Rail — rolling stock & vehicles
Rail — rolling stock & vehiclesFleet programme
Hitachi Class 385 AT200 Fleet (ScotRail)
Scotland, UK · 2017–2019 (delivery) · £475m (total investment in new electric fleet)
The judgement call
Account-gated at launch* Significant investment by the Scottish Government in modern, zero-emission rolling stock. * ORR review into cracking issues highlighted the importance of design and manufacturing quality control.
Key engineering challenges
* Addressing initial delivery delays and fault-free running requirements. * Investigation and rectification of cracking issues in critical components (e.g., lifting points). * Integration with existing electrification infrastructure.
Project facts
- Client / owner
- ScotRail (Transport Scotland)
- Lead contractor
- Hitachi Rail Europe
- Lead designers
- Hitachi Rail Europe
- Project type
- Vehicle/fleet programme
- Scale
- 70 trainsets (46 x 3-car, 24 x 4-car); 234 vehicles
- Disciplines
- Mechanical; Electrical; Systems
- Standards & frameworks
- RSSB; Network Rail standards
Sources: * British Rail Class 385 (Wikipedia) * Hitachi Rail (hitachirail.com) * Rail Engineer (railengineer.co.uk) * Office of Rail and Road (ORR) reports * ScotRail News (scotrail.co.uk)