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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 28/04/2026

Exclusive merchandise from our Gerald of Wales Rail Tour is now available in our online shop. Celebrate the tour with a specially curated range of items, including window labels, badges, and a commemorative souvenir postcard. Browse the full range and order yours today: shop.225group.org.uk

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 07/09/2025

It’s your last chance to get free postage in our calendar early bird offer. The deal ends tonight, so don't miss out! Enjoy free postage on your entire purchase when you order at least one calendar at shop.225group.org.uk!

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 02/09/2025

We're delighted to reveal our 2026 Calendar! 😁 Now available at shop.225group.org.uk, there's an early bird offer of free postage for orders made before the end of Sunday.

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 26/08/2025

Our supporters are asked to note the following important update from Eric Holmes, Director of the 225 Group.

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 22/05/2025

📺 Did you see our team on BBC Look North? Check out their coverage of @lner.co.uk 's #225Day on BBC iPlayer! Look North (Yorkshire) - Evening News: 22/05/2025 📷 J McLeish

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 22/05/2025

We hope you've enjoyed our coverage of #225Day! Want to see more of this in the future? Make sure to get a membership by going to membership.225group.org.uk. More members will give us the strongest chance of seeing more days like this!

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 22/05/2025

We've had an excellent day! Many thanks to @lner.co.uk for inviting us on 1A30 today, we appreciate the time and effort put in by LNER and the traincrew to make the occasion truly special! #225Day

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 22/05/2025

Our onboard stall and LNER's merch from the buffet have both done exceptionally well, we don't have much left onboard! There's always plenty of gifts you can buy from our store online: shop.225group.org.uk #225Day

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 22/05/2025

A fabulous museum curated by the wonderful Tim Dunn has opened on board 1A30! He's seen chatting to Paul who has worked these trains since their introduction in 1989. Check out that InterCity 225 phone brought for the occasion by Aidan, our lovely Admin Assistant! #225Day

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 22/05/2025

One of our directors Ben has received some jelly beans from LNER, delivered in a replica 91106 "Swallow". Prints and bagels have been flying off in the buffet too! #225Day

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 22/05/2025

Want to see more special days like today's 225 day? Don't forget to pick up a membership! Without these, days like today wouldn't be possible. membership.225group.org.uk

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 22/05/2025

91106 has been formally named Swallow at Leeds. We're ready to go on 1A30 to London and look forward to seeing you onboard! 📷 Will Quibell

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 22/05/2025

More pictures of the newly named 91106 “Swallow”? Well why not! Here are some lovely detail shots from Neville Hill depot in Leeds yesterday afternoon, captured by Jonny Dye. Check out that gorgeous InterCity swallow on the grille! 😍 #225Day #TeamNL @lner.co.uk

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 22/05/2025

We're loving the special window labels @lner.co.uk have produced for today! It evokes many memories of the Intercity 225, but what are your most fond memories of these trains? Share them with us! 📷 ontspanners

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 22/05/2025

Behold, the newly named Class 91! #225day 91106 “Swallow” 📷 Alex Hay

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 21/05/2025

1A30 will feature a museum allowing you to share memories with staff and members of the 225 Group management team on board. Three other InterCity 225 trains are expected to be in service on the normal diagrams. All of them will have special LNER merchandise and other giveaways.

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 21/05/2025

Tomorrow is the first @lner.co.uk #225Day - a celebration of the mighty InterCity 225 🎉 The star of the show will be a newly named Class 91 locomotive! Following a brief unveiling ceremony at Leeds, it will work 1A30 (the 1245 to King’s Cross, arriving 1500). 📷 Alex Hay

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 10/05/2025

Could you help us illustrate an article for our next magazine? We're looking for pictures of: ➡️ Dr Michael Reece, Director of GEC Research Ltd ➡️ 1S31 (the 1500 KGX to GLC) in 1997 ➡️ 91013 in GNER livery Please email contact@225group.org.uk if you have any! 📷 Jim Binnie

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 07/05/2025

📅 Grab your diary! Thursday 22 May - 22.05.2025 - will mark the first #225Day. Alongside celebrations on @lner.co.uk InterCity 225 services, a newly named Class 91 locomotive will enter traffic. More information will follow, but we hope to see you on the route! 📷 Colin J Marsden

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 01/04/2025

LNER plans to run its remaining Class 91s 'blunt end first' from the May 2025 timetable change. The change has come about because components in the 'blunt end' cab have faced less wear and tear and LNER hopes this will reduce maintenance costs as the locomotives enter their final years on the ECML.

