The History of the 125 High Speed Train 1975-2023
Tue 25th June @ 14:00 - 16:30
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A Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by Richard Morris.
The Inter City 125 High Speed Trains were introduced to the Great British public in 1975 after the Advanced Passenger Train project stalled a bit. The HSTs were intended to be a stop-gap, but ended up forming the core Inter City fleet for Britain’s Railways for more than 40 years, serving the Western Region, Eastern Region and Midland Main line, along with Cross Country services. The programme will take a look back from the early days and bring us up to 2023.
The image is of Great Western’s 43094 – at Casnewydd (otherwise known as Newport, South Wales) on 23rd October 2006. The power car was recently outshopped in the, then, latest FGW livery and had also just been fitted with an MTU 16V4000 power unit.
Doors open 19:00.