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Widnes is a busier station with express trains operated by East Midlands Trains also stopping with services to Nottingham, and services operated by First TransPennine Express to Newcastle-upon-Tyne via Manchester, Leeds, York, Teesside, and Sunderland.
The station is served by the Northern Rail service between Sheffield and Manchester, East Midlands Trains (EMT) service from Liverpool to Norwich and the First TransPennine Express (TPE) service between Manchester and Cleethorpes, all three running via the Hope Valley Line.
In 2006 First TransPennine Express started to replace its Class 158 trains with newer Class 185 Pennine and Class 170 Turbostar trains.
First TransPennine Express also run services to Blackpool, Preston, Bolton and Manchester, also serving Manchester Airport, Barrow, Carlisle, Glasgow Central and Edinburgh Waverley.
It is primarily served by regional express services operated by First TransPennine Express from Manchester Airport via Preston to Barrow-in-Furness.