TransPennine Express New Nova Trains 

The fact that the Nova 3's are already gone is crazy

Aww I miss being within 2 meters of another person and making hand contact without a worry in the world. The good ol’ days.

Congrats to Phil. Genuinely Modern Railways magazine is a brilliant publication!

Lovely to watch something from back in the irreverent days of normality... aka the start of the month! Thank You for this video. Going to restart ATS as comfort watching in these tough times

The guy at 11:04 is me during this lockdown

we'll miss you TPE it will never be the same again. :(

You found the Novas 1,2 and 3 but apparently there's a robot called Kryten alone on the Nova 5

Can’t believe the Nova 3’s are going soon

Good to see Phil, after reading the latest issue of MR! Around 7:05, this brilliant idea of being able to change from diesel to electric reminded me of common practice, years ago, at Birmingham New St, where this was the norm - something like a 47 in, and an 86 out at the other end. The layout was optimised for moves like that. Typically no more than 10 minutes, often a bit less.

TPE have the best interior in my opinion. If we ever get a nationalised network I hope the interior becomes standardised similar to TPE trains.

RIP trains (for now, i miss them)

Glad you had these all pre recorded. Thanks for another great video! Love the TP livery and the new rolling stock! Hope we all get through this rough time soon so we can get back to riding the rails. Best wishes from Canada!

Literally 3 years later, they're getting rid of them.

Who else can't wait for normality to be resumed, but have to patiently for that to happen

Hi Geoff. Great video once again on a railway out side of London lol 😂 My daughter is a BTP officer stationed at Manchester Victoria 😊 Being an older train fan of many years locomotive hauled trains are always the best foe me 😁 As I remember class 40s on TPE services back in the 70s lol 😂 Keep your very good informative videos coming cheers Stevie a great fan 👍🏻

their maquette is very calming.

TPE livery is surprisingly nice, think it's my favourite on the whole network.

@Geoff Marshall Thanks Geoff for producing this, and all your videos too. I left UK in June 2019 after spending almost a year there. Now I can only reminisce through you in your videos. Truly thank you 👍 (oh I missed the chance to board Azuma and Nova)

Finally something I can watch during self isolation Keep up with the great content Geoff 👍

this the route i would take to uni. almost always late leaving manchester but heading in from darlington it would be on time

TPE livery is by far my favourite out there, to the point i am making my N gauge layout solely TPE roll on the Kato 800s

I really enjoyed that fellas - thank you kindly for taking the time to make the vid and for sharing. 👍

Go Morpeth indeed! Really nice to have more regular services, if TPE do a good job engaging with the community then they'll get super popular.

I do love how you said (to my ear, at least) "accessible toilet" as "acceptable toilet" - quite right too.

Top mark for TPE for introducing a exciting fleet of new trains! I like the Nova 3 best as they're loco hauled although I'm a bit disappointed not all the seats line up with the windows. I like the layout of the Nova 2 best as the seats line up with the windows in standard perfectly. I would like to think if required in the future the Nova 3 could be lengthened with orders for more carriages. It will also be interesting to see if they're always hauled by class 68s or in the future an electric loco ends up hauling them.

Aw yeah, beautiful class 68

and the Nova 3’s are already going, hasn’t even been 5 years….

I never imagined a time I would miss getting a train to or from Manchester Victoria.

Great video as always Geoff. Good to see northwest/northeast passengers starting to get better capacity trains and services.

As a TPE conductor I do love working on the Nova Fleet. I do Nova 1 from Edinburgh to Newcastle and Nova 2 from Glasgow/ Edinburgh to Manchester Airport. I think that Nova 2 looks like Predator with mask on and DT of Nova 3 looks like Predator with mask off

Idea! New series of highlights, Geoff and his felt tip pens 😂

LOVE the external colour scheme for these trains

The EMR 810s have been named "Aurora" recently, adding to the interesting compilation of names for Hitachi trains around! One hopes the Avanti WC class 805s and 807s also get an interesting name...

