TransPennine Express

[First Class]

RE: First Transpennine Express

(16/03/2013 08:34)childwallblues Wrote:  

(12/03/2013 18:29)First Class Wrote:  

(11/03/2013 21:53)MPTE1021 Wrote:  Hello,
Does anyone know when TPE will start running frequent and direct train form Liverpool to Newcastle again? Thanks

Possibly (probably) as late as 2019 when the Northern Hub and associated TP electrification is complete AND when TPE receive the new Class 350/4 units have been fully delivered and tested.
As the drivers are only just getting to grips with how a signal works, I'd say they are running behind.

You'll have to make do with just the 1 direct service, (06:15 1E60/1N60), at the moment.

2019?
What about the direct LIV-NCL via MCV due to start in December 2013 with Class 185 units?

Dependent on the 350/4 order (and associated driver training) being completed, in order to release Class 185s from the MIA-GLC/EDB workings.

The latest I've heard was Chester was being considered instead of Liverpool for additional/new Transpennine services, partly to increase CTR-WBQ-MAN frequencies.