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East Coast (Train Operating Company) - E

East Coast Locomotive Naming

The fleet of Class 91 locomotives inherited by East Coast has carried various names up until 2008. In 2011, in response to customer requests, East Coast resumed the practice. It began by naming 91109 as Sir Bobby Robson, unveiled in a ceremony at Newcastle station on 29 March 2011 by his widow Elsie and Alan Shearer, patron of the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation, which the company was also now a supporter of.

On 2 June 2012, 91110 was renamed Battle of Britain Memorial Flight by Carol Vorderman at the National Railway Museum as part of the Railfest 2012 Event.

On 16 February 2013, 91107 was renamed Skyfall and temporarily returned to its original 91007 number to mark the James Bond film of the same name, which featured trains extensively and became the highest-grossing film of all time in the United Kingdom.

On 14 October 2014, 91111 was unveiled to mark the 100th anniversary of World War I. The specially-designed East Coast locomotive, named For The Fallen, carries a livery filled with images, stories and tributes to regiments and people who served in them across the East Coast route.

East Coast (Train Operating Company) Overview

East Coast Franchise(s): InterCity East Coast

14 November 2009 – 28 February 2015

East Coast Main Region(s): Greater London

East of England

East Midlands

Yorkshire and the Humber

North East England

Scotland

East Coast Fleet Size: 31 Class 91 electric locomotives

30 InterCity 225 sets

14 InterCity 125 (HST) sets

East Coast Stations Called At: 53

East Coast Stations Operated: 12

East Coast Parent Company: Directly Operated Railways

East Coast Reporting Mark: GR

East Coast Predecessor: National Express East Coast

East Coast Successor: Virgin Trains East Coast

East Coast Route Map

Inverness

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Aviemore

Kingussie

Newtonmore

Blair Atholl

Pitlochry

Dunkeld & Birnam

Perth

Gleneagles

Dunblane

Stirling

Falkirk

Aberdeen

Stonehaven

Montrose

Arbroath

Dundee

Leuchars

Kirkcaldy

Inverkeithing

Glasgow Central

Motherwell

Haymarket

Edinburgh Waverley

Dunbar

Reston

Berwick-upon-Tweed

Alnmouth

Morpeth

Newcastle

Durham

Darlington

Northallerton

York

Skipton

Keighley

Bradford Forster Square

Shipley

Harrogate

Horsforth

Leeds

Wakefield Westgate

Hull

Brough

Selby

Doncaster

Retford

Lincoln

Newark North Gate

Grantham

Peterborough

Stevenage

London King's Cross

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