What is British Rail Class 800?
[[File:Class 800 in testing 2015.jpg|thumb|{{center|A Class 800 being tested}}]] The ''' Class 800''' ''Hitachi Super Express'' is a new [[train]] built by [[Hitachi]] to replace old [[InterCity 125]] and [[InterCity 225]]. The class 800 will use [[diesel fuel]] and [[electricity]].<ref name=RG>{{cite web |url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/east-coast-main-line-iep-train-order-confirmed.html |title=East Coast Main Line IEP train order confirmed |date=18 July 2013 |publisher=Railway Gazette |access-date=10 January 2016 |archive-date=9 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009192910/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/east-coast-main-line-iep-train-order-confirmed.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The 801 trains will be electric-only.<ref name=RG/> The trains can run at a speed of 125mph (200kmph).<ref name=RTC>{{cite web |url=http://www.railway-technology.com/projects/-hitachi-super-express-trains-uk/ |title=Hitachi Super Express Trains, United Kingdom |publisher=Railway-technology.com |access-date=10 January 2016}}</ref> They can reduce the travel time between [[London]], [[Leeds]], [[Newcastle]] and [[Edinburgh]] by as much as 18 minutes.<ref name=RTC/> One train, a test version of the Hitachi Class 800 Super Express, has arrived from [[Japan]].<ref name=BBCNM>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31831603 |title=InterCity 125 v Hitachi: What are the UK's new trains like? |author=Tom de Castella |date=12 March 2015 |publisher=BBC News Magazine |access-date=10 January 2016}}</ref> A new [[Manufacturing|Manufacturing plant]] will produce 122 trains in the coming years.<ref name=BBCNM/> It will create 730 new [[job]]s.<ref>{{citation| url =https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-gives-green-light-for-more-state-of-the-art-intercity-trains| title = Government gives green light for more state-of-the-art intercity trains| publisher =Department for Transport| date = 18 July 2013}}</ref> In 2017 the first trains will run on the [[Great Western Rail