InterCity 125

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

The InterCity 125 is 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when it was recorded at an absolute maximum speed of 148 mph (238 km/h) during 1987.^[1]^[2] From 2017, most have been replaced by the British Rail Class 800.^[3]

Gallery

A HST on a London to Penzance service in the 1970s in BR Blue livery
A BR HST set near Chesterfield
A East Midlands Trains liveried HST in Leicester
A East Coast HST at Grahamston in Scotland

InterCity 125 Media

The Blue Pullmans, which were in service between 1960 and 1973, are often seen as forerunners of the HSTs.
Class 252 prototype HST at Weston-super-Mare in 1975
An InterCity 125 about to depart Manchester Piccadilly in 1986
The cab fronts of three HSTs at London King's Cross in 1981
A HST set in the later InterCity livery at Leamington Spa in 1992
InterCity 125 at King's Cross in 1988
First Great Western HST passing Old Oak Common Train Maintenance Depot
43002 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.
Highland Chieftain InterCity 125 arriving at Haymarket
GNER liveried InterCity 125 departing King's Cross