Advantages: cheap prices Disadvantages: a few website erroers
First Transpenine Express is the mainly local train company for the North covering the area including Middlesborough, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, York and Durham. They have however recently started covering Scotland, mainly Edinburgh and Glasgow.
I have used First Transpenine Express regularly for a large number of years, this has mainly been sort journeys, primarily from Huddersfield to Leeds/York/Manchester. The trains are on time and reasonably ... ...always been correct too.
First Transpenine Express have an excellent deal for those with a Young Persons (16-25) railcard where you can pre-purchase tickets up to 6pm the day before travel and you get a VERY good discount, typically half the normal student fare. You do have to travel off peak and on the trains that you book but you do get a reserved seat and save a decent amount of money. I have used this many times, often booking just the day before ...
jennyf16 01.09.2008
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