Virgin Trains East Coast (VTEC) is working on which routes to introduce its Class 800 Azuma fleet on from 2018.
VTEC spokesman Nicola Burton told RAIL: “This sort of detail will be finalised as we moved closer to introducing the new fleet.”
VTEC’s fleet enters traffic from 2018, replacing its diesel High Speed Train fleet and Class 91 electric fleet.
When in traffic, VTEC will have 65 Azumas. The fleet will consist of 13 nine-car bi-mode trains, ten five-car bi-mode trains, 12 five-car electric multiple units and 30 nine-car electric trains.
- For more on the Azumas, read RAIL 797, published on March 30.
BigTone - 23/03/2016 12:22
I hope VTEC take advantage of the incoming trains to expand services before standing down any of the current fleet