Delays and drips mark Great Western Railway's new train launch

First outing for Hitachi Class 800 Intercity Express gets into London from Bristol 41 minutes late, with seats roped off due to leakIt was perhaps an inevitable first outing for a train service whose development has been plagued by overspending and delay. The first Intercity Express train to carry passengers down the part-modernised Great Western Railway from Bristol arrived in London 41 minutes late, with its air-conditioning switched off, passengers standing in the aisles and rows of its ergon