Accurascale’s next train for Liverpool and Scarborough is the TransPennine Express. Except it’s already departed. The full complement of these models were sold out by the time of release, and it’s not difficult to see why. Only available as an Accurascale Exclusive via its website, the set of Mk. 5a coaches followed swiftly after the Caledonian Sleeper Mk. 5 coaches with the same underpinnings, but with completely different, and slightly narrower, bodyshells.
13 TransPennine Express sets, plus a spare driving vehicle were delivered from the Spanishon a push-pull basis with TransPennine’s Class 68 locomotives. The first services operated over its Liverpool Lime Street to Scarborough route, with further services to Middlesbrough and Cleethorpes following.
