British Rail Class 800
| British Rail Class 800 Super Express | |
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800004 at Reading Depot
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Class 800 interior as seen at the opening of the Hitachi Rail Vehicle Manufacturing Facility.
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| Manufacturer | Hitachi |
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| Family name | A-Train |
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| Formation | 5-car: DPTS-MS-MS-MC-DPTF |
| Operator(s) | |
| Depot(s) | GWR: North Pole Stoke Gifford Maliphant VTEC: Bounds Green Doncaster Carr Craigentinny |
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| Specifications | |
| Car body construction | Aluminium |
| Car length | 26 metres (85 ft 4 in) |
| Width | 2.7 metres (8 ft 10 in) |
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| Weight | 300 tonnes (5-car), 540 tonnes (9-car) |
| Axle load | 15 tonnes (13 tonnes without diesel engine) |
| Traction system | 120 kW (160 hp) per axle |
| Prime mover(s) | MTU 12V 1600 R80L |
| Engine type | V12 diesel |
| Cylinder count | 12 |
| Power output | 560 kW (750 hp) per engine |
| Acceleration | 0.70m/s/s |
| Deceleration | 1.00m/s/s service, 1.20m/s/s emergency |
| Electric system(s) | 25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead lines |
| Current collection method | Pantograph |
| Safety system(s) | AWS, TPWS, ETCS, ATP |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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| 1:^ The engines are fully rated at 700 kW (940 hp), but have been de-rated on these units. | |
The Class 800 Super Express is a type of electro-diesel train to be used in the United Kingdom, based on the Hitachi A-train design. They are to be built by Hitachi from 2015. The first units will be delivered for the Great Western Main Line (GWML), beginning service there in July 2017 and on the East Coast Main Line (ECML) from 2018. These trains will be built at Hitachi's purpose-built facility at Newton Aycliffe, alongside the related electric multiple unit Class 801.
As part of the UK Government's Intercity Express Programme, the Class 800 units are to be partial replacements for the aging InterCity 125 trains which currently operate services on the Great Western Main Line and the East Coast Main Line. The Class 800 units will be electro-diesel multiple units, able to draw power from electrified overhead lines where available and power themselves via underfloor diesel generators outside the electrified network. The train specification requires that this changeover can occur at line speed. The trains can be converted to electric-only operation by removal of the diesel engines.
A total of 80 sets will be constructed, with 36 five-car and 21 nine-car units intended for operation with Great Western Railway, plus 10 five-car and 13 nine-car with Virgin Trains East Coast.
In March 2016, Virgin Trains East Coast announced that its Intercity Express Programme (IEP) trains would carry the brand name Azuma, the Japanese word for "East". In June 2016, Great Western Railway announced that its IEP trains would be known as Intercity Express Trains.
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