An order worth £250 million was placed with Hitachi Europe for 28 high-speed ‘A-trains’ in 2004. A twenty-ninth train was later added to the agreement in order to provide additional capacity. The first train was delivered from Japan to Southampton Docks on 23 August 2007. It was then hauled to Ashford in Kent for acceptance testing by Serco. Three more trains were delivered in 2007, with the remainder of the fleet in 2008–2009. The final unit arrived in Southampton on 17 August 2009. The first of the trains to be delivered was present at the official opening of High Speed 1 and St Pancras station on 6 November 2007.
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| - An order worth £250 million was placed with Hitachi Europe for 28 high-speed ‘A-trains’ in 2004. A twenty-ninth train was later added to the agreement in order to provide additional capacity. The first train was delivered from Japan to Southampton Docks on 23 August 2007. It was then hauled to Ashford in Kent for acceptance testing by Serco. Three more trains were delivered in 2007, with the remainder of the fleet in 2008–2009. The final unit arrived in Southampton on 17 August 2009. The first of the trains to be delivered was present at the official opening of High Speed 1 and St Pancras station on 6 November 2007.
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| - An order worth £250 million was placed with Hitachi Europe for 28 high-speed ‘A-trains’ in 2004. A twenty-ninth train was later added to the agreement in order to provide additional capacity. The first train was delivered from Japan to Southampton Docks on 23 August 2007. It was then hauled to Ashford in Kent for acceptance testing by Serco. Three more trains were delivered in 2007, with the remainder of the fleet in 2008–2009. The final unit arrived in Southampton on 17 August 2009. The first of the trains to be delivered was present at the official opening of High Speed 1 and St Pancras station on 6 November 2007.
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