Rail (UK)

TPE Mk 5A testing intensifie­s

- PHIL METCALFE.

TransPenni­ne Express Class 68s and CAF Mk 5As continue mileage accumulati­on on the West Coast Main Line, ahead of their entry into passenger service. It is expected that the sets will enter traffic from May, running on the Liverpool Lime Street/Manchester Airport-Scarboroug­h/Middlesbro­ugh routes. On January 31, 68032 trails a Carlisle-Bletchley test train across Docker Viaduct (Cumbria).

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