The Latest Breaking News from TransPennine

TransPennine Express cancelled almost a quarter of all trains in a month, including 1,048 the night before

Mayor Andy Burnham has repeated a call for the operator to be stripped of its franchise

Manchester Evening News · Feb 17, 2023

Under-fire TransPennine Express urged to hire more drivers after 'abject failure' accusation

Aslef says a seven-days-a-week railway should employ enough drivers to run it, without relying on people working on allotted time off

Birmingham Post · Jan 26, 2023

MP demands west coast mainline to Glasgow is nationalised after 'shambolic' Avanti service

Gavin Newlands, the SNP transport spokesman, said all cross-border rail services should be brought back into public ownership and control.

Daily Record · Jan 20, 2023

TransPennine Express cancels more than 100 trains due to staffing issues

Rail service across the north of England hit by 'high level of unplanned cancellations' caused by 'significant rostering system issue'

Chronicle Live · Dec 21, 2022

Poor train services from TransPennine Express, Avanti West Coast and Northern due to 'toxic combination' of problems

Avanti West Coast cut its schedules in August to limit short-notice cancellations but reinstated some of the lost services in new timetables on Sunday

Birmingham Post · Dec 14, 2022

TransPennine Express is all out of excuses

Letter: Sally Cheseldine says the train company could at least keep passengers informed of changes to the service that happen at short notice

The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2022

December 13/14 rail strike and how it affects trains to and from Newcastle and around North East

Northern and Transpennine will operate no trains in the North East, while LNER and CrossCountry will run reduced services during the RMT strike

Chronicle Live · Dec 12, 2022

Train strike dates December 2022 and January 2023 and which trains are affected

Four train companies that run services in Newcastle and around the North East are affected by strikes and action planned by RMT and TSSA unions

Chronicle Live · Dec 6, 2022

The hundreds of cancelled Manchester trains they don't count

The under-fire rail operator is accused of 'exploiting a loophole' in the reporting system

Manchester Evening News · Dec 5, 2022

Another 38 train services cancelled or amended by TransPennine Express today

The train provider said it has been hit by a 'range of issues'

Manchester Evening News · Dec 1, 2022