Geoff. Another fantastically shot video - great fun, highly entertaining and please keep it going.

Very good to see all of the TPE Nova's in a video. Haven't been on an 802 or a loco set yet, but I did travel on a 397 from Manchester to Glasgow on 29 Feb (in 1st class as well), and I have to say that it certainly was one of my favourite journeys (if not the number 1 favourite) I have ever made by train, and I have made a lot of journeys by train. The 397s will definitely by my choice of travel up to Scotland in future, because I enjoyed my trip up on one a few weeks ago

3:57 So the name Azuma/IET/Nova/Paragon says not what sort of train it is but the train operating company. How needlessly confusing.

Love the new TPE trains, thanks for featuring Geoff.

Last time I went from Manchester Picadilly to Manchester Airport the train I was on what amounted to a 1980's bus... that things bit of a jump!

First thing I'm going to do when this is all over is take a long train journey.

Great Video showing off the New TP Express trains travel often with them due to my dad being a driver and getting free rail travel all over the network because of this such an improvement over the old trains can't wait to get back out on them again 😍

The carpets are fabulous! What gorgeous trains. As an American, I'm insanely jealous of European trains. :)

What a "smashing " video Jeff! Those "TPE" trains look awesome ! They are on my bucket list !!! :):):) Phil will be a great editor of the best train magazine in the world !!! Modern Railways rocks ! From a Canadian reader ! Thank you for sharing this video and be safe out there !!! :):):)

I like using TPE trains. The 185's I get on a regular basis are always clean

08:55 that's Victoria not Piccadilly:-)

I have to say that the 397's do look really cool

That looks lovely, if I ever set foot on public transport again.

The train looks pretty modern and the color combination is perfect

Enjoy your videos geoff. U should come to Scotland and do sometimes strange wacky videos. I'm sure there is plenty challenges u could set yourself around Glasgow. However back to the TPE Novas. it is so hard to be;ieve that transpennine were happy with their wee class 156 and 158s. What a transformation. Keep up the good work.

Nice to see you up north again Geoff 👍

It's kinda strange the ends not being yellow, but I do like it.

Hey Phil - nice to see you again! Well done on the Editorial job. Not been on any of the Novas (and probably won't for a while!) but a Nova 3 will be first on the list for loco haulage! More Stormtrooper than Darth IMHO.

The Y2/X31/X32 stock DMU/EMU trains in Sweden are/were called "elefantröv/elefantrövar" (singular/plural) by the staff on SJ (Swedish Railways) meaning Elephant Arse due to the large rubber lining on the front that is part of the coupeling

Best of the best there is. At Scarborough, the Nova 3's make an amazing noise heading to Scarborough T&M Depot every evening and morning out.

I'm with you , Geoff , as the 397s ( Nova 2 ) sets being my favourites , although , the Class 68 hauled Mk.5s come a close second , only because it is , in my view a " real train " , loco & coaches . Who would've thought in the 21st Century loco hauled trains would actually become more widespread ?? Keep up the good work , sir 🙂👍.

I wish the Class 397s would be the default new intercity train rather than the 80x... notice how even in standard class they have huge tables! Lovely!

Morpeth already had 1 train an hour but it was a Northern Service going to Newcastle and then onto Carlisle and didn’t go past Morpeth. The TPE service now allows for 2tph minimum between Morpeth and Newcastle as well as an hourly service to Edinburgh. This TPE service, combined with LNER and XC also now enable 4tph between Newcastle and Edinburgh

Like the looks of the standard class seating. Looks to have a little more padding than the Thameslink Cl.700's which | am used to. These seats are more like the Cl.800 series, and have at-seat-charging and armrests!

You remembered to add in hull on the map I see, we can't forget about Hull again, opps 😂 I agree with you on class 397 aka nova 2 it is the best one Was good to see you that day of filming :) Take care stay safe :)

Class 397s are Civities, which are the same family of trains as the Class 195 and Class 331.

