Train Sim World 3 Transpennine Express

Not a suggestion as such but there have been quite a few previous wanting these trains.

“TransPennine Express has lost its contract to run its service following customer complaints of poor service and cancelled trains.

The government has announced it will now run the rail service which covers the North of England and parts of Scotland.”

Hopefully be easier to get licenses.

 

Should be as TPE now will run under OLR so should fall under auspices of DFT which is already used for East Midlands trains route

 

As are southeastern

 

Which route should they be made for a modernized northern transpennine the Huddersfield line can work with the 1983 version running Railtours alongside the 2023 trains.

 

perfect, less cancellations and a potential tsw route. I'd love a modernised ntp with an extension to york or selby (or both ). Or maybe leeds to scarborough. I'd love to drive a 185, 68, 802 and 397 on tsw3

 

RIP Transpennine Express.. You had such an amazing livery... It was only last month that I saw a Route Learning Mk5 DVT + Class 68 consist leave York

 

If the other re-nationalised TOCs are anything to go by, the amazing TPE branding will stay.

 

speaking of nationalised, has it been confirmed that GBR will have a livery as did BR?

 

Better question is, has GBR been confirmed!

As I said in another thread previously, I think it was a personal project of former Transport Sec. Grant Shapps, that was at odds with overall government policy.

 

That can work however consider the fact that 1983 trains can run on the whole route. Last year there were proposals Huddersfield line 1983 extended to York from Leeds

 

I think it has been confirmed cause they [the government] announced the location of the headquaters of GBR back in (l think) March

 

We know what this government are like.

Wouldn't surprise me if they suddenly decide privatisation is fine.

 

Given the multiple train companies that have failed in some way, hopefully not.

 

Hate to say I told you so.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.da...British-Railways-not-priority-Government.html

(Ok, this depends on being mad enough to trust the Daily Mail, but the Times, and local outlets (mainly in Derby) are reporting similar, but as I predicted - months ago - they're silently just getting rid of GBR.)

 

I totally agree with you that the Tories are likely not to proceed with this, even with the recent failure of another ToC to live up to their own promises (mainly because they couldn't get staff to work for them more than was written down)
One quote I find funny...

• It means GBR might be scrapped altogether if the Tories fail to win a majority at the General Election next year.

If Labour get in and don't renationalise the railways then they should be done by trading standards... They've been calling for the renationalisation of public services since the last time they were in government (and completely failed to do this themselves)

 

I think they're beyond that now, their leader is a self-proclaimed conservative and his policy goes to show it;

I think nationalisation - for England, at least - is a dead dream. For the foreseeable future, at minimum.

 

Unfortunately, given the right to protest has recently been legislated against it also looks like we're not allowed to complain to loudly about it either

Ain't politics just wonderful

 

I like the idea of having (Northern Transpenine: The Huddersfield line) with Transpenine Express and Northern

 

northern only operates on the huddersfield line from Mirfield to Leeds

 

I hope so

 

and Huddersfield to Brighouse but that wouldn't be driveable

 

so LNER, in theory shouldn’t be hard to get as that is government owned as well

 

I know some well connected railway people and someone who works for the DfT. None of them know what the Government's latest plan for the railway is, suggesting that there isn't one.