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British Rail Class 805
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Hitachi· from 2024· bi-mode train built by Hitachi for British train operating company Avanti West Coast
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 805004 at Wrexham General after working 1J32 from London Euston 02 06 24 (53763794622): Foulger Rail Photos from Basingstoke, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. 805005 at Crewe: Bananaman28· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Class 805 Evero BMU: Samson Ng . D201@EAL· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 805 Evero is a type of bi-mode multiple unit built by Hitachi Rail for Avanti West Coast. Based on the Hitachi A-train design, 13 five-car units were built to replace Class 221s on services between London Euston, Birmingham New Street, Chester and stations on the North Wales Coast lines. Their introduction allowed the elimination of long-distance diesel working on electrified routes.
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 2 years ago, in 2024.
- 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.
- 26 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 299: 6 full city buses (~50 seats each).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 2024
- in service from
- 2024
- status
- in service
- number built
- 13
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- bi-mode
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Hitachi Rail, Hitachi
- operators
- Avanti West Coast
- top speed
- 200 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- 5 cars per unit
- length
- 26 m
- capacity
- 299 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q96373999, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 805 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.