First Of Five FirstGroup Class 803s Arrives In UK
The title of this post is the same as that of this article on Rail Magazine.
The Class 803 trains will be used by East Coast Trains for their low-cost, one-class, open-access service between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh.
The trains would appear to be being delivered in time for services to start in Autumn 2021.
The article says the trains are the first to have a new feature.
They will be fitted with batteries, although these will not provide traction performance – instead, they can power on-board services should the train fail.
The Class 803 trains are electric trains and are these batteries a replacement for the single diesel-engine on the electric Class 801 trains? This diesel-engine has two main purposes.
- Provide emergency power for on-board services.
- Move the train to a safe place foe evacuation of passengers.
The article also says that Hitachi could fit traction batteries to existing bi-mode fleets.
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