British Rail Class 801

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British Rail Class 801 Azuma
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LNER 9-car Class 801/2 unit in 2025
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LNER Class 801 standard-class saloon
Stock typeElectric multiple unit
In service16 September 2019–present
ManufacturerTemplate:Pluralize from textHitachi Rail
Built atTemplate:Ubli
Family nameA-train
ReplacedInterCity 225
Constructed2017–2020
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  • 12 × 801/1
  • 30 × 801/2
Number in service42
FormationTemplate:Ubli
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  • 801/1: 801101–801112
  • 801/2: 801201–801230
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  • 801/1: 302 seats (48 first class, 254 standard)
  • 801/2: 596 seats (102 first class, 494 standard)
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[[Rolling stock company|OwnerTemplate:Pluralize from text]]Agility Trains
OperatorTemplate:Pluralize from textLondon North Eastern Railway
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LineTemplate:Pluralize from text servedEast Coast Main Line
Specifications
Car body constructionAluminium
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  • 801/1: 129.7 m (425 ft 6 in)
  • 801/2: 233.7 m (766 ft 9 in)[2]
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  • Driving vehicles:25.850 m (84 ft 9.7 in)
  • Intermediate vehicles: 26.000 m (85 ft 3.6 in)[2]
Width2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
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  • Single-leaf pocket sliding
  • (2 per side per car)
Maximum speed125 mph (200 km/h)[3]
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Traction systemHitachi IGBT[2]
[[Prime mover (locomotive)|Prime moverTemplate:Pluralize from text]]1 × MTU 12V 1600 R80L[4] (emergency use only)
Engine typeV12 four-stroke turbo-diesel Template:Avoid wrap
DisplacementTemplate:Cvt[8]
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  • Engine: 560 kW (750 hp)[2]
  • Electric: 226 kW (303 hp) per motor
Acceleration0.7 m/s2 (1.6 mph/s)[2]
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  • Service:
  • 1.0 m/s2 (2.2 mph/s)
  • Emergency:
  • 1.2 m/s2 (2.7 mph/s)[2]
[[Railway electrification|Electric systemTemplate:Pluralize from text]]25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead
Current collectionPantograph
UIC classificationTemplate:Ubli
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  • 5-car unit: 12
  • 9-car unit: 20
[[Railway brake|Braking systemTemplate:Pluralize from text]]Electro-pneumatic (disc) Template:Avoid wrap
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Coupling systemDellner 10[7]
Multiple workingWithin class and classes 800 and 802
Track gauge1,435 mm (Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge

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The British Rail Class 801 Azuma is a class of electric multiple unit (EMU) built by Hitachi Rail for London North Eastern Railway. The units have been built since 2017 at Hitachi's Newton Aycliffe Manufacturing Facility and have been used on services on the East Coast Main Line since 16 September 2019. As part of its production, the Class 801 units were ordered as part of the Intercity Express Programme and are in the Hitachi AT300 product family, alongside the closely related Class 800 units.[9][10] LNER have branded the units as the Azuma, just like on their Class 800 units.[11]

Background and design

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". As part of the UK Government's Intercity Express Programme, the Class 801 units were to be built as replacements for the InterCity 125 and InterCity 225 sets which were the main trains used for services on the Great Western Main Line (GWML) and the East Coast Main Line (ECML) at the time.[12] Differing from the Class 800 units, which they were built alongside, the Class 801 units were designed as purely electric multiple units, but with one diesel engine fitted to a single coach of each unit for emergency use. The Class 801 units were to enter service for both Great Western Railway and London North Eastern Railway but due to delays in the electrification of the GWML, it was announced in June 2016 that 21 nine-car (801/0) sets that were going to enter service with GWR would instead be converted to bi-modal operation.[13] As a consequence, all of these sets were re-classified as 800/3 units and the Class 801 units only see operation on the ECML. However, GWR do have the option to convert all of their Class 800 units to electric-only operation by removal of the diesel engines should it be exercised, in which case they would be re-classified as a Class 801 unit.[14]

Operations

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5-car Class 801/1 at Northallerton in April 2025

The first service to be operated with Class 801 units ran on 16 September 2019, with a pair of 801/1 five-car units operating several services between Leeds and London King's Cross, as well as one return trip between King's Cross and Newark Northgate.[15] Three further pairs of five-car units entered service through the rest of September.[16]

The nine-car Class 801/2 units were introduced on 18 November 2019, between King's Cross and Edinburgh. This allowed a cascade of Class 800/1 units onto services between King's Cross and Aberdeen, which in turn allowed LNER to withdraw its InterCity 125 sets from that route.[17]

Fleet details

Subclass Operator Qty. Year built Cars per unit Unit nos.
801/1 Azuma[18] London North Eastern Railway 12 2017–2020 5 801101–801112
801/2 Azuma 30 9 801201–801230

Illustrations

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Named units

Unit number Date Name Notes Ref.
801204 22 September 2024 Our Planet Named after the company's commitment to more sustainable transport. Livery has been applied with a partially biologically based material, the first of its kind in the UK. [19]
801205 27 March 2025 She's electric [20][21]
801207 14 January 2025 Darlington Unveiled to mark 200 years since the first passenger journey on the world-famous Stockton and Darlington Railway. [22]
801224 19 May 2025 Bradford 2025 - UK City of Culture Unveiled to mark the official opening of Platform 0 at Bradford Forster Square and to celebrate Bradford becoming the UK City of Culture. [23]
801225 13 February 2024 Eleanor Named after the company's new mascot as part of an advertising campaign. [24]
801226 1 June 2023 Together Pride livery [25]
801228 15 May 2023 Century Unveiled to mark 100 years since the creation of the London and North Eastern Railway [26]

References

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