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The InterCity 125 (originally Inter-City 125) or High Speed Train (HST) is a diesel-powered high-speed passenger train built by British Rail Engineering Limited between 1975 and 1982. A total of 95 sets were produced, each comprising two Class 43 power cars, one at each end, and a rake of seven or eight Mark 3 coaches. The name is derived from ...
A BR HST set in original InterCity 125 Yellow and Blue livery The Large Logo livery on Class 50 (no. 50035) The first break in the uniformity of Rail Blue came in 1976, with the introduction of the first InterCity 125 (HST).
The "125" referred to the trains' top speed in miles per hour (mph), equivalent to 201 km/h, whereas "225" referred to the intended top speed in km/h (equivalent to 140 mph) and for signalling reasons their actual speed limit was the same 125 mph. [5] InterCity 250 was the name given by InterCity to the proposed upgrade of the West Coast Main ...
Class 43 (HST) is the TOPS classification used for the power cars of British Rail's InterCity 125 High Speed Train.The power cars were built by British Rail Engineering Limited between 1975 and 1982, and have been in service in the UK since 1976.
At the event, power car 43002 (Numbered 253 001 as a Diesel Multiple Unit) was unveiled in original Intercity 125 livery, and named Sir Kenneth Grange after the Class 43's bodyshell designer. [43] On 2 October 2016, power car 43185 was unveiled in InterCity Swallow livery. [44]
English: Diesel speed record holding 125 locomotive number 43102 repainted in Intercity Swallow livery, operating on the Midland Mainline in February 2021. Taken as the train passed through Flitwick, Bedfordshire.
The first major BR sub-brand to appear was InterCity. This was augmented with the InterCity 125 brand in 1976, in conjunction with the introduction of the InterCity 125 High Speed Train . In the 1980s under sectorisation , blue livery was phased out as the organisation converted from a regional structure to being sector-based.
Class 800 in Virgin Trains East Coast livery. Although Virgin Trains East Coast had no plans of its own to introduce new rolling stock, 10 five-car and 13 nine-car Class 800 bi-mode trains and 12 five-car and 30 nine-car Class 801 EMUs were due to be introduced during VTEC's franchise term as part of the DfT-led Intercity Express Programme. [24]