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March 16, 2022 | Policy

FirstGroup secures eight-year contract for TransPennine Express

The contract comprises a core four-year term with an option for a four-year extension.

January 24, 2022 | Fleet

FirstGroup issues tender for bi-mode locomotives

The new locomotives would replace traction at two operators.

November 10, 2021 | Fleet

British Hitachi tri-mode trains to begin trials next year

GWR and TPE class 802s to be retro-fitted with a battery replacing a diesel engine.

June 2, 2021 | High-speed

Cracks halt Britain’s entire class 80X fleet

The discovery of cracking in lifting points on class 80X trains and the subsequent withdrawal of the entire Hitachi-built fleet last month is continuing to cause problems for Britain’s Great Western Railway (GWR), one of four operators impacted. Kevin Smith reveals what went wrong.

May 24, 2021 | Commuter Rail

First Group agrees terms for new British National Rail Contracts for two former franchises

First Group has agreed new two-year National Rail Contracts to replace temporary emergency contracts as a successor to franchises.

May 13, 2021 | Passenger

Out of the franchise and into the fire? British train operators ready for reform

Covid-19 spelt the end of the British franchising system for passenger operations. Kevin Smith analyses the impact of the pandemic on the sector and asks what should come next.

May 11, 2021 | Financial

First and DfT agree exit fee for TransPennine Express franchise

First’s payment of approximately £6m is around £50m less than expected.

May 8, 2021 | News

Hitachi class 800/801/802 IETs withdrawn from service

Cracks found in the jack point on some class 800 coaches prompted inspection of fleets used by four operators.

July 8, 2020 | Financial

“Uncertainty” over First Group’s ability to continue operating

FIRST Group has acknowledged a “material uncertainty exists” about its ability to continue trading, as plummeting passenger numbers and an inability to sell its American subsidiaries resulted in a pre-tax loss of £299.6m in its 2019-20 annual results to March 2020 published on July 8.

November 25, 2019 | Fleet

TransPennine Express introduces new Nova fleet

TRANSPENNINE Express (TPE) launched its new ‘Nova’ fleet of trains in a ceremony at Liverpool’s Lime Street Station on November 22, completing a £500mfleet upgrade project.

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