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==== United Kingdom ==== A retired [[0 Series Shinkansen]] power car was donated to the [[National Railway Museum]], in 2000. This is one of only two Shinkansen on display in a museum outside of Japan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shinkansen: High-speed revolution |url=https://www.railwaymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/shinkansen-high-speed-revolution |website=National Railway Museum}}</ref> The [[British Rail Class 395|Class 395]], part of the [[Hitachi A-Train|A-Train]] family of rolling stock, incorporates technology from the [[400 Series Shinkansen]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Hitachi preferred for CTRL domestic trains |url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view//hitachi-preferred-for-ctrl-domestic-trains.html |access-date=18 July 2009 |work=Railway Gazette International |publisher=DVV Media International |date=1 December 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004195758/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/hitachi-preferred-for-ctrl-domestic-trains.html |archive-date=4 October 2012 |location=Sutton }}</ref> Twenty nine EMUs were ordered from Hitachi for commuter services on the [[High Speed 1]] line and entered service in June 2009, operating at a maximum speed of 140 mph (225 km/h).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sent from Kent with a real team effort |url=https://www.railmagazine.com/trains/current-trains/sent-from-kent-with-a-real-team-effort |access-date=11 October 2024 |website=www.railmagazine.com |language=en}}</ref> [[British Rail Class 800|Class 800]] eighty bi-mode trains were built by Hitachi for [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]] and [[London North Eastern Railway]], they operate at a maximum speed of 125 mph (200 km/h).<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Our new Azuma trains |url=https://www.lner.co.uk/the-east-coast-experience/azuma-trains/azuma-is-here/ |access-date=1 March 2023 |website=www.lner.co.uk |language=en |archive-date=21 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721050607/https://www.lner.co.uk/the-east-coast-experience/azuma-trains/azuma-is-here/ }}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=Citation makes no reference to Shinkansen technology.|date=October 2024}} [[British Rail Class 801|Class 801]] forty two EMUs were built by Hitachi for [[London North Eastern Railway]], branded as the ''Azuma'', they operate at a maximum speed of 125 mph (200 km/h).<ref name=":3" />{{Better source needed|reason=Citation makes no reference to Shinkansen technology.|date=October 2024}} Hitachi have continued to build [[Hitachi A-train]] family trains for [[Train operating company|railway operators]] in the United Kingdom. This has included deliveries of [[British Rail Class 802|Class 802]], [[British Rail Class 803|Class 803]], [[British Rail Class 805|Class 805]], and [[British Rail Class 807|Class 807]] trains to operators such as [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]], [[TransPennine Express]], and [[Avanti West Coast]]. It is expected that from early 2025, [[East Midlands Railway]]s will deploy new [[British Rail Class 810|Class 810]] trains into service.<ref name="RailwaysIllustrated254">{{cite magazine|title=East Midlands Railway reveals the interior looks of its new Aurora train fleet|department=News|magazine= [[Railways Illustrated]] |issue=254|date=April 2024|page=7}}</ref>
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