Class 385 testing

摘要

ScofRail announced on September 22 that testing of the first Hitachi Class 385 EMU was underway at the Velim test circuit in the Czech Republic, with the first trainset 'successfully meeting its design speed within weeks'. Hitachi Rail Europe is supplying a total of 70 Class 385s for ScotRail, comprising 46 three-car and 24 four-car units. The first seven are being built at the Hitachi plant at Kasado in Japan. The second trainset to be completed, a four-car unit without interior fittings, has now arrived in the UK following a five-week sea voyage to Teesport. It is due to begin testing in Scotland later this year. According to ScotRail, 'Hitachi Rail Europe has begun work on building the remainder of the Class 385 fleet at its manufacturing facility in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham'.