Rail passengers

Learning the lessons: ORR review into Hitachi Class 800 series and Class 385 cracking issue

7 April 2022
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ORR immediately launched a review of both the passenger and safety impact following Hitachi Rail Class 800 series trains withdrawn from service for safety checks on Great Western Railway, London North Eastern Railway, TransPennine Express and Hull Trains, along with cracks being separately discovered after examination on ScotRail’s Class 385 and Southeastern’s Class 395 trains in May 2021.

Safety bodies

28 March 2022
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As the safety and economic regulator of the rail industry and Highways England’s monitor, we work with the following safety bodies.