Classic route
TransPennine Express
Liverpool → Newcastle · England
- Distance
- 272 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 3 h 30 min
- Top speed
- 200 km/h
- Operator
- TransPennine Express
- Train
- Class 802 “Nova 1”
- Countries
- England
- In service since
- 1849
Page last updated 2026-07-18 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
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.
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