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TransPennine Express
FirstGroup plc
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TransPennine Express
expired franchise
replaced
< First Transpennine Express
was replaced by
Transpennine Express >
start date
1 April 2016
end date
March 2020
owned by
FirstGroup plc
legal title
First Trans Pennine Express Ltd
description
A replacement franchise covering the same service area as the previous contract, but owned only by FirstGroup. The franchise included new rolling stock. The original end date of 1 April 2023 could have been extended by up to 26 reporting periods (104 weeks).
This franchise was replaced by a standard Emergency Measures Agreement in March 2020 and then by an Emergency Recovery Measures Agreement in September 2020.
The ERMA was replaced in turn by a National Rail Contract in May 2021.
service area
Windermere/Barrow/Liverpool-Manchester-Leeds-York/Scarborough-Newcastle-Sunderland; Manchester-Sheffield-Grimsby-Cleethorpes; Manchester Airport-Blackpool North; Manchester-Glasgow/Edinburgh; Liverpool-Glasgow (from December 2018)
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