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).

Low-speed running trials of three pre-series Class 800 intercity train sets have started as part of the UK’s Intercity Express Programme (IEP). The train set is an altered model of the Class 395, ...

Cracks in the chassis of some Class-800 Series Hitachi trains has led to the withdrawal of services and disruption for passengers travelling with GWR, LNER and TransPennine Express. Most of GWR’s ...

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A new Japanese train is arriving on British shores to replace the much loved InterCity 125. Will people take it to their hearts in the way they did its veteran predecessor? Pendolino probably, perhaps ...

Britain's rail network can start to return to normal as many trains made by Japan's Hitachi which were withdrawn five days ago can re-enter service following safety tests, the government said on ...

A SAFETY review is underway after LNER's Hitachi Class 800 trains were withdrawn from service last month after cracks were discovered in part of the chassis of some trains.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

Major travel disruption will continue on Sunday and into the following week after cracks were found on new trains, rail operators have said. Hundreds of Hitachi 800 model trains were taken out of ...

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 ...

Robert Nisbet, of the Rail Delivery Group, said initial inspections of 183 trains taken out of service on Saturday should conclude by the end of Sunday. But he warned that disruption was expected to ...

Rail passengers were last night facing at least another week of chaos after cracks were discovered under some trains. Hundreds of long-distance services were partially or fully cancelled over the ...

Cracks found under trains which sparked weeks of travel chaos could have been caused by salty seawater spraying onto the carriages, a report suggested. An investigation said a type of aluminium used ...