The BR Class 43, also known as the Intercity 125, is Britain's first high-speed train. Operating at 125 mph (201km/h), the Class 43 took the country by storm, racing to and from the capital. The locomotives were built from 1975 to 1982 and are used on most main lines in the UK. In Train Sim World, it is featured in Great Western Express & Midlands Main Line: Leicester - Derby and Nottingham.
About[]
The British Rail Class 43 is an icon of high speed travel in the UK and currently holds the World Speed Record for a Diesel-Powered train. Designed in the later part of the 1970s, the 'HST' (short for High Speed Train) became a staple of high speed travel in the UK and, more than forty years on, has built a legacy of being the most successful trains on Britain's Railways.
Operators[]
Great Western Railway[]
Great Western Railway operates 119 BR class 43 HST power cars which it uses on long distance services on the Great Western Main Line from London to destinations such as Bristol, Cardiff, Swansea, Carmarthen, Penzance and Plymouth. Following the Southall and Ladbroke Grove rail crashes, GWR requires its HSTs to have Automatic Train Protection and Automatic Warning System safety systems in operation. If either is faulty, the train is not used.
Great Western Railway operates the 8 carriage version of the InterCity 125. The HST will soon be phased out and replaced by the Class 800 Hitachi Super Express on the Great Western Railway. However, in addition, GWR are to retain 24 powercars and 48 carriages to form 11 four-carriage sets for use on local services between Cardiff and Penzance. These will be fitted with automatic doors and controlled emission toilets, to allow their operation beyond 2020, at Doncaster Works. On some journeys, a trend that parallels the Class 390 Pendolino & Class 220 Voyager locomotives, Great Western Railway (GWR) will employ the same 2 Power Car & 4 Coach combination using their famed. and reliable MK3 Coaches in between the Class 43 Power Cars respectively. Journeys such as Newquay to Plymouth, Cardiff to Bristol have employed this method, and this has increased the vehicle's reliability ten fold, and has significantly reduced costs in maintenance and emissions simultaneously. This has allowed the HST to continue chugging it's way into the modern era of 'being green' whilst retaining the same fast, and powerful workhorse-driven service as it has done for over 4 decades.
East Midland Trains[]
Routes[]
Layer Routes[]
- West Somerset Railway -
- London Commuter -
- Southeastern High Speed Extended -
- Birmingham Cross-City Line -
- East Coast Main Line -
Timetable[]
The BR Class 43 HST runs a 24 hr timetable on Great Western Express & Midlands Main Line: Leicester - Derby and Nottingham. Links can be found below to the appropriate timetables:
Driving the Locomotive[]
For information on Driving the Class 43, see this page.
| Great Western Express | |
|---|---|
| Locomotives | BR Class 43 HST - BR Class 66 - BR Class 166 |
| Rolling Stock | BR Mk3 - HKA Hopper - FKA Container Flat |
| Stations | London Paddington - Acton Main Line - Ealing Broadway - West Ealing - Hanwell - Southall - Hayes & Harlington - West Drayton - Iver - Langley - Slough - Burnham - Taplow - Maidenhead - Twyford - Reading |
| Other Locations | Old Oak Common TMD - Airport Junction |
| Operators | Great Western Railway - DB Cargo UK |
| Tutorials | Class 43 Introduction - Class 166 Introduction - Class 66 Introduction - Station Stopping |
| Scenarios | Down the Line - West World - Christmas Closures - Aggregate Industries - Drag Line |
| Journeys | Commuter Driver - Express Driver - Freight Driver - Mainline Driver |
| Guides | Driving the BR Class 66 - Driving the BR Class 43 - Driving the BR Class 166 - Collectibles |
| Miscellaneous | Signalling - Service Timetable |
| DLC | Diesel Legends of the Great Western - Cargo Line: Petroleum - Cargo Line: Aggregates |
| Midland Main Line | |
|---|---|
| Locomotives | BR Class 43 HST - BR Class 158 |
| Rolling Stock | BR Mk3 |
| Operator | East Midlands Trains |
| Tutorials | Class 43 Introduction - Class 158 Introduction |
| Scenarios | Easy Trip - The Night Train - Set Pieces - Chasing Yellows - Sno' Trouble at All - Not Quite Awake - Can’t Make Your Mind Up? |
| Journeys | Multiplicity - InterCity 125 |
| Locations | Midland Main Line: Leicester - Syston - Barrow-upon-Soar - Loughborough - East Midlands Parkway - Long Eaton - Spondon - Derby Nottingham Line: Attenborough - Beeston - Nottingham |
| DLC | Cargo Line: Petroleum - Cargo Line: Aggregates |
| British Steam, Diesel, and Electric Locomotives and Multiple Units | |
|---|---|
| Diesel Locomotives | 08 - 09 - 20 - 31 - 33 - 37 - 40 - 43 - 45 - 47 - 52 - 66 |
| Diesel Multiple Units | 101 - 104 - 142 - 150 - 158 - 166 - 170 |
| Electric Multiple Units | 313 - 314 - 323 - 375 - 377 - 380 - 385 - 387 - 395 - 465 - 483 - 484 - 710 - 801 |
| Steam Locomotives | Fowler 4F - Flying Scotsman - Jubilee Class - Stanier Class 8F |
| London Underground Stock | 1938 Tube Stock - 1972 Mark 2 Stock |
Trivia[]
- Like the Class 166, files for a First Great Western "Dynamic Lines" livery for the Class 43 HST and Mark 3 Coaches exist in the data of Train Sim World and Train Sim World 2; these can be enabled through the use of third-party patches.