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New fleets have been criticised for uncomfortable seats. Is a lack of padding due fire safety and crashworthiness standards or DfT cost control?

RICHARD CLINNICK visits Hitachi’s new facility at Newton Aycliffe, where local skills both old and new are helping to revive the area’s prospects.

Express services across two of Britain's busiest rail lines were subject to mass cancellations earlier this month

Holiday plans hit as Hitachi train crisis lasts for weeks Great Western Railway forced to run a reduced service for several weeks while each train is tested after cracks were found   A Hitachi train operated by GWR  Chaos on the railways sparked by cracks found on Hitachi trains will continue for weeks, potentially disrupting travel plans for thousands of passengers.  Great Western Railway, which serves Cornwall, Devon and Wales from London, will be forced to run a reduced “core” service for several weeks while each train is tested.  Services north on the LNER east coast mainline are ...

How Hitachi's plan to replace Britain's train fleet went off the rails The cracks discovered on the Japanese company's Azuma trains are the latest in a litany of problems 11 May 2021 • 6:23pm Chris Grayling was not afraid to heap praise on Japanese conglomerate Hitachi as the inaugural InterCity Express service prepared to leave Bristol Temple Meads station. Glossing over the fact that water was pouring out of air conditioning units onto his fellow passengers, the Transport Secretary proclaimed: “These are the smartest trains in the country, probably the best we have ever had in the count...