最後選擇最平最實用既Class 43,再加Mark 3車卡,就成為咗著名既intercity 125。
列車可以以時速125英里行走鐵路上。由於列車可靠,縱橫英國鐵路上達43年,成為深入民心既高速列車。
43年後既今日,intercity 125終於有些少變化,就同大家回顧下2017年既intercity 125
第一日係Newcastle車站見到屬於Virgin Trains既Class 43 HST,當時行走來往 London King's Cross 至蘇格蘭Inverness途經East Coast同Highland Main Lines既Highland Chieftain,亦都係英國其中一條最長既火車路線,路線長達935公里,行車時間大約8小時
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Highland Chieftain都停得比較多大站,而圖中就係列車需要停既車站
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停完Newcastle,繼續北上前往蘇格蘭
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係Glasgow Central見到屬於CrossCountry既Class 43 HST
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呢日係London Paddington去Reading,事關Reading係一個大站,大部分由London開出既列車都會停Reading
月台上見到有2列HST,左邊係Class 43 43172 ''Harry Patch - last survivor of the trenches'',右邊係First 舊色Class 43
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去到Reading,個人覺得呢個站影車效果幾好,大家可以黎Reading影下火車
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過左期2年既Bristol 2015廣告
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油左GWR新色既DMU Class 166
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有部分Class 43被命名同釘上銘牌
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係月台上等等下見到特別既野-BR色Mark 2車卡
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火車一出站,原來後面仲有Anglia Railways色Mark 2車卡,而機車係Class 67 67706"Royal Sovereign"
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夜晚返到London Paddington
入晚後火車站月台又幾靚,帶有古典味道
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行程目標來了-復古色Intercity 125 Class 43 43002
為左慶祝HST四十週年,GWR分別係兩架Class 43貼上兩款Intercity 125色彩,分別係43002(Intercity 125)同43185((Intercity燕子),
而43002更以Class 43設計工程師Kenneth Grange命名為Sir Kenneth Grange
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43185
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超級經典既Intercity 125,BR標誌同Sir Kenneth Grange銘牌
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三款車身顏色聚首一堂
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影完43002,過隔月台影Night Riviera
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相信呢晚由Class 57604 ''Pendennis Castle''牽引臥舖列車Mark 3車卡前往Penzance
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第二日去London King Cross坐火車番Newcastle
Virgin Trains Class 43 HST
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坐Grand Cenrtal Class 43 HST番Newcastle,呢間公司同其他公司Class 43最大分別係車頭裝有緩衝器
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一踏入Grand Cenrtal Mark 3車卡,忽然好有懷舊feel
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車廂燈
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覺得廁所燈好有80年代feel
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踏入投入服務第44年,Class 43 HST開始有點大改動
GWR-因購入由日本日立生產既British Rail Class 800陸續投入服務,原本行走Great Western Main Line既Class 43被換走.
有部分Class 43 HST調往First Group 旗下既Hull Train服務,4/5卡為一組
Abellio ScotRail-GWR 撤出West Coast Main Line後,大部分HST賣往ScotRail行走來往Aberdeen至Glasgow ,Inverness同Edinburgh既非電氣化路線.而ScotRail將HST行走既路線包裝為Inter7City
Grand Central: 接收來自GWR既 Class 180,公司將全部3組Class 43 HST賣去East Midlands Trains
East Midlands Trains:專營權今個月到期,由 Abellio旗下既East Midlands Railway接手營運
Virgin Trains East Coast:因 East Coast Main Line嚴重虧損,Virgin Trains提前向政府解約.之後無公司願意接手情況下,最後由國家接手營運,新公司叫London North Eastern Railway
下一集.亦都係最後一集:同大家坐下英國首個輕鐵系統,輕軌同重鐵混合體-Tyne and Wear Metro