Do TPE operate trains to Blackpool?

[Hasan Shah]

Hi I cant seem to find any trains by transpenine Express to Blackpool, is their any that go from either Sheffield or Manchester or leeds. Thanks

 

[Bertie the bus]

No TPE services have served Blackpool for years. 2016 was the last one I think.

 

[Hasan Shah]

No TPE services have served Blackpool for years. 2016 was the last one I think.

Ah damn, thanks.

 

[_toommm_]

Ah damn, thanks.

The closest you can get is Preston - but you would have to go via Manchester Picc if you wanted to use exclusively TransPennine.

TransPennine run one an hour Sheffield to Piccadilly, and three an hour from Leeds. From there, you'll need to head over to Platform 14 to get a Glasgow or Edinburgh service at xx:26 every hour, to Preston.

 

[Jorge Da Silva]

Ah damn, thanks.

They were taken over by Northern in 2016.

 

[Crisps]

There is a “transpennine” service in the literal sense of the word, but it’s Northern’s York-Blackpool service, not TPE. I believe TPE have only ever operated service to Manchester Airport from Blackpool.

 

[adrock1976]

There is a “transpennine” service in the literal sense of the word, but it’s Northern’s York-Blackpool service, not TPE. I believe TPE have only ever operated service to Manchester Airport from Blackpool.

Not sure if it was a train operating company or not, but there were "Transpennine Express" services between York and Blackpool via Hebden Bridge around 20 years ago.

This may have been a development from the Alphaline branded services of the Regional Railways division of British Rail.

This also explains how the Any Permitted fares between Preston and Hebden Bridge are set by Transpennine Express, even though the present day TOC does not operate direct trains via that route.

 

[driver9000]

Not sure if it was a train operating company or not, but there were "Transpennine Express" services between York and Blackpool via Hebden Bridge around 20 years ago.

That was a brand within Northern Spirit.