InterCity East Coast

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InterCity East Coast was a British Rail sector brand that operated long-distance high-speed passenger services on the East Coast Main Line before rail privatization.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Rail sector brand
passenger rail service brand
brandingFocus high-speed services on the East Coast Main Line
country United Kingdom
dissolutionReason privatization of British Rail
dissolved 1990s
electrification 25 kV AC overhead line
introduced 1980s
locomotiveClassUsed British Rail Class 43
British Rail Class 91
majorTerminus Aberdeen railway station
Bradford Forster Square railway station
Edinburgh Waverley railway station
linked to: Edinburgh Waverley

Glasgow Central railway station
Glasgow Queen Street railway station
Hull railway station
Inverness railway station
Leeds railway station
London King’s Cross railway station
Newcastle railway station
York railway station
operatedBy British Rail
parentOrganization British Rail InterCity sector
partOf InterCity
prePrivatisationOperatorOn East Coast Main Line
primaryMarket long-distance travel between London and Scotland
long-distance travel between London and Yorkshire and the North East
railGauge standard gauge
railwayLineUsed East Coast Main Line
rollingStockUsed InterCity 125
InterCity 225
route London King’s Cross–Aberdeen
London King’s Cross–Bradford
London King’s Cross–Edinburgh
London King’s Cross–Glasgow
London King’s Cross–Hull
London King’s Cross–Inverness
London King’s Cross–Leeds
London King’s Cross–Newcastle
sectorizationContext British Rail sectorisation era
serviceClass inter-city rail
serviceType high-speed rail service
long-distance passenger service
startPoint London King’s Cross railway station
successor GNER
Great North Eastern Railway
ticketClassOffered first class
standard class

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East Coast Main Line historicalOperator InterCity East Coast
London North Eastern Railway railFranchise InterCity East Coast
British Rail Eastern Region successor InterCity East Coast
InterCity 225 operator InterCity East Coast
InterCity sector of British Rail successor InterCity East Coast franchise
linked to: InterCity East Coast
East Coast railFranchise InterCity East Coast franchise
linked to: InterCity East Coast
Aberdeen–London Kings Cross services operatedByFranchise InterCity East Coast franchise
linked to: InterCity East Coast
London Kings Cross–Bradford Forster Square services operatedByFranchise InterCity East Coast franchise
linked to: InterCity East Coast
BR Eastern Region successor InterCity East Coast sector
linked to: InterCity East Coast
GNER franchise InterCity East Coast franchise
linked to: InterCity East Coast
Great North Eastern Railway predecessor InterCity East Coast
Great North Eastern Railway franchise InterCity East Coast franchise
linked to: InterCity East Coast