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InterCity (British Rail)
InterCity (or, in its earliest days, the hyphenated Inter-City) was a brand name introduced by British Rail in 1966 for its long-haul express passenger services.
In 1982, the British Railways Board divided its operations into a number of sectors, through sectorisation; that responsible for long-distance express trains assumed the brand-name InterCity, although many routes that were previously operated as InterCity services were assigned to other sectors; e.g. London King's Cross to King's Lynn services were transferred to the Network SouthEast sector instead.
The brand was discontinued after the privatisation of British Rail in 1997, although it now used by Locomotive Services for its heritage railtour fleet.
InterCity derives from the prepositional of the Latin: inter-, lit. 'between' with City giving rise to meaning 'between cities'.
British Rail first used the term Inter-City in 1950, as the name of a service running between London Paddington and Wolverhampton Low Level. This was part of an overall policy of introducing new train names in the post-World War II period.
The name was applied to the business express which ran from London in the morning and returned in the afternoon; it became part of the railway lore of the West Midlands. Its residents always believed that it was the success of this one train that led to the adoption of the name as a British Rail brand in 1966. This belief was supported by the timeline; in 1966, The Inter-City was heading towards its ultimate demise in 1967, when the London-West Midlands main line service was consolidated into the newly electrified route via Rugby.[citation needed]
British Rail introduced the Inter-City brand for its long-haul passenger services in 1966. It has also been adopted by countries in Europe.
With sectorisation of British Rail in 1982, most long-haul services became consolidated in the InterCity division, which retained the brand. The division became profitable and one of Britain's top 150 companies, providing city centre to city centre travel across Great Britain from Aberdeen and Inverness in the north of Scotland to Poole and Penzance in the south of England.
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InterCity (British Rail)
InterCity (or, in its earliest days, the hyphenated Inter-City) was a brand name introduced by British Rail in 1966 for its long-haul express passenger services.
In 1982, the British Railways Board divided its operations into a number of sectors, through sectorisation; that responsible for long-distance express trains assumed the brand-name InterCity, although many routes that were previously operated as InterCity services were assigned to other sectors; e.g. London King's Cross to King's Lynn services were transferred to the Network SouthEast sector instead.
The brand was discontinued after the privatisation of British Rail in 1997, although it now used by Locomotive Services for its heritage railtour fleet.
InterCity derives from the prepositional of the Latin: inter-, lit. 'between' with City giving rise to meaning 'between cities'.
British Rail first used the term Inter-City in 1950, as the name of a service running between London Paddington and Wolverhampton Low Level. This was part of an overall policy of introducing new train names in the post-World War II period.
The name was applied to the business express which ran from London in the morning and returned in the afternoon; it became part of the railway lore of the West Midlands. Its residents always believed that it was the success of this one train that led to the adoption of the name as a British Rail brand in 1966. This belief was supported by the timeline; in 1966, The Inter-City was heading towards its ultimate demise in 1967, when the London-West Midlands main line service was consolidated into the newly electrified route via Rugby.[citation needed]
British Rail introduced the Inter-City brand for its long-haul passenger services in 1966. It has also been adopted by countries in Europe.
With sectorisation of British Rail in 1982, most long-haul services became consolidated in the InterCity division, which retained the brand. The division became profitable and one of Britain's top 150 companies, providing city centre to city centre travel across Great Britain from Aberdeen and Inverness in the north of Scotland to Poole and Penzance in the south of England.
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