Hitachi Class 800 trainsets begin testing in Japan

By 2014-09-12T14:41:00

Three Class 800 trainsets are now undergoing testing at Hitachi's Japanese factory in Kasado.

UK: The first of three pre-series Class 800 intercity trainsets ordered under the Department for Transport’s Intercity Express Programme has begun low-speed running trials on the test track at Hitachi’s Kasado factory in Japan.

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