October 2014 ~ ICRailEastCoast FleetList



Correct as of 15th October 2014

Welcome to our EastCoast FleetList! EastCoast are owned by the government and are operating the franchise until February 2015. EastCoast operate a mixture of Electric class91 sets, and Diesal Class 43 HSTs over their services between London and Inverness/ Glasgow/ Edinburgh/ York / Peterborough.


Although EastCoast don't operate services that far into the Anglia Region, Peterborough station is full of EastCoast trains. You can see up to 1 of their trains every 10 minutes either arriving or departing the station.
Almost all of the stock and locos are in EastCoast Silver Livery (EC), although some is in NationalExpressEastCoast Grey (NX)/ GNER Dark Blue (GNER)



Class 43s (1 at each end of the train to haul, or push)
43074 - EC Livery
43206 - EC Livery
43208 - NX Livery
43238 - EC Livery
43239 - EC Livery
43251 - EC Livery
43257 - EC Livery
43272 - EC Livery
43277 - EC Livery
43290 - EC Livery
43295 - EC Livery
43296 - EC Livery
43299 - EC Livery
43300 - EC Livery
43302 - EC Livery
43305 - EC Livery
43306 - EC Livery
43307 - EC Livery
43308 - EC Livery
43309 - EC Livery
43310 - EC Livery


43311 - EC Livery
43312 - NX Livery
43313 - EC Livery
43314 - EC Livery
43315 - EC Livery
43316 - EC Livery
43317 - EC Livery
43318 - EC Livery
43319 - EC Livery
43320 - NX Livery
43367 - EC Livery




Class 91s (Only 1 needed at one end of train)
91101- Flying Scotsman, Purple Livery
91102- Named 'City of York'
91103- EC livery
91104- EC livery
91105- EC livery
91106- EC livery
91107- EC livery; Ex-SkyFall Livery
91108- EC livery
91109- EC livery; Named 'Sir Bobby Robson'
91110- "Lest We Forget" aviation livery.
91111- For the Fallen - WW1 Branding & Nameplate
91112- EC livery
91113- EC livery
91114- EC livery & Gospel Branding; Named 'Durham Cathedral'
91115- EC livery
91116- EC livery
91117- EC livery; Named 'West Riding Ltd'
91118- EC livery
91119- EC livery
91120- EC livery
91121- EC livery
91122- EC livery
91124- EC livery
91125- Sky HD Livery
91126- EC livery
91127- EC livery
91128- EC livery
91129- EC livery
91130- EC livery
91131- EC livery
91132- EC livery



DVTs (Operate at the other end to the class 91)
82200- EC livery
82201- EC livery
82202- EC livery
82203- EC livery
82204- EC livery
82205- Flying Scotsman Livery
82206- EC livery
82207- EC livery
82208- EC livery
82209- EC livery
82210- EC livery
82211- EC livery


82212- EC livery
82213- EC livery
82214- EC livery
82215- EC livery
82216- Sky HD livery
82217 - EC livery
82218 - EC livery
82219 - EC Livery
82220 - EC Livery
82222 - EC Livery
82223 - EC Livery
82224 - EC Livery
82225 - EC Livery
82226 - EC Livery
82227 - EC Livery
82228 - EC Livery
82229 - EC Livery
82230 - EC Livery
82231 - EC Livery

You may have noticed 82221 is missing- This is owing to it being involved in a incident a few years ago. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Heck_rail_crash

EastCoast also lease out 26 class 180s from AngelTrains, but these are sub-leased to Grand Central (6), Hull Trains (5) & Northern (15). An additional 5 class 180s leased to EastCoast operate FirstGreatWestern services.

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