A nine-carriage Hitachi 800/801 will carry 627 people - 18% more than the InterCity 125. During morning rush hour there will be 28% more seats going into King's Cross on the East Coast main line and 40% going into Paddington on the Great Western main line, the DfT says. Average journey times will be cut by "up to 15 minutes" on routes from London to cities such as Cardiff, Swansea, Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle and Edinburgh.
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