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Jul 4, 2022 · A British Rail Inter-City train in 1991. The state-owned company led in developing some high-speed rail technologies and also instituted an electrification programme © SSPL via Getty...
The InterCity 125, otherwise known as the High-Speed Train (HST), was launched in 1976 with a service speed of 125 mph (201 km/h) and provided the first high-speed rail services in Britain. The HST was diesel-powered, and the Great Western Main Line (GWML) was the first to be modified for the new service.
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.
Document Summary. A publicity booklet for the new HST, focusing on technical details of the train. Includes schematics and cutaway diagrams. This document was published in August 1977 by British Railways Board. It was written by British Railways Board. The original document format was Colour Brochure, and comprised 20 pages.
British Rail began its new 125mph High Speed Train (HST) service today. The first London-Bristol service arrived three minutes early. The Inter-City 125 has been introduced to provide a regular...
Jan 27, 2019 · In the 1980s, British Rail refreshed the look of their HST fleet, with the introduction of InterCity ‘Executive’. It took the yellow from its predecessor, with a white, now filled-in logo, set on a dark grey base, complemented with a rake of beige and grey coaches accented with a red stripe.
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The history of rail transport in Great Britain 1923–1947 covers the period when the British railway system was run by the Big Four group of companies – the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS); the Great Western Railway (GWR); the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER); and the Southern Railway (SR). The period includes the ...
