The
InterCity 125 was the brand name of
British Rail's
High Speed Train (HST) fleet, which was built from 1975 to 1982 and was introduced in 1976. The InterCity 125 train is made up of two
Class 43 power cars, one at each end of a fixed formation of
Mark 3 carriages (the number of carriages varies by operator). The train operates at speeds of up to in regular service, and has an absolute maximum speed of , making it the fastest diesel-powered train in the world, a record it has held from its introduction to the present day. Initially the sets were classified as
Classes 253 and 254. A variant of the power cars operates in
Australia as part of the
XPT.