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With sectorisation of British Rail in 1982 most long haul services became consolidated in the InterCity division which retained the brand. InterCity became profitable and one of Britain's top 150 companies, providing city centre to city centre travel across the nation from Aberdeen and Inverness in the north to Poole and Penzance in the south.
In 1966 the brand name Inter-city was introduced by British Rail. The hyphen was later dropped. [6] InterCity ran trains from London to South West England, Wales, the West Midlands, the East Midlands, North West England, Yorkshire and the Humber, North East England, Scotland and East of England.
Sector of British Rail Franchise Pre-grouping company Original privatised operator Current operator(s) InterCity Caledonian Sleeper N/A ScotRail: Caledonian Sleeper: East Midlands Midland Railway: Midland Mainline: East Midlands Railway: Greater Western: Great Western Railway Great Western Trains Great Western Railway: InterCity East Coast ...
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.
High-speed inter-city rail (above 124 mph or 200 km/h) was first introduced in Great Britain in the 1970s by British Rail. BR had pursued two development projects in parallel, the development of a tilting train technology, the Advanced Passenger Train (APT), and development of a conventional high-speed diesel train, the High Speed Train (HST).
British Rail Class 93 is the traction classification assigned to the electric locomotives that were to enter service as part of British Rail (BR)'s InterCity 250 project on the West Coast Main Line (WCML).
InterCity East Coast is a railway franchise for passenger trains on the East Coast Main Line in the United Kingdom from London King's Cross to Hull, Leeds, Bradford, Harrogate, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness and Aberdeen. It was formed during the privatisation of British Rail and transferred to the private sector in April 1996.
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.