The InterCity 225 is an electric push-pull high speed train in the United Kingdom, comprising a Class 91 electric locomotive, nine Mark 4 coaches and a Driving Van Trailer (DVT). The Class 91 locomotives were built by British Rail Engineering Limited's Crewe Works as a spin-off from the Advanced Passenger Train project,[3][4] which was abandoned during the 1980s, whilst the coaches and DVT were constructed by Metro-Cammell in Birmingham and Breda (under sub-contract) in Italy, again borrowing heavily from the Advanced Passenger Train. The trains were designed to operate at up to 140 mph (225 km/h) in regular service, but are limited to 125 mph (200 km/h) principally due to a lack of cab signalling and the limitations of the current overhead line equipment. They were introduced into service between 1989 and 1991 for intercity services on the East Coast Main Line (ECML) from London King's Cross to Leeds, York and Edinburgh.
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for intercity services on the East Coast Main Line (ECML) from London King's Cross to Leeds, York and Edinburgh. The origin of the InterCity225 is closely...
livery, based on the traditional British Rail-era Intercity styling, on one of its remaining InterCity225 sets. In November 2023, LNER announced an order...
The Class 91s were given the auxiliary name of InterCity225 to indicate their envisaged top speed of 225 km/h (140 mph); they were also referred to as...
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...
Class 85. It was selected over numerous rival proposals, including the InterCity225 and the Class 89; the type was manufactured by BREL at Crewe Works between...
before hand and was being served by the newest intercity stock in British Rail's inventory, the InterCity225; the line also had a well-established reputation...
Selby, North Yorkshire, England, on the morning of 28 February 2001. An InterCity225 passenger train operated by Great North Eastern Railway (GNER) travelling...
on the Intercity lines. The British Government have named their project to replace the InterCity 125 as well as InterCity225 as the Intercity Express...
Intercity or Inter-city may refer to: Inter-city rail services InterCity, a general term for certain long-distance passenger services throughout Europe...
801 variant, as part of the Intercity Express Programme (IEP) to procure replacements for the InterCity 125 and InterCity225 fleets of high speed trains...
in the United Kingdom to procure new trains to replace the InterCity 125 and InterCity225 fleets on the East Coast Main Line and Great Western Main Line...
specifically developed to work with the new Mark 4 carriages of the InterCity225 on the East Coast Mainline while the Mark 3 DVT was built to work with...
the Mark 4 coaching stock to form InterCity225 sets – so called because the Class 91 locomotives had a top speed of 225 km/h (140 mph). Upon the completion...
inception the franchise inherited and operated a fleet of InterCity 125 and InterCity225 trains. These were refurbished with new interiors in the mid-2000s...
(230 km/h) in a test run. In the 1980s, the line was electrified and InterCity225 trains introduced. These have in turn been largely replaced by Class...
from GNER a fleet of InterCity 125 High Speed Train sets made up of Class 43 power cars and Mark 3 carriages, and InterCity225 sets made up of Class...
East Coast, comprising InterCity 125 High Speed Train sets made up of Class 43 power cars and Mark 3 carriages, and InterCity225 sets made up of Class...
British Rail Mark 4 is a class of passenger carriages built for use in InterCity225 sets on the East Coast Main Line between King's Cross, Leeds and Edinburgh...
power couplings running between them. That project was later retitled InterCity225 (IC225), perhaps to distance it from the bad publicity surrounding the...
Running to Time, about the new InterCity225; the National Express Coaches Rapide service; the project team of the Intercity225, with project director Mike...
control car; this is not to be confused with DVTs, such as those in InterCity225 sets. Fourteen such vehicles, numbered 9701 to 9714, were converted...
were only cosmetically different from the units planned by NSE. * The InterCity225 is not a multiple unit: sets are made up of a single Class 91 electric...
Government's Intercity Express Programme, the Class 801 units were to be built as replacements for the InterCity 125 and InterCity225 sets which were...
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