LNER kicks off S&DR 200 celebrations with ‘Darlington’ Azuma

LNER officially launched its Railway 200 celebrations on January 14, unveiling a Class 801 Azuma in a unique livery to mark Darlington’s contribution to 200 years of rail travel. In a similar style to LNER’s other recent named trains, nine-car Hitachi electric multiple unit 801207 now carries large ‘Darlington’ graphics along the sides of the driving cars, as well as ‘Railway 200’ branding. As the primary East Coast Main Line operator, LNER can lay claim to be a distant descendant of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, which was absorbed into the North Eastern Railway and from 1923 became part of the original London & North Eastern Railway. LNER Managing Director David Horne told RAIL: “So much of the railway’s story began in the North East - not only the Stockton…

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