When are the Class 43s (Intercity 125) sets being fully retired So i am a Singaporean planning to visit UK in December 2027 and plan to ride the intercity 125 or 225 sets operated by Scotrail or LNER I would like to know so i wont be met with disappointment in my hotel room
2026 Intercity Charters | Page 2 | RailUK Forums The InterCity stock was used today by UK Railtours I see, although intercity themselves aren't using the set And I'd like to see the Scottish push-pull set out again
Are Intercity fast and Regional stopping services better or worse when . . . Both typically use 'intercity' style stock (67 + mk4s IETS), both often run fast or semifast on parts of the route (between Shrewsbury and Manchester and between Cardiff and Swansea through suburban Bristol and south of Exeter), and both provide the main service between certain cities (Manchester, Newport, Cardiff, Swansea and
InterCity in the SouthEast during the 1980s - RailUK Forums The question I have is that there seem to be direct InterCity trains from Brighton and the Kent Coast (specifically Canterbury) to London I know of the cross-country routes, at least I used to take the class 47 hauled Intercity trains from Brighton to Reading in the early 90s and also the Gatwick Express (73 hauled) I also did find a picture of a 47 + Intercity stock at Canterbury East, but
Vertical InterCity tickets in the 1980s - RailUK Forums I also recall that for a time in the early to mid 1980s, InterCity tickets were sometimes issued on ticket stock with the same red orange border still found on standard credit card-sized ticket (CCST) stock today but in a vertical (i e portrait) format as opposed to the more usual horizontal or landscape CCST format
What makes an InterCity class train? - RailUK Forums To me, an "InterCity" train is precisely that - it's one that stops only at massive population centres A "regional express" would be one that stops at larger towns, whereas a "commuter train" would be one that stops at every single station Coaching stock doesn't matter - it is purely the stopping pattern that defines which name it is That's just my opinion though I don't think I've ever
2026 Intercity Charters - RailUK Forums Intercity have run many successful tours, that worked That isn't true They have run a handful of successful tours over about 4 or 5 years and run a few others that couldn't possibly be described as successful from a revenue perspective
InterCity liveried 37s (what routes they were used on) Depends on what you term as "Intercity" A few 37 4 were painted in mainline livery which was the standard "mixed traffic" livery from 1988 They were used everywhere from the highlands to Cornwall on freight and passenger The first true Intercity (swallow with white bottom) 37s were the ones painted for use in pairs on the Inverness and Aberdeen sleepers to replace the 47 6 circa 1992 Edit