FleetWatch for TransPennine Express
Live TransPennine Express departures, and an alarm before your stop.
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TransPennine Express runs inter-city trains across the Pennines and up the east and west sides of the north, linking Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, York, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Glasgow, with branches to Scarborough, Hull and Cleethorpes.
FleetWatch is an Android app for people who take the same trains most days. It shows live departures for any station in the UK, so TransPennine Express trains sit alongside everyone else’s, and it plans the whole trip door to door. It doesn’t sell tickets. It’s for everything that happens after you’ve got one.
Where TransPennine Express trains run
Main stations on the network:
- Liverpool Lime Street
- Manchester Piccadilly
- Manchester Airport
- Huddersfield
- Leeds
- York
- Scarborough
- Middlesbrough
- Newcastle
- Edinburgh Waverley
- Glasgow Central
What FleetWatch does on TransPennine Express services
On a route with a busy interchange at each end, the useful moments are the platform at Manchester Piccadilly or Leeds and a check that the train you are changing onto is running. Tracking and the alarm before your stop work on the long runs to Scotland.
- Live departure boards with platforms, delays and the reason behind them in plain English.
- Door-to-door journeys with a change included, so a two-leg trip reads as one journey rather than two searches, even where the second train is another company’s.
- Board and track. Tell FleetWatch you’re on the train and it follows the service from the live timetable, then sounds an alarm with a vibration before your stop.
- Journey alerts for the trains you watch: a notification when one is cancelled, late or changes platform, even with the app closed.
- Smart Routes suggest a way round a problem on your usual line. Tube connections come from Transport for London, so they exist in London only.
FleetWatch plans a journey with a change door to door, so a trip that joins a Northern service to a TransPennine Express one reads as a single journey.
Delay Repay on TransPennine Express
Delay Repay is run by each train company, so the rules and the claim form are on TransPennine Express’s own site: TransPennine Express Delay Repay. FleetWatch checks your arrival against the operator’s rules, tells you when a journey qualifies, prepares the details and reminds you before the deadline. The claim itself is yours to send.
Common questions
Does FleetWatch work on TransPennine Express trains?
Yes. The live board works for any station in the UK, so TransPennine Express trains appear on it like any other. FleetWatch plans journeys door to door, tracks the train you are on and sounds an alarm before your stop.
Is FleetWatch made by TransPennine Express?
No. FleetWatch is an independent Android app from The Unknown Dev Ltd. It isn’t affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by TransPennine Express. Live information comes from National Rail.
Does it cost anything?
It’s free to install. What stays free and what is in the paid plan is set out on the FleetWatch page.
Using a different train company? See them all, or read what FleetWatch does in full.