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21 Class 801 electric multiple units being built by Hitachi Rail Europe for the Great Western Main Line will now be delivered as bi-mode trains, rather than as EMUs due to delays with electrifrication. Initially Great Western Railway will take delivery of 36 bi-mode Class 800s, and on May 17, 80002 passes Hay Lane, near Swindon at around 0530 in the morning. This was the first time an Intercity Express Programme train had operated under its own diesel power this far west. STEVE KING.

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Hitachi converts GWR ‘801s’ to bi-mode operation

Hitachi will build 21 Class 801 electric multiple units ordered for GWR as full bi-mode operation, rather than build the straight EMUs as planned.

8 Jun

800101 inside North Pole on May 5. RICHARD CLINNICK.

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Hitachi converts GWR ‘801s’ to bi-mode operation

Hitachi is to convert 21 Class 801 electric multiple units ordered for Great Western Railway to full bi-mode operation.

1 Jun

Class 385 body shells on their way to the UK. HITACHI.

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Five Hitachi Class 385 bodyshells heading for UK

Five Class 385 bodyshells are due to arrive in the UK this month, while in Japan the first completed ‘385’ is undergoing testing.

21 May

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Hitachi's Class 385 bodyshells

The first Class 385 bodyshells have left Japan, and are bound for the UK

18 May

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Great Western wires in use by September

Network Rail tells RAIL the first section of electrified track to be completed on the GWML will be between Reading and Didcot at the end of September.

11 May

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Prime Minister given the low-down on Hitachi’s ‘800s’

Prime Minister and Japanese counterpart given tour of North Pole

6 May

An artist's impression of First TransPennine Express AT300s at Manchester Piccadilly. FTPE.

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COVER STORY: 125mph trains ordered for TransPennine operations

Nineteen five-car bi-mode trains were ordered ahead of the new TransPennine Express franchise that started on April 1.

13 Apr

800001 approaches Marholm, near Peterborough, on April 11, with the 0836 Old Dalby-North Pole. ANDREW WRIGHT.

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Brand new express trains on East Coast Main Line

Two bi-mode Class 800s ran from Old Dalby to North Pole on April 11.

12 Apr

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Hitachi scoops 95-car TPE train deal

Hitachi will build 19 five-car bi-mode trains for First TransPennine Express (FTPE). The trains will enter traffic from 2019.

1 Apr

800101 at London King's Cross on March 18. JACK BOSKETT.

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Virgin working on routes for new trains

Virgin Trains East Coast (VTEC) is working on which routes to introduce its Class 800 Azuma fleet on from 2018.

23 Mar

800101 at London King's Cross on March 18. RICHARD CLINNICK.

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IN PICTURES: Virgin launches new Azuma Class 800.

A selection of images by RICHARD CLINNICK taken on March 18 at London King's Cross, when Virgin unveiled 800101.

23 Mar

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Virgin launches brand new train. Aims for 140mph running.

Virgin Trains East Coast launches its Class 800 at London King’s Cross on March 18, rebranding them as Azuma – which translates as ‘East’ from Japanese.

18 Mar

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Class 385 route introduction plans revealed

ScotRail reveals which routes brand new Class 385s will be introduced, and when.

11 Feb

The interior of the Class 385s. This shows part of both the first class (in the foreground) and standard class. SCOTRAIL.

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Brand new Scottish trains unveiled

Two weeks after it unveiled Class 385 bodyshells, ScotRail reveals the interiors of the Hitachi electric multiple units it will introduce into traffic next year

10 Feb

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