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    Hitachi rolls out first Italian-built ‘802s’ for GWR

    Nov 04, 2018 2 minutes

    By Ben Jones

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    FEBRUARY 8 saw the first two completed Class 802 bi-mode trains unveiled at the Hitachi Rail Europe (HRE) plant in Tuscany.

    Five-car AT300s Nos. 802003 and 802004 (T4/T5) are the first of 33 trains being built in Pistoia to replace Great Western Railway (GWR) InterCity 125s on the West of England route.

    A total of 22 five-car‘802/0s’and 14 nine-car‘802/1s’have been ordered, financed by Eversholt Rail, with

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