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He added: “I’ve lost count of the number of times someone has stopped me to tell me about the train that never came.<\/p>\n
“And when that happens, it means missed shifts, missed appointments, and missed opportunities. Today, that starts to change.”<\/p>\n
The DfT said the trains would help deliver the TransPennine Route Upgrade’s aim to boost capacity by 30%, with thousands of additional seats a day across the Pennines by the early to mid-2030s.<\/p>\n
They will run between key destinations across the north including Liverpool Lime Street and Scarborough, Manchester Airport and Saltburn, and Manchester Piccadilly and Hull.<\/p>\n
On sections of the railway that are not electrified, where trains currently use diesel engines, the new electric models would be able to run without emissions, the government said.<\/p>\n
The DfT added journey times would be cut by up to 10 minutes between Manchester and Leeds, and up to 14 minutes between Manchester and York.<\/p>\n
The trains will be bought by rolling stock company Rock Rail and leased to TransPennine Express, the government added.<\/p>\n
Alstom, which boasts the largest rolling stock train manufacturing site outside of China, secured a \u00a3370m contract in 2024<\/a> to produce 10 new London Elizabeth line trains.<\/p>\n