First Azuma in service

[InterCity:125]

does anyone know when the first Azuma will run?
Rail magazine says “Sources say the first trains will be the 0700 Hull-London King’s Cross, 1105 King’s Cross-Leeds and 1345 return, and the 1718 King’s Cross-Hull, followed by the 2028 Hull-Doncaster.”

 

[DanNCL]

does anyone know when the first Azuma will run?
Rail magazine says “Sources say the first trains will be the 0700 Hull-London King’s Cross, 1105 King’s Cross-Leeds and 1345 return, and the 1718 King’s Cross-Hull, followed by the 2028 Hull-Doncaster.”

I believe it's from the December timetable change but I'm not 100% certain.

Those services are the ones currently operated by NL65 (the HST set with East Midlands Trains branded power cars), which is believed to be the first HST going off lease, so it seems almost certain that those services will be the first ones covered by Class 800s.

 

[LNW-GW Joint]

Has this thread somehow crept into the wrong sub-forum?
There are numerous threads on Azuma and all things IEP in the domestic sections.
https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/class-800.100841/

Azuma is admittedly a foreign name, and so is Pendolino.