InterCity 225

InterCity 225
LNER InterCity 225 on the East Coast Main Line
Type and origin
Power typeElectric
BuilderBREL, GEC-Alsthom, Metro-Cammell
Build date1988-1991[1]
Total produced31 nine-carriage units[2]
Specifications
Configuration:
 • UICBo′Bo′+2′2′+...+2′2′+2′2′
Length245.23 m (804 ft 7 in)
Performance figures
Maximum speed125 mph (201 km/h)
Power output6,300 horsepower (4.7 MW)
Career
Operators
DispositionIn service
Project Mallard refurbished First Class carriage

The InterCity 225 is an electric push-pull high speed train in the United Kingdom, comprising a Class 91 electric locomotive, nine Mark 4 coaches and a Driving Van Trailer (DVT). The Class 91 locomotives were built by British Rail Engineering Limited's Crewe Works as a spin-off from the Advanced Passenger Train project,[3][4] which was abandoned during the 1980s, whilst the coaches and DVT were constructed by Metro-Cammell in Birmingham and Breda (under sub-contract) in Italy, again borrowing heavily from the Advanced Passenger Train. The trains were designed to operate at up to 140 mph (225 km/h) in regular service, but are limited to 125 mph (200 km/h) principally due to a lack of cab signalling and the limitations of the current overhead line equipment. They were introduced into service between 1989 and 1991 for intercity services on the East Coast Main Line (ECML) from London King's Cross to Leeds, York and Edinburgh.

  1. ^ thejunction.org.uk, rolling stock: class 91, Retrieved on 04-07-2007
  2. ^ "Oliver Keating, The Inter-city 225, Retrieved on 04-07-2007". Archived from the original on 17 June 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2007.
  3. ^ "The Design and Development of the Class 91 Locomotive", P J Donnison and G R West, Main Line Railway Electrification Conference 1989 - Proceedings of the Institute of Electrical Engineers, 1989.
  4. ^ "The design, manufacture and assembly of the British Rail Class 91, 25 kV 225 km/h locomotive", M L Broom and G W Smart, Proceedings of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers Vol. 205, 1990.