InterCity 125

Major power and access upgrades for Doncaster

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Sam Hewitt

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30th September 2019

Network Rail is installing a new electricity sub-station in Doncaster to deliver more power and greater reliability for East Coast Main Line (ECML) electric services. The new sub-station should be commissioned in October, allowing LNER to increase its use of electric Intercity Express Trains (IETs) in time for the introduction of the new higher-frequency timetable…
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‘Azuma’ makes Scottish debut as LNER ponders extra trains

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Sam Hewitt

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7th September 2019

By Ben Jones LNER introduced its first Anglo-Scottish ‘Azuma’ diagram on August 1, with more services expected to move over to the new trains in mid-September. LNER’s daily 06.48 service from Glasgow Central-King’s Cross and 15.30 return will also switch to the new trains from September 23. Class 800 IETs are currently restricted to one…
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GWR InterCity 125s bow out in style

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Sam Hewitt

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6th August 2019

GREAT Western Railway said farewell to long-distance InterCity 125 operation on June 1 with an epic railtour visiting many parts of the GWR network. The first and last production HST power cars – Nos. 43002 Sir Kenneth Grange and 43198 – powered standard eight-car set LA72 on an itinerary embracing Bristol, Paddington, Oxford, Hereford, Carmarthen and…
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July start for King’s Cross ‘throat’ remodelling work

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Sam Hewitt

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1st July 2019

WEEKEND part-closures on July 13-14 and August 24-26 will mark the start of Network Rail’s £237million scheme to renew and remodel the station throat at London King’s Cross. Over the coming months, life-expired trackwork, overhead line equipment (OHLE) and signalling, dating from the last remodelling in the 1970s, will gradually be replaced over the first…
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Paddington hosts HST farewell

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Sam Hewitt

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12th June 2019

After almost 44 years of sterling service, the InterCity 125 – which transformed long-distance travel for British Rail – has ended its association with London Paddington.
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End of the line for Old Oak Common HST depot

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Sam Hewitt

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31st December 2018

REDUCTION of the use of HST trains by GWR and the need to redevelop parts of Old Oak Common has brought the curtain down on the west London depot’s long association with the InterCity 125. The workshops and loco depot, affectionately known as ‘The Factory’, was demolished several years ago as parts of the site…
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