WEEKLY
TOGETHER
TAKING THE NORTH FURTHER | FRIDAY 15 DEC 2023
PERFORMANCE – PERIOD 9 WEEK 2 Target 51.58%
Time to 3
55.30 YES
Target 94.11%
Time to 15 90.33% NO Cancellations Target 5.63%
8.73%
Cancellations have halved on the previous week and time to 3 is above target.
WHAT HELD US BACK?
Quinn and Adam Kelly with the winning design
THE OFFICIAL TPE CHRISTMAS CARD COMPETITION A couple of months ago we ran our Christmas card competition, where we asked for your children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews to help design the official TPE Christmas card. We received some amazing designs and are pleased to announce that the winner of the competition was: Quinn Kelly, daughter of Adam Kelly (Conductor, York) Quinn’s design features one of our Nova train’s travelling alongside Father Christmas and his reindeer, with a big bundle of presents. Hundreds of cards featuring Quinn’s design are being given out to our customers as they travel on-board our services this festive period. Quinn’s dad, Adam Kelly, a conductor instructor at TPE said: “When we heard Quinn had won the competition we were over the moon. She’s always had a great eye for art and so knew she would design a cracking Christmas card.” Our two runners up were: Kurtis Malone, nephew of Marie Malone (Conductor, Manchester Airport) Daisy Lupton, niece of Katie McLeod (Executive Assistant, BWH)
All of the design that were sent in will be on board our trains and at stations, and will be featured on our social media throughout December, so keep an eye out.
T3 and T15 has improved on the previous week, however this is offset by a high number of P-coded and on the day cancellations due to action short of a strike (ASOS). There were also some weather-related faults on the West Coast mainline. We had a high number of shortforms due to ASOS which caused extended dwell times and non-working toilets on Class 185s
Daisy Lupton, 10
Chris Jeffery and Amy French
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES Our accessibility team were at Manchester Piccadilly last Monday (3 December) giving out some #positivelypurple chocolates to raise awareness of International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
Kurtis Marco Malone, 4
The day celebrates the positive contributions made by people with disabilities and gives us a chance to raise awareness of the challenges people with disabilities face. it also highlights the importance of accessibility, inclusivity, and equal opportunities.
CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY This year we supported Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day and we asked you to wear a jumper to work. If you missed it, don’t worry, you can still wear festive jumpers and accessories for the rest of December, and donate to our fundraiser at christmas.savethechildren.org.uk/fundraising/CJD230035489. You can also share a picture of your jumper on The Loop. Simply click the page on the home screen, ‘share your photos’, and then upload it with the name of your team. Here’s some of the pictures that have been uploaded so far:
Ian and Laura, Liverpool Lime Street
William McGeouch, Glasgow
L&D admin team
Donna and Laura, Dewsbury
Thomas Ward, Thornaby
RECONNECTING WEST YORKSHIRE
Jamie Spencer and Alex Kenyon
HELP PRESERVE OUR RAILWAY’S HISTORY Kents Bank Station Library is looking for volunteers to help catalogue its collection of rail materials. The unique library, located in a working station, houses several thousand titles focussing on the social history of the railway. It also covers other aspects of the industry in the UK and abroad, including a growing number of children’s books. If you aren’t able to volunteer, the library is also asking for books and other printed materials about transport. If you want to get involved or have anything to donate, email info@stationlibrary.org.uk or visit stationlibrary.org.uk/.
From Monday 11 December the second platform at Castleford came back into use after 53 years of non-working, directly connecting the local community to York, Wakefield Kirkgate, Huddersfield, and Manchester, as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade. We’re making full use of the platform with a new service which also means Wakefield will be connected directly with Manchester for the first time since 2004, and Normanton will be directly connected to Manchester and York. Our MD, Chris Jackson, said: “We are honoured to provide the first direct train between Castleford and York in more than 50 years, and we’re really pleased that this service, introduced in our December timetable change, will boost connectivity across West Yorkshire.” Four services will operate daily, in each direction, between Manchester and York, with an additional service between Manchester and Wakefield, via Huddersfield.
Chris Jackson, Cllr Denise Jeffery, Hannah Lomas, Liam O’Shaughnessy and Shaun Pearce
GOING THE EXTRA MILE! Last week we were sent some amazing messages about our colleagues. Here’s just a few we were sent:
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