TRANSPENNINE Express has confirmed to The RM that it intends to begin using Class 68 locomotives on some services between Manchester and Cleethorpes “as soon as possible” after this year’s May timetable change.
Crew training with the class began some weeks ago. As with other Class 68 diagrams for TPE, they will haul/propel rakes of five CAF-built Mk.5a vehicles, which include a driving trailer at the opposite end, branded by the operator as ‘Nova 3’ sets.