A High Speed Train power car in Intercity livery

InterCity was the sector of British Rail responsible for long-distance express trains. It was also responsible for Motorail. From http://www. ... From http://www. ... This Virgin Trains High Speed Train is shown here running along the Dawlish sea-front. ... Logo of British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ... Inter-city rail services are train services which cover larger distances than commuter trains. ... Motorail van, NVA 96603 at Penzance on 29th August 2003. ...

InterCity was separated into divisions; East Coast, West Coast, Cross Country, Great Western, Great Eastern, Gatwick Express and Midland.

InterCity operated High Speed Trains, and InterCity 225 and various other loco-hauled trains. This Virgin Trains High Speed Train is shown here running along the Dawlish sea-front. ... The InterCity 225 is the fastest domestic train in the United Kingdom, comprising of a Class 91 electric locomotive, nine Mark IV coaches and a Driving Van Trailer. ...

The InterCity livery consisted of dark grey on white with a red stripe. There were several variations:

• Executive - introduced in 1984, based on the APT-P livery. It consisted of a dark grey upper body, an off-white lower body, and horizontal red and white below-window bodyside stripes. On HSTs half-yellow front ends wrapped around the lower cab ends. InterCity branding was on upper grey body, with white numbers carried on the upper (grey) cabside.
• ScotRail - as Executive livery, but with red stripe replaced by a light blue stripe, and ScotRail branding.
• Mainline - introduced in 1988. As Executive livery but minus the brandings and with full-yellow front ends.
• Swallow - final version, introduced in 1989. As Mainline livery but with white lower body, half-yellow front end, InterCity branding and Swallow logo on upper grey bodyside, and black lower cabside numbers.

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On the privatisation of British Rail, InterCity trains were operated by Anglia Railways (later 'One'), Great Western Trains (later First Great Western), Virgin Trains (West Coast and Cross Country franchises), Midland Mainline, Gatwick Express and GNER. The privatisation of British Rail was the result of the Railways Act 1993 introduced by John Majors Conservative government. ... Anglia Railways was a British Train Operating Company, owned by GB Railways, which between January 1997 and March 2004 operated mainline trains out of London Liverpool Street station and a number of local rail services in East Anglia. ... Mk 3B DVT no. ... See Also Ufton Nervet rail crash Categories: Stub | British railway companies ... A First Great Western Class 180 Adelante train stops at Bath Spa on its way to London Paddington. ... Virgin Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the Train Operating Company Midland Mainline. ... For the ongoing situation, please see 7 July 2005 London bombings Class 460 train at London Victoria. ... GNER White Rose train at Kings Cross railway station Great North Eastern Railways (GNER) is a British train operating company (TOC) owned by Sea Containers Ltd. ...