TransPennine Express Competitors

First West of England has a vision to be the smartest way to go around the region by providing affordable, convenient, accessible and sustainable public transport. We’re doing this by being at the forefront of developing and implementing smart bus travel services across the region including mobile ticketing, contactless payment, online journey planning and the introduction of the greenest and cleanest vehicles in the country to enhance air quality. We’re pioneering new solutions such as MYFIRSTMILE, an all in one cab and bus service, which is being trialled in Bristol initially to change how the population commute from their homes to their workplaces. We are also a major operator of the new £230m Metrobus rapid transit system, which will revolutionise public transport in the Bristol city region with faster journeys and a much higher standard in passenger experience. These developments mean we can fulfil our purpose of helping our communities live their lives every day. Whether it be shoppers to shops, fans to football, schoolchildren to school, students to study or workers to work.

Here at Northern, we connect tens of thousands of people in the North of England to work, leisure, education and more every day. Northern Trains Limited (as we're more formally known) is publicly owned, and our parent company is DfTO. We've got headquarters in York, Manchester and Leeds but our network spans over 500 stations and we provide more than 2,600 services each day. Right now, we’re building a new kind of workplace. One where people feel included, where they thrive, and where everyone contributes to a culture that embraces diversity. We’re looking for talented people from all backgrounds to help us create a service for our customers that we can all be proud of. It means that whoever you are, as part of our team, you’ll get to enjoy a career that could really take you places. And with over 7,500 people here at Northern in hundreds of different roles, the number of career paths and development opportunities that are open to you is endless. Are you ready to find your platform?

Operating over 1,500 services each weekday, SWR provides commuter, regional and long distance services to customers in South West London, the southern counties of England and the Isle of Wight. As well as commuters and business travellers, SWR transports leisure travellers across the region, to many tourist and heritage sites, and the numerous major sporting and social events that take place along the route every year. SWR provides easy and convenient mobility, improving quality of life by connecting people and communities. Visit southwesternrailway.com and follow us on X (formerly Twitter) @SW_Help for the latest information About DFTO DFTO is the government’s public sector rail owning group. Its purpose is to bring all currently privately-owned train operators into public ownership in advance of the creation of Great British Railways in 2027. The group’s current train operating companies are: LNER, Northern, Southeastern, TransPennine Express and SWR. It has over 23,000 employees. DFTO runs over 6,000 services a day and delivers over 450 million customer journeys across its networks every year. This accounts for 26% of total UK passenger journeys and 30% of passenger miles.