Great Western Class 802s take shape

A driving car for the first series-build Class 802 being fitted out in Pistoia.

UK: Series production of the Class 802 electro-diesel trainsets for Great Western Railway’s West of England inter-city services between London, Devon and Cornwall is now getting underway at the Hitachi Rail Italy plant at Pistoia.

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