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The British Rail Class 802 AT300 is a type of bi-mode multiple unit train built by Hitachi for Great Western Railway, TransPennine Express and Hull Trains. • Based on the design of the Hitachi A-train, the train is part of the Hitachi AT300 product family. Each Class 802 train operating company has also given their own units a unique brand; Great Western Railway's units are branded as Intercity Express Trains (IET), TransPennine Express units are branded as Nova 1s and Hull Trains' units are branded as Paragons. • 👉If you like it, please follow this channel❤️: • 🎥Youtube: / @traindepot • Gear used GoPro Hero8: https://amzn.to/3w4YuSJ • In mid-2015, Great Western Railway said it had arranged to procure 173 new Class 802 rail vehicles from Hitachi Rail, with options for another 150. At the time, GWR was beginning the process of introducing a new fleet of intercity trains as part of the Government's Intercity Express Programme. This project involved the procurement of both wholly electric units (Class 801), and bi-mode trains (Class 800), powered by electric traction motors capable of running from overhead electric wires or on-board diesel generators. These Class 802 trains were intended to replace the existing High Speed Trains following the electrification of the Great Western Main Line. However, electrification will only go as far as Cardiff Central, with the route beyond requiring diesel traction (hence the need to procure trains capable of operating without overhead wires). • The purchase of 173 additional Class 802 vehicles was with the intention that these new bi-mode trains, similar to the Class 800s, would be used on services into Devon and Cornwall. These trains would consist of 22 five-car and 7 nine-car units. The option for a further 150 Class 802 vehicles would be formed into another 30 five-car units. • Initially, owing to Hitachi's facility at Newton Aycliffe in County Durham being at capacity, the intention was to construct the trains at the Kasado factory in Kudamatsu in Japan. However, following Hitachi's purchase of the Italian train manufacturer AnsaldoBreda, construction was moved to Hitachi's Pistoia plant, with the first unit being completed in February 2018. • The Class 802 trains were expected to enter service with GWR from 2018, with the aim of reducing journey times from London to Exeter by up to five minutes, to Plymouth by up to six minutes, and to Penzance by up to 14 minutes. • The Class 802s 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 unelectrified stretches on which they will operate. • Great Western Railway • GWR took delivery of 36 sets in 2017 and in 2018 22 five-car and 14 nine-car sets, an increase from the 29 sets initially ordered in 2015. • Main line testing of the Class 802 began in Somerset in August 2017. They were due to be introduced on 16 July 2018. A demonstration run for invited guests from Penzance to Exeter St Davids was held on 17 August 2018. The first two units (802 006 and 802 007) entered traffic the following day on 18 August 2018, on a Bristol Temple Meads to Swansea service. The same units were first used in passenger service in Cornwall on 20 August 2018, with the service from London Paddington to Penzance and the return to London. By May 2019, all 36 of the sets had entered service which allowed them to finishing replacing the remaining InterCity 125 sets, alongside the Class 800 units. • In December 2020, it was announced that Hitachi and the Eversholt Rail Group would replace one under-floor diesel engine on each of the 22 five-car 802/0 sets with a battery, therefore converting the units to a tri-mode multiple unit. Through the battery, pollution and noise levels will be reduced and fuel savings of up to 20% are expected to be achieved. • #Class802 # #BritishRailClass802 #GWR

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