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2 days ago · The InterCity 125, or High-Speed Train, was a diesel-powered passenger train built by BREL between 1975 and 1982 that was credited with saving British Rail. Each set is made up of two Class 43 power cars, one at each end and four to nine Mark 3 carriages. The name is derived from its top operational speed of 125 mph (201 km/h).
1 day ago · In 1976, British Rail introduced a high-speed service able to reach 201 km/h (125 mph) using the InterCity 125 diesel-electric trainsets under the brand name of High Speed Train (HST). It was the fastest diesel-powered train in regular service and it improved upon its 160 km/h (100 mph) forerunners in speed and acceleration.
3 days ago · HS2 is the first new intercity railway to be built north of London in over a century. Construction is well underway, employing over 28,000, including over 1,500 apprentices and 4,000 previously unemployed, and bringing together the best of British design and engineering.
4 days ago · With more passengers choosing to travel sustainably, HSR (High-Speed Rail) is often described as the transport mode of the future for many reasons. High-speed trains also play a key role in achieving regional integration and helping to create socio-economically balanced societies at global level.
2 days ago · British railway rolling stock refers to the trains used in Britain ( England, Scotland and Wales ).
May 26, 2024 · Answer: LNER. Merlin was one of the 1936 batch of A4 Pacifics, built by the LNER that spent their early life pulling high speed trains from London to Leeds and Edinburgh. (In 1938 another locomotive of this class, the 'Mallard' achieved the world speed record for steam - 126 m.p.h. between Peterborough and Spalding).
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5 days ago · Viaducts, depot sites and tunnels are taking shape at the Birmingham end of the 225 km High Speed 2 route. But doubts over completion of what was Phase I of the curtailed scheme continue to swirl. Nick Kingsley reports from Washwood Heath.
