HORNBY R3762 LNER Hitachi IEP Bi-Mode Class 800/1 Azuma Car Train Pack

Product Info

On 18 March, 2016, Sir Richard Branson unveiled the first Class 800/1 unit to be branded in Virgin Trains East Coast ‘Azuma’ livery at Kings Cross Station.

 

Since then, the Hitachi fleet of IEP test trains, based at the new Doncaster Carr Depot, have completed thousands of hours of testing over the ECML and while Virgin Trains East Coast (VTEC) have been replaced as franchise holders by London North Eastern Railway (LNER), ‘Azuma’ five and nine car sets are due to commence public services on the East Coast Main Line during early 2019.

 

 

Tech Specs

Item Length – Without Packaging (cm)

 

36

Item Scale

 

1:76 Scale 00 Gauge

Finish

 

Painted

Gauge

 

OO

Designer

 

Hitachi

Livery

 

LNER HITACHI

Minimum Curve (mm)

 

Radius 2

Motor

 

5 Pole Skew wound

Class

 

Class 800 Hitachi