TransPennine Express

Coast to coast across northern England: Liverpool to Manchester, over the Pennines by way of Huddersfield and Leeds, then up the East Coast Main Line to the Tyne.

Stations

1. 0 kmLiverpool Lime Street
2. 17 kmLea Green
3. 25 kmNewton-le-Willows
4. 51 kmManchester Victoria
5. 63 kmStalybridge
6. 92 kmHuddersfield
7. Show 5 more stations

   1. 105 kmDewsbury
   2. 119 kmLeeds
   3. 131 kmGarforth
   4. 160 kmYork
   5. 196 kmThirsk
8. 208 kmNorthallerton
9. 231 kmDarlington
10. 267 kmDurham
11. 276 kmChester-le-Street
12. 289 kmNewcastle

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 6363085 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 5 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of the scheduled train on this line
• Wikipedia has an article for this line
• See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it

Questions and answers

How long is the TransPennine Express?

The TransPennine Express runs 272 km from Liverpool to Newcastle.

How long does the TransPennine Express take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 3 h 30 min for the 272 km. That is an average of 78 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 200 km/h.

Who runs the TransPennine Express?

TransPennine Express, with Class 802 “Nova 1”.

How old is the TransPennine Express?

The line has been in service since 1849. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

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