InterCity East Coast

InterCity East Coast

LNER 800105 at London King's Cross in 2019
Current operator	London North Eastern Railway
Main Route(s)	East Coast Main Line
Fleet size	7 InterCity 225 sets 23 Class 800 Azuma sets 42 Class 801 Azuma sets
Stations called at	53
Dates of operation	28 Apr 1996 – 8 Dec 2007 9 Dec 2007 – 13 Nov 2009 14 Nov 2009 – 28 Feb 2015 1 Mar 2015 – 23 Jun 2018 24 Jun 2018 – onwards
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Length	632 kilometres (393 mi)
Operating speed	125 mph
Other
Website	www.gov.uk/government/collections/rail-franchising#intercity-east-coast-franchise

v t e London North Eastern Railway
Legend
Inverness Carrbridge Aviemore Kingussie Newtonmore Blair Atholl Pitlochry Dunkeld & Birnam Perth Gleneagles Dunblane Stirling Falkirk Grahamston Aberdeen Stonehaven Montrose Arbroath Dundee Leuchars Kirkcaldy Inverkeithing Glasgow Central Motherwell Haymarket Edinburgh Waverley Dunbar Reston Berwick-upon-Tweed Alnmouth Morpeth Sunderland Newcastle Durham Darlington Middlesbrough Thornaby Northallerton Skipton Keighley Bradford Forster Square York Shipley Harrogate Horsforth Hull Paragon Brough Selby Leeds Wakefield Westgate Doncaster Retford Lincoln Newark Northgate Grantham Peterborough Stevenage London King's Cross

InterCity East Coast is a railway franchise for passenger trains on the East Coast Main Line in the United Kingdom from London King's Cross to Hull, Leeds, Bradford, Harrogate, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness and Aberdeen. It was formed during the privatisation of British Rail and transferred to the private sector in April 1996.

Initially operated by Great North Eastern Railway (GNER), it was later operated by National Express East Coast, East Coast and Virgin Trains East Coast. In June 2018 the franchise was terminated and the trains and stations taken back into public ownership; since then, services are provided by London North Eastern Railway (LNER), a company owned by the Department for Transport.