Four express trains an hour will run between Manchester Victoria and Leeds from the middle of next month as Transpennine Express switch to a new timetable on Sunday 15 December).
Customers in Castleford, Normanton and Wakefield will also benefit from a new hourly service, seven days a week connecting them to Manchester and York as well as other stations along this route.
Across the TPE network, there will be an increase in seats for customers of 12 per cent – around 1300 more every day.
50 trains will run each way, every day, between Liverpool and Manchester stations (Monday to Saturday, with fewer services on Sundays). This means an increase to two services every hour between Liverpool and Manchester Victoria.
These trains will form a half-hourly express service calling only at one intermediate station (Newton-le-Willows and Lea Green alternately
The majority of services operating between Liverpool and Cleethorpes will be six carriage trains, increasing the number of seats. This service also stops at Sheffield, Doncaster and Manchester
More evening services connecting Manchester and Oxenholme, calling at Bolton, Preston and Lancaster
Chris Jackson, Managing Director at TransPennine Express, said: “We’re pleased to be returning to our more historic timetable, bringing back and adding new services and additional seats which will make a real difference for our customers.
“We have seen great achievements across TPE in the past 12 months in particular, with cancellations reduced by 70% and, thanks to our customers old and new having confidence to travel with us, we have become the second fastest growing train company in the UK.
“We urge customers to check before they travel in case there are any changes to their services.”
