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British Rail Class 801
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Hitachi· from 2019· Electric Multiple Unit Train with diesel emergency power.
2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Class 801 Azuma EMU - LNER 801214: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Class 801 approaching leeds: Chlorosis· CC BY 4.0
what is it?
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.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 7 years ago, in 2019.
- Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 12 minutes.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2019
- in service from
- 2019
- status
- in service
- number built
- 12
- kind
- Electric multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Hitachi Rail, Hitachi
- operators
- Virgin Trains, London North Eastern Railway
- top speed
- 201 km/h
- power
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From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16846948, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 801 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.