Class 802 bi-mode multiple units

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Introduction

 British Rail Class 802 electric multiple units are manufacturer by Hitachi Rail Europe. Class 802 units are built at Kasado factory (Japan) and Pistoia (Italy). Family name A-Train.

They are designed to replace InterCity 125 (Class 43), Class 180 Adelante and Class 185 Desiro.

Operators are the Great Western Railway serving the Great Western Main Line and Cornish Main Line, Hull Trains on the East Coast Main Line, TransPennine Express from east-west routes in Northern England

Specifications of Class 802 bi-mode EMU units

Class 802 Formation 5-car: and 9-car:

Class 802 Car body construction Aluminium

Class 802 Maximum speed 125 mph (201 km/h) and with minor modifications: 140 mph (225 km/h)

Class 802 Prime mover(s) MTU 12V 1600 R80L

Class 802 Engine type V 12 and Cylinder count 12

Class 802 Power output 700 kW (940 hp) per engine

Class 802 Acceleration 1 m/s² (3.3 ft/s²)

Class 802 Electric motor system(s) 25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead lines; Current collection method Pantograph

Class 802 Safety system(s) AWS, TPWS, ETCS, ATP

The British Rail Class 802 is a type of bi-mode multiple unit train being built by Hitachi Rail Europe for Great Western Railway, TransPennine Express and Hull Trains, based on the Hitachi A-train design.

The train is part of the Hitachi AT300 product family. Train operating companies have given the train separate brands. On Great Western Railway, they are known as Intercity Express Trains (IET). When they enter service with TransPennine Express, they will be known as Nova 1 and when they enter service with Hull Trains, they will be known as Paragon.

The type were first used on the Great Western Main Line, running from London to Plymouth and Penzance, and on the Cotswold Line. The first two units entered traffic on 18 August 2018

Class 802 (electro-diesel) are very similar to the Class 800 units, but Class 802 units have uprated diesel engines and larger fuel tanks. The Class 802 units are broadly identical to the Class 800 bi-mode trains used in the Intercity Express Programme, and are used in a similar way; they run as electric trains where possible, and are equipped with the same diesel generator engines as the Class 800. However, they utilise higher engine operating power – 700 kW (940 hp) per engine as opposed to 560 kW (750 hp) – and are fitted with larger fuel tanks to cope with the gradients and extended running in diesel mode expected on the long un-electrified stretches they will operate on.

Class 802 bi-mode EMU units featured

Class 802 (sub-class 802/0) 5-car sets featured:  802006 (operated by Great Western Railway, GWR)

Class 802 (sub-class 802/2) 5-car sets featured:  802202 802203 802204 802205 802208 802209 802212 802213 802218 802219 all operated by TransPennine Express (TPE)

Class 802 (sub-class 802/3) 802301 Amy Johnson, 802304 William Wilberforce (Hull Trains, based from Paragon depot, Hull)

Bi-mode Class 802 (sub-class 802/2) 802202 in plain silver grey livery on a test run at York Station (Oct 2019)

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In plain silver grey livery Class 802 sub-class 802/2 unit 802218 in York Station for training and test runs (Oct 2019)

Plain silver-grey liveried Class 802 bi-mode unit 802203 passing north through Doncaster station on a training run (13/09/2019)

One of the new TransPennine high speed Class 802 EMU (unit 802209) at Newcastle on a training run (13/09/2019)

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In plain grey livery, Class 802 802204 on a test run through York station (August 2019)

The pantograph system on a class 802 unit

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More information on Class 802

Class 802 fleet details

The Hull train sets will be known as the "Paragon" fleet.

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