Press Releases

TransPennine Express (TPE) is urging customers across its network to plan ahead, with further industrial action set to cause major disruption to rail services in October.

TransPennine Express (TPE) is urging Rugby League fans to plan ahead for journeys home after the Grand Final at Old Trafford on Saturday 24 September.

Rail travellers in the North West of England and Scotland are being asked to check their journeys and plan carefully as TransPennine Express (TPE) brings in a temporary amended timetable on its West Coast Mainline route that aims to provide greater stability and certainty for customers.  

TransPennine Express (TPE) is excited to welcome visitors to the Snowdogs Support Life, Kirklees art trail and to see its sponsored sculpture the ‘Kirklees Rocket’.

TransPennine Express (TPE) is giving local people the chance to get to know the artist behind the newest addition to the Snowdog trail.

• The first major multichannel campaign to promote Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) benefits launched today
• The ‘On Track to Better’ campaign aims to communicate the benefits of TRU and the multi-billion-pound programme of improvements which will transform the railway between York, Leeds, Huddersfield and Manchester
• At the heart of the campaign is a stop motion animation advert that highlights the scheme benefits, voiced by actor John Thompson and directed by Tom O’Meara, an award-winning animation director

TransPennine Express (TPE) has welcomed a new British Transport Police (BTP) Liaison Officer to help keep the network as safe as possible for customers and colleagues.  

Strike action by the Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers union (RMT) on 18 and 20 August is set to bring major disruption for rail customers across the UK this week – with those planning journeys by rail warned to travel only if absolutely necessary.  

Rail operator TransPennine Express (TPE) is shining a light on members of its team who put in every effort, each day, to keep people on the move.

TransPennine Express (TPE) is calling on customers to only make essential journeys later this week, with industrial action set to cause major disruption to services. 

TransPennine Express (TPE) is asking Sheffield festival goers to think carefully about their travel this weekend.

A brand-new art installation created by local children and people from the West Yorkshire community has gone on display at Huddersfield Railway Station this week.