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Class 800 in testing 2015
A Class 800 being tested

The Class 800 Hitachi Super Express is a new train built by Hitachi to replace old InterCity 125 and InterCity 225. The class 800 will use diesel fuel and electricity. The 801 trains will be electric-only. The trains can run at a speed of 125mph (200kmph). They can reduce the travel time between London, Leeds, Newcastle and Edinburgh by as much as 18 minutes. One train, a test version of the Hitachi Class 800 Super Express, has arrived from Japan. A new Manufacturing plant will produce 122 trains in the coming years. It will create 730 new jobs. In 2017 the first trains will run on the Great Western Railway main line. In 2018 they will run on the East Coast Main Line.


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  • Azuma and HST at Leeds station (geograph 6187255)

    Class 800 of LNER (left) next to a InterCity 125 of CrossCountry (right) at Leeds.

  • Paddington - GWR 43030 and 800029

    GWR Class 800 (right) next to its predecessor InterCity 125 (left) at London Paddington

  • Taunton - GWR 800003 (815003) pantograph

    Class 800 pantograph in lowered position

  • Captain Tom Moore Train Naming

    "Captain Tom Moore" name applied to unit 800025

  • Hitachi Class 800 series - First Class interior

    First Class interior mock-up in 2014

  • Class 800002 interior

    Standard Class interior in unit 800002 before receiving GWR colours.

  • GWR Class 800 First Class Interior

    The interior of First Class aboard a GWR Class 800

  • Inside GWR 800029 (MEC 814029 standard class seats)

    GWR Standard Class interior. This was the original seat cover which has since been changed on majority of the units.

  • 800201 First Class Interior

    The interior of First Class aboard a LNER Class 800

  • 800110 Standard Class Internal

    The interior of Standard Class aboard a LNER Class 800

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