Class 801 Azuma
The Class 801 Azuma is an electric unit from the UK in Train Sim World. It comes with 3 routes, and another DLC brings it to 1 more.
Picture: on Airedale & Wharfedale Network: Leeds & Bradford - Skipton & Ilkley, Dovetail Games.
Where you can drive it
Comes with
- Airedale & Wharfedale Network: Leeds & Bradford - Skipton & Ilkley
- East Coast Main Line: Peterborough - Doncaster
- East Coast Main Line: London King's Cross - Peterborough
With another DLC
Own the route and one of the DLCs named after it, and you can drive it there.
In the game
Names in Dovetail's lists: BR Class 801, Class 801 LNER, BR Class 801 (LNER Azuma).
In these DLCs: Airedale & Wharfedale Network: Leeds & Bradford - Skipton & Ilkley, East Coast Main Line: Peterborough - Doncaster, East Coast Main Line: London King's Cross - Peterborough.
The real thing
The Azuma, an electric multiple unit built by Hitachi Rail at Newton Aycliffe for London North Eastern Railway. Ordered under the Intercity Express Programme, it has run on the East Coast Main Line since 16 September 2019.
- Built by: Hitachi Rail (Wikipedia)
- Built: 2017–2020 (Wikipedia)
- Number built: 12 × 801/1, 30 × 801/2 (Wikipedia)
- Operators: London North Eastern Railway (Wikipedia)
- Top speed: 200 km/h (124 mph) (Wikipedia)
- Power: Engine: 560 kW (751 hp), Electric: 226 kW (303 hp) per motor (Wikipedia)
- Wheel arrangement: 5-car units: 2′2′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′, 9-car units: 2′2′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′+Bo′Bo′+Bo′Bo′+2′2′ (Wikipedia)
- Formation: 5 cars per 801/1 unit: DPTS-MS-MS-MC-DPTF, 9 cars per 801/2 unit: DPTS-MS-MS-TS-MS-TS-MC-MF-DPTF (Wikipedia)
- Safety systems: AWS, ETCS, TPWS (Wikipedia)
Photo: Samson Ng . D201@EAL, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
From the English Wikipedia article British Rail Class 801 and Wikidata.
Sources. Dovetail's public DLC database and Steam store pages; English Wikipedia and Wikidata for the real train.