InterCity sector of British Rail

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The InterCity sector of British Rail was the business unit responsible for operating long-distance express passenger services across the British railway network from the 1960s until privatisation in the 1990s.

All labels observed (5)

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf passenger rail operator ⓘ
sector of British Rail ⓘ
brandingColor dark grey and white with red and yellow accents ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolvedOrAbolished 1997 ⓘ
endTime 1997 ⓘ
introducedBrand InterCity ⓘ
logo InterCity swallow logo ⓘ
notableFeature first national high-speed diesel services in the UK via InterCity 125 ⓘ
flagship long-distance brand of British Rail ⓘ
operatedBy British Rail ⓘ
operatedRoute Anglo-Scottish services ⓘ
Cross-country routes in Britain ⓘ
East Coast Main Line ⓘ
Great Western Main Line ⓘ
Midland Main Line ⓘ
West Coast Main Line ⓘ
services between major British cities ⓘ
operatingPeriod 1960s–1990s ⓘ
parentOrganization British Rail ⓘ
partOf sectorisation of British Rail ⓘ
predecessor British Railways long-distance services ⓘ
railNetwork British railway network ⓘ
reasonForDissolution privatisation of British Rail ⓘ
sectorisationPhase business-led organisation of British Rail ⓘ
serviceType inter-city rail services ⓘ
long-distance express passenger services ⓘ
startTime 1966 ⓘ
successor Anglia Railways ⓘ
Central Trains ⓘ
Chiltern Railways ⓘ
CrossCountry (franchise) ⓘ
linked to: CrossCountry

First Great Eastern ⓘ
GNER ⓘ
Great Western Trains ⓘ
Great Western franchise ⓘ
InterCity CrossCountry franchise ⓘ
InterCity East Coast franchise ⓘ
InterCity West Coast franchise ⓘ
Midland Main Line franchise ⓘ
linked to: Midland Main Line

Midland Mainline ⓘ
linked to: Midland Main Line

ScotRail (privatised operator) ⓘ
linked to: ScotRail

South West Trains ⓘ
Virgin Trains ⓘ
Wales & Borders ⓘ
Wales & West ⓘ
usedRollingStock InterCity 125 ⓘ
InterCity 225 ⓘ
Mark 2 coaches ⓘ
Mark 3 coaches ⓘ
Mark 4 coaches ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mark 3 coaching stock → usedBy → InterCity sector of British Rail ⓘ
InterCity East Coast → parentOrganization → British Rail InterCity sector ⓘ
linked to: InterCity sector of British Rail
London Midland Region → replacedBy → InterCity sector ⓘ
linked to: InterCity sector of British Rail
British Railways London Midland Region → followedBy → InterCity sector ⓘ
linked to: InterCity sector of British Rail
British Rail Mark 3 coaching stock → usedBy → InterCity sector of British Rail ⓘ
Chris Green → employer → InterCity (British Rail sector) ⓘ
linked to: InterCity sector of British Rail
Anglia Railways → tookOverFrom → InterCity (British Rail) ⓘ
linked to: InterCity sector of British Rail
APT-S → intendedOperatorRegion → British Rail InterCity sector ⓘ
linked to: InterCity sector of British Rail
British Rail Class 43 High Speed Train power cars → usedBy → InterCity sector of British Rail ⓘ
British Rail Mark 2 sleeping coaches → usedBy → InterCity sector of British Rail ⓘ
Eastern Region → subsequentDivisionReplacedBy → InterCity sector ⓘ
linked to: InterCity sector of British Rail