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First TransPennine Express〔(Companies House extract company no 4113923 ) First/Keolis TransPennine Limited〕 is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup (55%) and Keolis (45%) operating the TransPennine Express franchise.〔(Keolis in the UK ) Keolis〕 First TransPennine Express runs regular inter-city services between the major cities of Northern England as well as to the Central Belt of Scotland. The franchise operates a hub model radiating from Manchester covering three main routes. The service provides rail links for major cities such as Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, Sheffield, Hull, Leeds, York, Scarborough and Newcastle. Previously, all services used to call or terminate at Manchester Piccadilly,〔(First TransPennine Express route map ) FirstGroup〕 however, as of May 2014, a new service running between Newcastle Central and Liverpool Lime Street, calling at Manchester Victoria was announced, and launched as part of the Northern Hub plan.〔() First Group〕 First TransPennine Express is one of the few UK train operating companies running 24 hours a day, including through New Year's Eve night. For example, trains run between York, Leeds and Manchester Airport at least every three hours every night of the week. ==Background== The TransPennine Express brand was launched in May 1998 by Northern Spirit, and maintained by its successor, Arriva Trains Northern.〔"Northern Spirit is brand new name for Regional Railways North East" ''Rail'' issue 332 3 June 1998 page 7〕 In 2000, the Strategic Rail Authority announced that it planned to reorganise the North West Regional Railways and Regional Railways North East franchises operated by First North Western and Arriva Trains Northern. A TransPennine Express franchise would be created for the long-distance regional services, the remaining services being operated by a new Northern franchise.〔(The Trans-Pennine Express rail franchise ). ''Yorkshire & The Humber Transport Activist's Roundtable'' Briefing Note October 2001.〕 In July 2003, the Strategic Rail Authority awarded the TransPennine franchise to FirstGroup/Keolis, and the services operated by Arriva Trains Northern and First North Western transferred to First TransPennine Express on 1 February 2004. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「First TransPennine Express」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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