Railway system supplier Hitachi has unveiled one of the three pre-series Class 800 intercity train sets being built for the Intercity Express Programme (IEP) of UK’s Department for Transport (DfT).

Japan-based Hitachi has started shipment of the first completed pre-series Class 800 train built for the Intercity Express Programme (IEP) of UK’s Department for Transport (DfT). First unveiled in ...

A SAFETY review is underway after LNER's Hitachi Class 800 trains were withdrawn from service last month after cracks were discovered in part of the chassis of some trains. The Office of Rail and Road ...

Trains taken out of service after cracks were found are to be reintroduced following "rigorous safety checks", the Rail Delivery Group says. Some of the Hitachi Class 800 trains have cracks on the ...

The Product Design Technical Group (PDTG) of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society congratulates DCA Design International on receiving the 14th Annual Stanley H. Caplan User-Centered Product Design ...

Britain's rail network can start to return to normal as many trains made by Japan's Hitachi which were withdrawn five days ago can re-enter service following safety tests, the government said on ...

LONDON, July 18 (Reuters) - Britain's Department of Transport (DfT) on Thursday said it had awarded Hitachi's European rail arm a 1.2 billion pound ($1.8 billion) order to build more train carriages ...

STEPHEN Joseph (chief executive officer of Campaign for Better Transport) has forcefully exposed the need for adequate passenger consultation on seat design for the new Hitachi Class 800 Azuma trains ...

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Tens of thousands of rail enthusiasts turned up in an out-of-way town on Japan's Inland Sea earlier in March, in order to catch a glimpse of a new train destined for the United Kingdom. While ...