Those new Nova trains are very impressive. :)

Love the music...

Great video, I love the look of the nova fleet

For the past 40 years I have regularly travelled from Morpeth using the ECML heading both North and South and using services to Manchester and Liverpool, Morpeth has a good level of passenger service and I will certainly be using the TPE service to Manchester in the future.

i miss being on public transport right now at least thease videos are helping me to keep myself ocupied

Hi goeff thank you for the video's I really enjoyed them

Transpennine joined the dark side, the force is strong with them

Thank you for finally explaining to me the weird Diesel/Hitachi combo. Will they ever electrify Manchester - Leeds :)

11,05 that man looks very happy 😆

I too managed all three Nova types in one day (and my first ride on a 331 to boot - the only other type I'd not used that operates in England). I also managed to travel on the only two remaining lines in England that have a regular service on which I had not previously travelled (Earlestown west curve and Halton spur). London - Warrington - (323) - Lea Green - (Nova 1) - Man Vic - (185) - Oxford Road (Nova 2)- Picadilly (Nova 3) - airport - (nova 2 again) - Piccadilly - (331) - Oxford Road -(158) - Lime Street - (508) - Chester - (158) -Runcorn - London. That was five weeks ago - I've not been on any public transport since!

A superb video and those trains look amazing.

I live in morpeth and now I can live in peace now Geoff has said “go morpeth”

Did Manchester to Huddersfield 2 days before you, was a bit disappointed to get 185s both ways!

That man's face at 11:06 🤣

802s look sooooo good in that livery

Nova Twins brought me here. 🪄✨

Nova 1s have such a beautiful shape/livery.

I've seen all the new units but haven't yet got a ride. The 68s are the best in my opinion, the sound they make is just ❤️

not convinced by the Darth Vader appearance- I think the old Gatwick express class 460 did a better Vader impression

i do love the roar of the class 68, they seem to thrash them when they leaving the station at york.

I hope you've got more pre-recorded things for us or it's going to get a bit dull...

TPE have my favourite trains simply because they have movies, TV shows and magazines stored on-board the train to browse for free without having to worry about patchy internet

Paragon for the name of the train and the station it goes to, neat!

Great video Geoff my favourite is the Nova 3 also Should say The Nova 3s are coming out on 00 Guage Model Railway Dapol are doing the Class 68 and Accurascale are doing the Mark 5A Coaches

Awesome colour scheme. Nice. 👍🇦🇺

Great video and great music.

Wow! Carriages with seats aligned to the windows!

Platform 13 is always my train from Manchester to get back home via the Hope Valley Line.

GWR's IETs look ok, LNER's Azumas look great but TPE's Nova 1s kick some serious arse. What a livery!

Been watching the TPE livery class 68's at York for ages, had to wait a while to see a full set. To my eye the TPE livery 802's are fantastic compared to the rather bland Azumas.

They look cool 😎 They have over 100 seats more capacity And 2/3 are capable driving high speed 125 mph instead of 100mph So all what is needed now is the network revamp new tracks to allow trains to reach there full potential:-) TPE has the potential to become one of the best in the UK 🇬🇧 well done

Thank you for another wonderful video

Breen on these quite a few times now, they're lovely! Worth nothing too that it's the most reliable WiFi I've had, and much better than all the other TPE trains.

Those trains look heaps nice. And the first one that you got on in this video look similar to the new regional trains that NSW trainslink are getting to I read replacing the XPT and Explorer trains. And as for the explorer, they look exactly identical to the endeavour models.

Great vid Geoff! Loved it

I need to ride on all of them. They look amazing.

Those 68s are damn loud, especially when starting off.

Surprised the Edinburgh train wasn't cancelled

I love the way good old working class Huddersfield Station winning the best station continues to get up the nose of the middle classes.

wow the world was awesome in the 2nd of march

Months later and I'm still baffled at how Huddersfield managed to win that tournament...