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British Rail Mark 4
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Metro-Cammell· from 1989· British Rail's fourth design of passenger carriages was designated Mark 4
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. British Rail Mark 4 coach in East Coast 2011 livery (5): A1personage· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. BR Mark 4 buffet (54451310373): James Petts from London, England· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The British Rail Mark 4 is a class of passenger carriages built for use in InterCity 225 sets on the East Coast Main Line between King's Cross, Leeds and Edinburgh. Withdrawals began in 2019, with some being sold for further use with Transport for Wales between Cardiff and Holyhead.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 37 years ago, in 1989.
- Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 11 minutes.
- 23 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 37 years.
carriage / wagon: Unpowered passenger coaches or freight wagons, pulled by a locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1989
- in service from
- 1989
- status
- in service
- number built
- 314
- kind
- carriage / wagon
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Metro-Cammell
- operators
- London North Eastern Railway, Transport for Wales Rail
- top speed
- 225 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- 5 or 9 carriage sets
- length
- 23 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4970934, Wikipedia: British Rail Mark 4 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.