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Yorkshire Day 2025 with TPE and LNER-11

TPE and LNER celebrate Yorkshire Day with local flavours and customer giveaways

Passengers travelling through York railway station were treated to a true taste of Yorkshire as TransPennine Express (TPE) and LNER (London North Eastern Railway) joined forces to mark Yorkshire Day on Friday 1 August 2025.

Grimsby station

Accessibility improvements completed at three TPE stations

TransPennine Express (TPE) has successfully completed a series of accessibility upgrades across three of its stations -Dewsbury, Grimsby Town, and Scunthorpe -as part of its ongoing commitment to making rail travel more inclusive for all passengers.

Malton in Bloom

Blooming great donation for Malton volunteers to grow biodiversity at station

TransPennine Express (TPE) has donated £5,000 for a group of volunteers to grow biodiversity and expand their floral displays at a North Yorkshire station and across their town.

Brits are turning to train travel due to the rising costs of running a car

Brits turn to trains due to rising car costs

Car insurance quotes have risen by £348 on average this year alone and now more than half of UK drivers (56%) say they cannot afford to continue running their car with the increase in costs.

TransPennine Express has revealed the top UK holiday destinations for Brits - York Minster pictured

Brits struggling to afford price of foreign holidays turn to UK getaways

Two-thirds of Brits (66%) are struggling to afford the price of a foreign holiday this year and are instead turning to UK getaways this summer, according to new research revealed by TransPennine Express (TPE).

TransPennine Express (TPE) lights up the iconic Huddersfield Train Station in a vibrant blue in support of charity, Shine a Light and Neurofibromatosis Awareness Day 2

TPE lights up Huddersfield Station for neurofibromatosis

TransPennine Express (TPE) joins worldwide initiative to light up iconic buildings and landmarks blue for charity, Shine a Light, on Neurofibromatosis (NF) Awareness Day.

New accessible benches at Hull station (1)

TPE installs new accessible seating at Hull Paragon

Train operator TransPennine Express (TPE) has installed more than 30 new accessible benches at one of its busiest stations.

Trees have been planted at Hull Paragon  (8)

Trees planted to spruce up Hull Paragon station

Train operator TransPennine Express (TPE) has planted almost a dozen evergreen trees to spruce up oneof its busiest stations.  

CFD

Connecting Communities: TPE Reconnects West Yorkshire with Direct Rail Service After Half a Century

From Monday 11 December, the second platform at Castleford railway station comes back online, allowing Transpennine Express (TPE) to run services between York – Castleford – Wakefield Kirkgate – Huddersfield – Manchester Piccadilly.

Felix

TPE mourns the loss of its beloved station cat

It is with heavy hearts that TransPennine Express (TPE) announce the passing of Felix, its globally famous cat, who served as ‘senior pest controller’ at Huddersfield Station.