In pictures: every single HST livery, ever

Intercity swallow

Sir Kenneth Grange’s masterpiece, the Intercity 125 High Speed Train, is now in its twilight years. It looks like the end is nigh for the British Class 43 ‘Intercity 125’ HST, with their replacements, the Hitachi SuperExpress ‘IEP’, now entering service in droves. Built between 1975 and 1982, the Intercity 125 ‘HST’ trains are officially […]

Take a ride on Great Northern’s Class 717 preview train

Class 717

GTR Great Northern’s rather ghostly-looking Class 717 EMUs are now hitting the rails. 25 six-car units are being built, and they’ve now started to enter limited service, running out of London’s Moorgate station. Youtuber citytransportinfo uploaded this video, exploring one of the new Class 717 trains during a ride between Moorgate and Gordon Hill stations […]

#AYearOfBuses 27: X27 Bathgate – Edinburgh

Lothian X27

We’re heading to Scotland’s capital, Edinburgh, for day 27 on #AYearOfBuses – it’s Lothian Country’s X27.  Introduced in August 2018, Lothian Country’s X27 (and its sister, the X28) marked further expansion of the Edinburgh city operator into West Lothian, putting the operator squarely in competition with First. Lothian resurrected the Lothian Country brand in 2017 […]

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