Join us on an electrifying journey as we embark on a thrilling passenger ride aboard the sleek and modern Class 801 LNER Azuma! 🚄 Get ready to experience the ultimate blend of style and speed as we traverse the picturesque route from Doncaster to Newark Northgate.
The British Rail Class 800 - branded by Great Western Railway (GWR) as Intercity Express Train (IET), and by London North Eastern Railway (LNER) as Azuma - is a type of bi-mode multiple unit train built by Hitachi Rail for GWR and LNER. The type uses electric motors powered from overhead electric wires for traction, but also has diesel generators to enable trains to operate on unelectrified track. It is a part of the Hitachi AT300 product family.
The Class 800 was developed and produced, alongside an electric-only Class 801 variant, as part of the Intercity Express Programme (IEP) to procure replacements for the InterCity 125 and InterCity 225 fleets of high speed trains. The trains were manufactured by Hitachi between 2014 and 2018, being assembled at Hitachi's Newton Aycliffe Manufacturing Facility using bodyshells shipped from the company's Kasado Works in Japan. Similar bi-mode units have also been produced by Hitachi as Classes 802, 805, and 810.
The Class 800 trains came into service on the Great Western Main Line on 16 October 2017, while the first examples on the East Coast Main Line were put into service on 15 May 2019. Early operations have been troubled by fatigue cracking and corrosion on the aluminium vehicle body shells, particularly on the yaw dampers.
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21 сен 2023
