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InterCity 125
HST Powercar 43316 at London King's Cross
Power type Diesel
Build date 1976–1982
Top speed 148 mph (238 km/h)
Disposition still in service

The InterCity 125 was the brand name of British Rail's High Speed Train (HST) fleet. The InterCity 125 train is made up of two locomotives, one at each end of a fixed formation of carriages, and is capable of 125 mph in regular service. British Rail initially used the fleet on the Great Western Main Line, on the East Coast Main Line, on the Cross Country Route and latterly on the Midland Main Line, serving destinations such as London, Bristol, Edinburgh, as far south as Penzance and as far north as Aberdeen and Inverness. The InterCity 125 took the world record for the fastest diesel-powered train, when it was recorded at an absolute maximum speed of 148 mph (238 km/h) during 1987. From 2017, some will be replaced by the British Rail Class 800.

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  • The Birmingham Pullman passing High Wycombe, geograph 4105938 by john bristow (crop)

    The Blue Pullmans which were in service between 1960 and 1973, are often seen as forerunners of the HSTs.

  • 252001 - weston s mare - 1975

    Class 252 prototype HST at Weston-super-Mare in 1975

  • Intercity 125 2169045

    An InterCity 125 about to depart Manchester Piccadilly in 1986

  • 12.04.81 Kings Cross Class 254 HSTs (5932012764)

    The cab fronts of three HST's at London King's Cross in 1981

  • HST Leamington 1992 (47778069361)

    A HST set in the later InterCity livery at Leamington Spa in 1992

  • 19880131-Paddington-HST-253035

    InterCity 125 at London Paddington in 1988

  • 43094 at Old Oak Common 2

    First Great Western HST passing Old Oak Common Train Maintenance Depot

  • W43002 Sir Kenneth Grange at Bristol Temple Meads

    43002 has received vinyls of its original InterCity 125 livery to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the IC125 and named after the man that designed them, Sir Kenneth Grange.

  • Haymarket - VTEC 43295 northbound Highland Chieftain

    Highland Chieftain InterCity 125 arriving at Haymarket

  • 43367 at Kings Cross

    GNER liveried InterCity 125 departing King's Cross

  • NXEC HST 43300 S Crozier

    National Express liveried InterCity 125 in Central Scotland on the first day of National Express East Coast operations

  • 43468 at London Kings Cross

    Grand Central InterCity 125 set departing London King's Cross with a service to Sunderland in 2011. All Grand Central Class 43 power cars had exposed front buffers due to previous use as surrogate Driving Van Trailers (DVTs).

  • 43089 and 222005 South Wingfield

    East Midlands Trains InterCity 125 passing a Class 222

  • CrossCountry-HST-BPW

    HST power car in CrossCountry livery at Bristol Parkway. CrossCountry operates these trains on its northeast–southwest services.

  • Inverkeithing - Abellio 43175-43143 (cropped)

    ScotRail HST Inter7city

  • Network Rail Measurement train , Claycross

    The New Measurement Train speeds past the site of Clay Cross railway station in Derbyshire.

  • 43116 at waverley

    An InterCity 125 with a Paxman Valenta engine. The Paxman Valenta engine produced a lot more noise and exhaust gases than its replacements.

  • First Great Western Refreshed HST B2 TF 41052 Interior

    Refurbished Mark 3 coach First Class interior (First Great Western)

  • Countrylink XPT at Sydney Central station

    A NSW TrainLink XPT at Central station, Sydney in January 2017

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