{"id":44790,"date":"2024-05-15T15:37:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T05:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=44790"},"modified":"2024-05-15T15:37:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T05:37:21","slug":"lner-azuma-trains-circle-the-earth-2000-times-in-five-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=44790","title":{"rendered":"LNER Azuma trains circle the earth 2,000 times in five years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lner.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LNER<\/a> has celebrated five years since its world-class Azuma trains entered service across its East Coast route between the Scottish Highlands, Yorkshire and London King\u2019s Cross.<\/p>\n<p>Azuma services launched on 15th May 2019 with the inaugural journey from London King\u2019s Cross to Leeds. Since then, tens of millions of customers have travelled on the trains which continue to set new, higher standards in comfort, reliability and customer experience.<\/p>\n<p>During the five years, LNER\u2019s fleet of 65 Azuma trains have clocked up more than 58-million miles \u2013 equivalent to travelling the circumference of Earth over 2,000 times. LNER\u2019s annual carbon emissions from its train services have reduced by over half \u2013 51 per cent, while annual diesel consumption has reduced by more than 25 million litres \u2013 an 84 per cent reduction.<\/p>\n<p>LNER has introduced several named liveried trains to the fleet. The first, named \u2018Century\u2019, celebrates LNER\u2019s people and pioneering approach, marking the centenary of the LNER brand in 2023. \u2018Century\u2019 was soon joined by \u2018Together\u2019 celebrating LNER\u2019s support of Pride activities on its route, and \u2018You Belong\u2019 which marked the train operator\u2019s five-year partnership with suicide prevention charity Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM). The latest named train \u2018Eleanor\u2019, inspired by LNER\u2019s new advertising campaign and mascot, launched earlier this year. All the special liveried trains are proving popular, capturing the attention of customers \u2013 young and old \u2013 as they travel the route.<\/p>\n<p>Linda Wain, Engineering Director at LNER, said: \u201cThe launch of Azuma five years ago was a monumental milestone for LNER, and a monumental moment for rail travel and rail engineering. Our Azuma trains are one of the most sustainable ways to travel. We are proud to have taken tens of millions of passengers to their destinations over the last five years. Whether their journey is for business, a trip to see friends and family, a holiday, or a day trip to remember, we help connect our towns, cities, and communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe continue to work closely with our maintainer, Hitachi, to ensure our customers enjoy the best possible experience while travelling onboard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Customers will also be able to join the celebrations with special limited-edition packs of birthday jellybeans being shared onboard on 15th May 2024 to mark the occasion.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LNER has celebrated five years since its world-class Azuma trains entered service across its East Coast route between the Scottish Highlands, Yorkshire and London King\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":44791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[7,11],"class_list":["post-44790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rail-news","tag-transport","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/44791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}