The British Rail Class 91 is an electric locomotive built by British Rail Engineering Limited in the late 1980s for express passenger services on the East Coast Main Line between London and Scotland. Paired with a matching rake of Mark 4 carriages and a streamlined Driving Van Trailer at the opposite end, the combination was marketed as InterCity 225, a name reflecting its designed top speed of 225 kilometers per hour, roughly 140 miles per hour. The Class 91 and its InterCity 225 formation became one of the defining images of British long-distance rail travel through the 1990s and 2000s before gradual replacement by newer high-speed rolling stock.
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SignificanceGiven the auxiliary name InterCity 225 for its envisaged top speed of 225 km/h (140 mph) 1 Manufacturer or Builder In the Other Atlases
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Sources
1. British Rail Class 91, Wikipedia
Post-introduction developments section, sentence on first passenger service
The first passenger service to be operated by a Class 91 locomotive was the 17:36 King's Cross to Peterborough on 3 March 1989.
Infobox, Builder field
BREL Crewe Works
Opening paragraph, sentence on the InterCity 225 name
The Class 91s were given the auxiliary name of InterCity 225 to indicate their envisaged top speed of 225 km/h (140 mph)
In Group: Intercity Trainsets of Britain and the United States, Lead sentence
The British Rail Class 91 Electra is a high-speed electric locomotive, which produces power of 4,830 kW (6,480 hp); it was ordered as a component of the East Coast Main Line modernisation and electrification programme of the late 1980s.
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