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Class 805 appears briefly

HE first of the new Class 805 fleet for Avanti West Coast broke cover on July 12, at Hitachi Merchant Park. The unit was brought outside, fuelled, then placed back inside the test shed to resume static testing. No. 805001 is the first of a fleet of 13 five-car bi-modes which will replace ‘Voyagers’ on the North Wales coast

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