West Coast Main Line
High Speed Trains

West Coast Main Line

Section Title: High Speed Trains
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Class	Image	Type	Cars per set	Top speed	Number	Operator	Routes	Built

mph	km/h

Class 43 HST InterCity 125	-	Diesel locomotive	2 x 7	125	200	42	CrossCountry	XC: Birmingham New Street to: York, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen, Bristol, Exeter, Paignton, Plymouth and Penzance LNER: Glasgow Central to: Edinburgh, Newcastle, York and London King's Cross	1976-82

Mark 3 Coach	IC125@40 - TS 42210 at York.JPG	Passenger coach	170	1975-88

Class 91 Intercity 225	Kings Cross - LNER 91125 ecs.JPG	Electric locomotive	2 x 9	140	225	31	London North Eastern Railway	Glasgow Central to: Edinburgh, Newcastle, York and London King's Cross	1988—91

Mark 4 carriage	-	Passenger coach	302	1988-91

Driving Van Trailer	Kings Cross - LNER 82202 rear of ecs.JPG	Driving Van Trailer	31	1988-91

Class 220 Voyager	-	DEMU	4	125	200	34	CrossCountry	Glasgow Central to: Newcastle, Edinburgh and Leeds via the ECML. Birmingham New Street to: Coventry, Oxford, Reading, Southampton and Bournemouth, Manchester, Bristol, Exeter, Paignton, Plymouth and Penzance	2000-01

Class 221 SuperVoyager	-	DEMU	5	125	200	20	Virgin Trains	VT: Services between London Euston to: North Wales, Chester, Shrewsbury, Blackpool, Chester, Edinburgh and Glasgow Central.	2001–2002

Swindon - CrossCountry 221133 Penzance service.JPG	22	CrossCountry	XC: Glasgow Central to: Newcastle, Edinburgh and Leeds via the ECML. Birmingham New Street to: Coventry, Oxford, Reading, Southampton and Bournemouth, Manchester, Bristol, Exeter, Paignton, Plymouth and Penzance.

Class 390 Pendolino	-	EMU	9 or 11	140 (limited to 125)	225 (limited to 200)	56	Virgin Trains	Services from London Euston to Manchester, Liverpool, West Midlands, Glasgow and Edinburgh. Selected Glasgow Central/Edinburgh services to Birmingham New Street	2001–2004 2009–2012

Sentence(s)

Electrification of the Edinburgh branch was carried out in the late 1980s to allow InterCity 225 to access Glasgow.

final_sentence: Electrification of the Edinburgh branch was carried out in the late 1980s to allow InterCity 225 to access Glasgow.