liverpool and Manchester by 15 minutes and Liverpool to Leeds by 25 minutes.
caption: First TransPennine Express 185140 approaching Northallerton with a service bound for Manchester Airport.
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