On track: Final tests for new East Coast high-speed trainspublished at 09:54 British Summer Time 14 May 2019
A fleet of high speed trains for the East Coast Main Line will be put through their final tests today before carrying their first passengers later this week.
It's claimed the Azumas, built by Hitachi, the same firm which made Japan's Bullet Train, will speed up journeys to London.
Rail company LNER says it will offer extra services to Harrogate, Hull, Leeds, Bradford and Huddersfield as a result of the introduction of the 65 new trains.
The new trains are set to begin operating on the East Coast Main Line five months later than planned.
Plans to introduce the trains in December were abandoned after the electric-diesel locomotives were found to interfere with trackside signalling equipment.