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Hitachi: Trains

Question for Department for Transport

UIN 4673, tabled on 20 May 2021

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any Hitachi Intercity Class 800 series trains were suffering from cracking in other locations on inspection for cracking at the lifting points.

Answered on

25 May 2021

The cracking that caused trains to be removed from the network was found whilst hairline cracks near the yaw dampers was being investigated.

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