London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is celebrating the launch of direct Azuma services between Middlesbrough and London Kings Cross with Teesside becoming the latest destination to benefit from the arrival of LNERs world-class trains.
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London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is celebrating the launch of direct Azuma services between Middlesbrough and London King's Cross with Teesside becoming the latest destination to benefit from the arrival of LNER's world-class trains.
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Watch the latest LNER video as the new fleet of Azuma trains travel the Highland Chieftain route from Inverness to Edinburgh.
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State-of-art train taken out of service last week after chassis cracks detected
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Spectacular Drumochter Pass poster available now for fans to acquire.
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The makers of LNERs new fleet of Azuma trains admitted today their horns could be blocked by a very heavy snowfall.
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LNER is considering changes to its brand-new Azuma trains after their bike storage compartments were condemned as downright dangerous.
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InterCity East Coast operator LNER has received approval for its Class 800 Azumas to enter passenger service, conditional on final testing being completed. The Office of Road and Rail has written to manufacturer Hitachi Rail Europe, giving authorisation for theRead more
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The first Virgin Trains East Coast IEP (Intercity Express Programme) train passes through Hampstead Heath station on the North London Line after having attended a media event to launch these trains at London Kings Cross station.

Virgin Trains East Coast are marketing these trains as Azuma. which is Japanese for 'east'. The trains are part of the Hitachi A-Train family, most of them will be built in northern England.

The A-Train design concept includes several elements, the core features being that the vehicle car bodies (walls, roof, floor) are constructed from double skin aluminium extruded sections which are friction stir welded and the hollow extruded mounting rails on the vehicle body to which modular components can be attached.
Class 800 trains will travel on the East Coast Main Line between London Kings Cross and Scotland, plus the Great Western Main Line between London Paddington station and South Wales. They are electro-diesels which collect power from overhead wires when available and use onboard diesel traction when travelling on non-electrified sections of railway.
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