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TransPennine Express


DfT Operator Limited









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TransPennine Express


nationalised





replaced
< TransPennine Express National Rail Contract

to be replaced by
(Great British Railways) >


start date
28 May 2023
end date
(not applicable)

owned by
DfT Operator Limited

legal title
TransPennine Trains Ltd

description
The previous National Rail Contract held by FirstGroup was nationalised on 28 May 2023.

TransPennine Express is now a subsidiary of DfT Operator Limited (previously DfT Operator of Last Resort Holdings Limited [DOHL]).

As this operator has already been nationalised, no further contracts are expected.

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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