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Class 803
Hitachi's all-electric version of its AT300 intercity train: five built for Lumo's low-fare service from London King's Cross to Edinburgh, now also to Glasgow. It has no diesel engines, and all its seats are standard class.
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- Type
- Electric multiple unit
- Builder
- Hitachi Rail: bodyshells from Japan, assembled at Newton Aycliffe, County Durham
- Built
- 2020–2021
- In service
- since 2021
- Operators
- Lumo
- Formation
- 5 cars, standard class only
- Trains in fleet
- 5
- Fleets
- Lumo: 5
- Top speed
- 125 mph
- Power
- 25 kV AC overhead only: no diesel engines (4.5 MW)
- Profile
- main-line
- Seats per train
- 402
- Total capacity
- All standard class (The i Paper, 2021). Beacon Rail gives a passenger capacity of 400.
- Status
- In service: five units with Lumo, owned by Beacon Rail and maintained by Hitachi.
Car types
| Code | Car | Length | Doors per side |
|---|---|---|---|
| DPTS | Driving pantograph trailer, standard class | 2 single | |
| MS | Motor, standard class | 2 single |
Sources
- Authorisation of Hitachi AT300 Class 803/0 five-car electric multiple units 803001 to 803005, Office of Rail and Road, 27 September 2021 (units 803001–803005; formation DPTS-MS-MS-MS-DPTS; 125 mph; authorised 27 September 2021)
- Cl.803, Beacon Rail, accessed 7 October 2026 (electric; 4.5 MW; 125 mph; passenger capacity 400; 228.5 t; bogie centres 17,000 mm)
- Our fleet, Lumo, accessed 7 October 2026 (five-car, electric only, AT300; built by Hitachi from bodyshells from Japan, assembled at Newton Aycliffe; procured through Beacon; 140 mph limited to 125 mph)
- Hitachi Rail begins new phase of manufacturing at UK factory with East Coast Trains order, Hitachi Rail, 17 June 2020 (manufacture began at Newton Aycliffe, June 2020; 100% electric; part of the Class 800 series)
- First, Hitachi move ahead with East Coast open access, Railnews, 21 March 2019 (five five-car AT300s ordered March 2019, £100 million with Beacon; 125 mph; Hitachi maintenance for ten years)
- Beacon Rail Leasing Invests in Hitachi High Speed Intercity Trains, Beacon Rail, 23 March 2019 (order finalised 20 March 2019; single class)
- Low-cost electric rail operator Lumo launches between London and Edinburgh, The i Paper (Sophie Lam), 25 October 2021 (402 seats; in service from 25 October 2021)
- Lumo launches to create a greener, cheaper train travel alternative, Lumo, 25 October 2021 (first passenger service 25 October 2021)
- Report 06/2023: Train overspeeding at Spital Junction, Peterborough, 17 April 2022, Rail Accident Investigation Branch, 10 July 2023 (v2 September 2024) (a five-car Class 803 Hitachi AT300; its high acceleration (Peterborough, 2022))
- Class 802, Eversholt Rail (AT300 car lengths, taken for the 803 (same body))
- Class 800 Series (800–810), Hitachi Rail (the 800 series: 24–26 m vehicles, end doors)
- British Rail Class 803, Wikipedia, accessed 7 October 2026 (402 seats; Kasado bodyshells; two doors a side (last resort))
unverified doors: two single-leaf doors a side at the car ends, as the Class 802 (Hitachi gives end doors for the family; Wikipedia, two a side), car height and width: not found for the 803 (Angel Trains gives the 802 as 2.7 m wide), top speed: Lumo says the trains can run at 140 mph but are limited to the line speed of 125 mph; the ORR authorisation and Beacon give 125 mph, seats: 402 (The i Paper, 2021, and Wikipedia); Beacon gives a 'passenger capacity' of 400, built: bodyshells made at Hitachi's Kasado works in Japan (Wikipedia; Lumo says only 'from Japan'), car lengths: not published for the Class 803 (the 802's are 26.06 m and 26.0 m)