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TransPennine Express NRC


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TransPennine Express NRC


expired National Rail Contract





replaced
< TransPennine Express

was replaced by
TransPennine Express >


start date
19 May 2021
end date
28 May 2023

owned by
FirstGroup plc

legal title
First Trans Pennine Express Ltd

description
National Rail Contract, replacing the previous Emergency Measures Agreements. The DfT announced on 11 May 2023 that the contract would not be renewed.

service area
Windermere/Barrow/Liverpool-Manchester-Leeds-York/Scarborough-Newcastle-Sunderland; Manchester-Sheffield-Grimsby-Cleethorpes; Manchester Airport-Blackpool North; Manchester-Glasgow/Edinburgh; Liverpool-Glasgow






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