A ride on TransPennine Express Nova 3 coaches

The Nova 3 trainsets have been supplied by CAF and are intended to operate in push-pull mode with Class 68 diesel locomotives.

UK: Railway Gazette went to the Velim test circuit in the Czech Republic for a ride on a set of the Mark 5A locomotive-hauled coaches being built by Spanish company CAF for TransPennine Express inter-city services across the north of England.

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