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RAILNEWS

12 March 2015
First Intercity Express arrives at Southampton

Railnews report

18 July 2016
Great Western switches on

Railnews report

11 October 2017
Speculation grows about Network Rail funding

Railnews report

17 October 2017
Hitachi apologises for IET launch problems

Railnews report

20 October 2017
GWR withdraws new IE trains for upgrade

Railnews report

23 October 2017
Intercity Expresses return to service on GWR

Railnews report

15 February 2018
Intercity Express door failures frustrate passengers

Railnews report

2 May 2018
No ‘ironing board’ seats on our trains, says Greater Anglia

Railnews report

17 August 2018
Cornwall passengers travel on first Intercity Express

Railnews report

17 August 2018
First Intercity Express runs from Cornwall

Railnews report

10 October 2018
December launch for ECML Azumas now ‘challenging’

Railnews report

12 March 2019
Green light for East Coast Azumas

Railnews report

14 March 2019
Date announced for first East Coast Azuma in service

Railnews report

9 May 2021
DfT confirms cracks as Intercity Express disruption continues

Railnews report

12 May 2021
End of Hitachi trains crisis ‘a long way off’

Railnews report

IMAGES



801 Rolling stock – Class 800-801 a: mockup


801 Rolling stock – Class 800-801 b: launch (1)


801 Rolling stock – Class 800-801 c: launch (2)

Press release
Department for Transport ::: 18 July 2013
Government gives green light for more state-of-the-art intercity trains
2013-07-18 DfT-001

Written statement
Department for Transport ::: 18 July 2013
Government gives green light for more state-of-the-art intercity trains
2013-07-18 DfT-002

Written statement
Department for Transport ::: 25 October 2013
Intercity East Coast franchise competition
2013-10-25 DfT-001

Press release
Department for Transport ::: 16 April 2014
Government confirms £2.7 billion deal to build new state-of-the-art trains
2014-04-16 DfT-001

Written statement
Department for Transport ::: 28 April 2014
Rail investment: Intercity Express Programme
2014-04-28 DfT-001

Press release
Department for Transport ::: 22 January 2015
New state-of-the-art InterCity Express train to arrive in the UK in March
2015-01-22 DfT-001

Press release
Department for Transport ::: 29 January 2015
Transport Minister promotes UK transport expertise in Taiwan and Japan
2015-01-29 DfT-001

Speech (full)
Department for Transport ::: 12 March 2015
Rail renaissance on track
2015-03-12 DfT-001

Press release
Department for Transport ::: 12 March 2015
New state-of-the-art Intercity Express train arrives in the UK
2015-03-12 DfT-002

Press release
Hitachi Rail Europe ::: 23 March 2015
Hitachi Rail Europe named as FirstGroup's preferred supplier to provide fleet of new AT300 trains for the South West
2015-03-23 HIT-001

Press release
Hitachi Rail Group ::: 30 July 2015
New high speed trains confirmed for the South West
2015-07-30 HIT-001

Press release
Hitachi Ltd ::: 3 September 2015
Hitachi brings manufacturing back to its British birthplace
2015-09-03 HIT-001

Press release
Department for Transport ::: 30 June 2016
First of new generation of high-tech trains takes maiden voyage on Great Western Railway
2016-06-30 DfT-003

Press release
Department for Transport ::: 16 October 2017
All aboard the new Intercity Express trains that will transform journeys across Britain
2017-10-16 DfT-001

Speech (full)
Department for Transport ::: 1 December 2017
Transport investment in the north
2017-12-01 DfT-001

Press release
LNER ::: 14 March 2019
LNER announces date for new Azuma trains entering service
2019-03-14 LNE-001

Press release
Department for Transport ::: 9 May 2021
Government calls on industry for action to resolve rail disruption
2021-05-09 DfT-001

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