CAF unveils Civity fleet for Transpennine Express
Ahead of the new fleet for Transpennine Express hitting the rails, CAF has released this teaser video of their new Civity trains. CAF is the supplier of the new trains for the Transpennine Express franchise, operated by FirstGroup. The Civity units are made up of 5 cars each and can reach a maximum speed of […]
How easy is it to rebrand a Transpennine Express train?
Ever wondered how they manage to rebrand a train so quickly? Transpennine Express recently shared this awesome timelapse footage of one of their Class 185s undergoing a makeover. The train is stripped to reveal its original deep blue ‘as delivered’ paintwork, before the new, silver metallic vinyl featuring Transpennine’s new ‘North Star’ design is added. […]
Transpennine Express gets the North singing with ‘Where Next’?
Transpennine Express has launched its summer campaign for 2018. ‘Where Next?’ launched across web, social media and TV at the end of May, with a 30 second commercial which sees real ‘locals’ from across the North of England and Scotland serving up tuneful tips on what their city has to offer. Sung to the tune […]