rf_ioliver
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Over on Reddit there is a discussion about InterCity routes https://www.reddit.com/r/trains/comments/g48fcr/1985_uk_intercity_map/ from 1985. There's also a link to Project Mapping: http://www.projectmapping.co.uk/Reviews/Resources/InterCity Routes 1985.jpg
The question I have is that there seem to be direct InterCity trains from Brighton and the Kent Coast (specifically Canterbury) to London. I know of the cross-country routes, at least I used to take the class 47 hauled Intercity trains from Brighton to Reading in the early 90s and also the Gatwick Express (73 hauled). I also did find a picture of a 47 + Intercity stock at Canterbury East, but was that really a service from Dover to London or was it some charter/railtour?
I always thought at least the boat trains were NSE and not Intercity. Anyway, the Brighton-London InterCity is my main question.
thanks
Ian
The question I have is that there seem to be direct InterCity trains from Brighton and the Kent Coast (specifically Canterbury) to London. I know of the cross-country routes, at least I used to take the class 47 hauled Intercity trains from Brighton to Reading in the early 90s and also the Gatwick Express (73 hauled). I also did find a picture of a 47 + Intercity stock at Canterbury East, but was that really a service from Dover to London or was it some charter/railtour?
I always thought at least the boat trains were NSE and not Intercity. Anyway, the Brighton-London InterCity is my main question.
thanks
Ian