The British Rail Class 801 Azuma is a type of bi-mode multiple unit (BMU) built by Hitachi Rail for London North Eastern Railway. The units have been built since 2017 at Hitachi's Newton Aycliffe Manufacturing Facility and have been used on services on the East Coast Main Line since 16 September 2019. As part of its production, the Class 801 units were ordered as part of the Intercity Express Programme and are in the Hitachi AT300 product family, alongside the closely related Class 800 units. LNER have branded the units as the Azuma, just like on their Class 800 units.
Two LNER Class 801 units passing at Northallerton in August 2020
LNER Class 801 standard-class saloon
Class 801 at London King's Cross in February 2020
London North Eastern Railway
London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is a British train operating company. It is owned by DfT OLR Holdings for the Department for Transport (DfT). The company's name echoes that of the London and North Eastern Railway, one of the Big Four companies which operated between 1923 and 1948.
Three generations of East Coast Main Line trains at York. A Class 43 InterCity 125 (left) with a Class 800 Azuma (centre) and a InterCity 225 (right)
Image: Virgin Trains East Coast Mk 4 by Matt Buck
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Image: An LNER Azuma train on the East Coast Railway Line, geograph 6275180 by Walter Baxter
