East Coast (Train Operating Company) - East Coast Rolling Stock - D

East Coast (Train Operating Company) - D

East Coast Rolling Stock

East Coast inherited the rolling stock operated by NXEC, comprising InterCity 125 High Speed Train sets made up of Class 43 power cars and Mark 3 carriages, and InterCity 225 sets made up of Class 91 electric locomotives and Mark 4 carriages and Driving Van Trailers. This same rolling stock dated back to the British Rail era, with some of the HSTs approaching 40 years old by the end of East Coast's operation.

The original franchise holder, GNER, undertook a major refurbishment of its rolling stock from 2003, which it titled "Project Mallard". The Mark 4 carriages were upgraded and refurbished between 2003 and 2005, while work on refurbishing the Mark 3 carriages started under GNER in early 2007 and continued under NXEC, with the final set completed in October 2009. The Mallard interiors were used throughout East Coast's tenure, Rail magazine alleged that, by 2015, some sets were looking particularly worn and in need of another refurbishment or wholesale replacement.

Some minor changes were made to the InterCity 225 fleet, perhaps the most noticeable of which was their repainting into East Coast's silver livery. This repaint was started in June 2010, with the first full set (excluding loco) being released on 30 July 2010. A key concept behind the new livery was that a plain base livery would be readily customisable to suit any potential future operator of the franchise.

East Coast Fleet at End of Franchise

East Coast InterCity 125 Trains (HSTs)

Class 43 Diesel locomotive

London King's Cross to Lincoln Central, Harrogate, Hull Paragon, Aberdeen and Inverness. Also Skipton to London King's Cross (Saturdays only) and Leeds to Aberdeen

1976–1982

Mark 3 carriage Passenger carriage

1975–1988

East Coast InterCity 225 Trains

Class 91 Electric locomotive

London King's Cross to Leeds, Bradford Forster Square, Newark North Gate, Skipton, York, Newcastle, Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Central

1988–1991

Mark 4 carriage Passenger carriage

1989–1992

Driving Van Trailer Control car

1988

East Coast Unused Fleet

East Coast leased five Class 180 Adelante diesel multiple units from Angel Trains with the intention of using them on proposed additional services from London King's Cross to Lincoln and Harrogate. In the event, they never operated in revenue-earning service with East Coast, as the proposed services were never introduced and the units did not find favour with East Coast's parent company Directly Operated Railways. Three of the units were sublet to Northern Rail for use on services from Manchester to Preston and Blackpool, before all five were returned to their original operator, First Great Western, for use on the Cotswold Line.

East Coast Cancelled Fleet

East Coast investigated the use of a single 11-coach Pendolino from July 2011, but ultimately decided instead to lease an extra HST set from East Midlands Trains from May 2011, bringing the number of HSTs leased to East Coast to 14.

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

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Motherwell

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Dunbar

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Alnmouth

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Newcastle

Durham

Darlington

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York

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Harrogate

Horsforth

Leeds

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Hull

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Selby

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Retford

Lincoln

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Grantham

Peterborough

Stevenage

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