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, ...

A SAFETY review is underway after LNER's Hitachi Class 800 trains were withdrawn from service last month after cracks were discovered in part of the chassis of some trains.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

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 ...

High-speed trains withdrawn from service after cracks appeared had been affected by fatigue and stress corrosion, according to a new report. The trains were built as part of the Government's £7.5 ...

Britain's rail network can start to return to normal as many trains made by Japan's Hitachi which were withdrawn five days ago can re-enter service following safety tests, the government said on ...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 TRAINBUILDER has tested its new train on North-East lines for the first time, The Northern Echo can reveal. Hitachi Rail Europe has driven rolling stock on tracks at Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, ...

Industry standards should be reviewed after fatigue and corrosion led to high-speed trains being withdrawn from service, the rail regulator has found. Cracks were found in more than 180 Hitachi trains ...

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 ...