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The ''InterCity 225'' is an electric high speed train in the United Kingdom, comprising a Class 91 electric locomotive, nine Mark 4 coaches and a Driving Van Trailer. The Class 91 locomotives were built by BREL at Crewe works as a spin-off from the Advanced Passenger Train project, which was abandoned during the 1980s, whilst the coaches and DVT were constructed by Metro-Cammell in Birmingham and Breda (under sub-contract) in Italy — again borrowing heavily from the Advanced Passenger Train. The trains were designed to operate at up to in regular service, but are limited to due to a lack of cab signalling and the limitations of the current overhead line equipment (OLE). They are used on services from to , , , , , , and . ==Service history== The InterCity 225 entered service with British Rail on the East Coast Main Line in 1990. The units also operate on a small section of the West Coast Main Line between Glasgow and Carstairs. In 1996, as part of the privatisation of British Rail, all InterCity 225s were sold to Eversholt Rail Group, which currently leases them to Virgin Trains East Coast. The InterCity 225 has a top service speed of ; during a test run on Stoke Bank between Peterborough and Grantham an Intercity 225 reached . However, except on High Speed 1, which is equipped with cab signalling, British signalling does not allow trains to exceed in regular service, due to the impracticality of correctly observing lineside signals at high speed. The Advanced Passenger Train of the early 1980s used a new hydrokinetic braking system to allow it to brake from within existing signalling distances. It is believed that the InterCity 225 project was originally to be called APT-U, but this name was dropped after older APT-P trains were not considered a success and that APT branding would tarnish the reputation of the new High Speed Train. Between 2001 and April 2006, HSBC Rail (IC225 owner, now Eversholt Rail Group) initiated and funded with support from GNER and Bombardier Transportation and Alstom and others a complete rebuilding and refurbishment programme for both the Class 91 and Mark 4 coaches, called ''Project Mallard''. See ''British Rail Mark 4'' for more details. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「InterCity 225」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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