LNER,London North Eastern Railway train 800108 Azuma engine, at Waverley railway station, Edinburgh city centre, Scotland, UK, EH1 3EG

LNER,London North Eastern Railway train 800108 Azuma engine, at Waverley railway station, Edinburgh city centre, Scotland, UK, EH1 3EG Stock Photo
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Tony Smith / Alamy Stock Photo

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5472 x 3648 px | 46.3 x 30.9 cm | 18.2 x 12.2 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

26 November 2022

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Waverley railway station, Edinburgh city centre, Scotland, UK, EH1 3EG

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The British Rail Class 800 Intercity Express Train or Azuma is a type of bi-mode multiple unit train built by Hitachi for Great Western Railway and London North Eastern Railway. 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 produced under the Intercity Express Programme (IEP) as a replacement for the Intercity 125 and Intercity 225 fleets of high speed trains. The trains were manufactured by Hitachi between 2014 and 2018, assembly being performed at the Hitachi Newton Aycliffe facility, alongside the related Class 801, from bodyshells shipped from the Kasado plant in Japan; no body construction takes place in the UK. As well as resembling the Class 801, the units are also very similar to the Class 802 units, which have uprated diesel engines and larger fuel tanks.