Train design achieves ‘world first’
Hitachi claims emissions will be 90% lower per passenger than flying, as new fleet becomes first to be PAS 2080 accredited for carbon footprint standards.
Compiled by Graeme Pickering
An artist’s impression of the trains that will be built by Hitachi and Alstom, working as a joint venture, utilising their facilities in County Durham, Derby and Crewe.
HS2
THE design for HS2’s 54 eight-car trains, which will be built in the UK by Hitachi Rail and Alstom in a joint venture, has become the first in the world to receive PAS 2080 environmental standard accreditation.