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.
LNER 800105 at London King's Cross in 2019
GNER InterCity 125 at King's Cross station in May 2007
East Coast InterCity 225 at Edinburgh Waverley station in June 2014
An InterCity 125 seen at Leeds station, operated by Virgin Trains East Coast.
The East Coast Main Line (ECML) is a 393-mile long (632 km) electrified railway between its southern terminus at London King's Cross station and Edinburgh Waverley via Peterborough, Doncaster, York, Darlington, Durham and Newcastle. The line is a key transport artery on the eastern side of Great Britain running broadly parallel to the A1 road. The main line acts as a 'spine' for several diverging branches, serving destinations such as Cambridge, Leeds, Hull, Sunderland and Lincoln, all with direct services to London. In addition, a few ECML services extend beyond Edinburgh to serve Glasgow Central, although the principal London-Glasgow route is the West Coast Main Line (WCML).
LNER Azuma at Burnmouth
A GNR Stirling Single express locomotive of the late 19th century
LNER Class A3 No. 2547 Doncaster hauls the daily Flying Scotsman in 1928.
Class 55 "Deltic" locomotive at Edinburgh in 1980. These were the main express locomotives on the ECML in the 1960s and 1970s.
