page_title: British Rail Mark 4
section_title: Project Mallard
hierarchical_section_title: British Rail Mark 4 / Project Mallard
caption_attribution_description: English: The interior of Standard Class aboard a GNER 'Project Mallard' refurbished Mark 4 TSO
context_page_description: British Rail's fourth design of passenger carriages was designated Mark 4, built for use in InterCity 225 sets on the East Coast Main Line between King's Cross, Leeds, Newcastle and Edinburgh.
  As of July 2020, 19 Mark 4s have been scrapped, 144 are still in service, and 139 are in storage.
context_section_description: Between October 2003 and November 2005, Bombardier Transportation, under contract from GNER, rebuilt and refurbished the carriages under Project Mallard. Trains with rebuilt coaches became known as Mallards to distinguish them from unrefurbished sets during the upgrade programme, named after the Mallard steam locomotive, built in the 1930s by the London & North Eastern Railway and holder of the world speed record for steam locomotives.
  The Mallard refit gave the coaches all-new interiors with new seats, carpeting and power points at every seat. The vestibule areas lost their flip-down seats near the entrances with perch-type seats being put in their place. The buffet coach was turned around with first class seating converted to standard. Wheelchair-width doors were fitted and the seating capacity was increased by fitting airline-style seats in place of the previous groupings of pairs of seats facing each other across a table.
  Additionally GNER introduced WiFi Internet connectivity as a trial from December 2003 and into service from April 2004, making it the first service of its kind in the United Kingdom. Prior to National Express East Coast (NXEC) taking over the franchise in December 2007, WiFi was free in first class and chargeable in standard class; under the new NXEC franchise access it became free for all passengers. In October 2010, under East Coast operation, charges for standard class passengers were reintroduced.
  All were revinyled in East Coast livery with the last completed in April 2013. They were revinyled in Virgin Trains East Coast livery in 2015. In February 2016, a refurbishment program called Plush Tush, commenced with new seat covers, carpets and purple mood lighting in First Class.
caption: The interior of Standard Class aboard a GNER 'Project Mallard' refurbished Mark 4 TSO vehicle
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