Eurostar PBA 4 Car EMU VI (DCC-Sound)

Eurostar PBA 4 Car EMU VI (DCC-Sound)

1:87 scale model produced by Jouef. This model is ready-to-run straight out of the box and would make a excellent addition to any model railway collection.

Features:

• Best suited to Epoch VI Model Railways
• Decorated in Eurostar company markings
• Best suited to 356mm radius curves
• Flywheel Fitted
• Close Coupler

Details

The TGV PBKA is a high-speed electric multiple-unit trainset built by Alstom in the mid-1990s as part of the TGV family for cross-border high-speed services in Western Europe. Its name — PBKA — comes from the original major cities on its intended route: Paris, Brussels, Köln (Cologne) and Amsterdam. Seventeen trainsets were produced between 1995 and 1998 for Thalys, a consortium formed by the national railways of France (SNCF), Belgium (SNCB), the Netherlands (NS) and Germany (DB). After the 2023 merger of Thalys with Eurostar, the PBKA fleet continues in service under the unified operator.

Each PBKA set is about 200 m long and comprises two power cars and eight passenger coaches, with seating for roughly 370-400 people in first and second class. As a quadri-current trainset, it can operate under four major European electrification systems — 25 kV AC, 15 kV AC, 3 kV DC and 1.5 kV DC — enabling seamless travel across the French, Belgian, Dutch and German high-speed networks without changing locomotives. In service it runs at up to 300 km/h on high-speed lines, making it a true European flagship of international rail.