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 18/03/2025

RIP John 'Paddy' Hemingway, the last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, who died yesterday aged 105. 91110, part of @lner.co.uk's InterCity 225 fleet, serves as a moving tribute to Gp Capt Hemingway and all those who fought courageously and selflessly for freedom. 📷 Gareth Griffiths

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 28/02/2025

Awesome photo! We go one too! 😂

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 14/02/2025

37 years ago tonight, at 2200 on 14 February 1988, British Rail signed off the formal acceptance for the first Class 91. That very locomotive, now numbered 91101, was in service with @lner.co.uk today. Here it is ready to work a rake of Mark 3 coaches to Leeds in June 1989, captured by Carl Looker.

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 09/02/2025

Following The Greatest Gathering’s exciting announcement about London North Eastern Railway’s 91110 ‘Battle of Britain Memorial Flight’ attending The Greatest Gathering this August, we thought we’d celebrate by sharing some of our favourite shots of this iconic loco! 🚆✨

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 20/12/2024

As the sun sets on another year, we've just dispatched our last shop order before Christmas. 📨 Including magazines, we've shipped almost 1250 items this year and made a modest operating profit which we'll reinvest in the Group. Thank you to everyone for your support! 🥰 📷 Marnix van Kampen-Brooks

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 17/12/2024

Wonderful to see so much love for the InterCity 225 on test in Newcastle today 🥰 We're the 225 Group and we want to make sure these beautiful beasts survive into preservation. Join us to become part of the story! Go to 225group.org.uk/join to find out how. 📷 @coastwaywill.me

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 17/12/2024

For the first time since May 2021, an InterCity 225 has left York bound for Newcastle. Safe travels, 91127! 🫡 📷 Lee Brannan

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 17/12/2024

For anyone waiting for 91127's test trip to Newcastle today, it's just now left Neville Hill! The timings are as follows: ➡️ 5G90 0920 Neville Hill to Newcastle 1310 realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-n... ➡️ 5G91 1320 Newcastle to Neville Hill 1608 realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-n... 📷 John Fisher

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 14/12/2024

Subject to the usual caveats, an LNER InterCity 225 is due to run to Newcastle on Tuesday 17 December! It's the first run of an InterCity 225 north of York since May 2021. This is a one-off test, using new equipment installed on some of the Class 91s to assess forces in the overhead line equipment.

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 12/12/2024

There are fewer than ten of our 2025 calendars remaining now. There won't be a reorder, so this really is your last chance to bag one from our shop!

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 10/12/2024

GNER's franchise ended 17 years ago this week, but its legacy still remains if you know where to look... Who knows which station features this 'ALL GNER TRAINS' stop board? (Hint: it's still served by InterCity 225s!) 🤔

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 04/12/2024

While you were listening to Taylor Swift and Charli XCX, We were vibing to the Electric Hum of the InterCity 225. Truly an underrated song. 🎧 #SpotifyWrapped #TrainSpotifyWrapped

Spotify Wrapped Template based on the InterCity 225

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 02/12/2024

Happy December! ❄️ Just a few hours left to get free postage on Christmas gifts in our shop. Head to shop.225group.org.uk before midnight tonight - don't miss out! 📷 Phil Precious

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 30/11/2024

📅 THREE DAYS left to get your hands on this year's InterCity 225 calendar in our £20 bestseller bundle! Got yours yet? They're at shop.225group.org.uk.

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 29/11/2024

🚨 NEW: Our Bestseller Bundle includes our two most popular products from this year -- our stunning 2025 calendar and one of our awesome new ticket wallets. £20, shipping included, at shop.225group.org.uk. This weekend only.

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 17/11/2024

All orders of our 2025 Calendar have now shipped! Thanks so much to everyone who has purchased one. We hope it meets with approval :) If you haven't got round to buying yours yet, we have some still available at shop.225group.org.uk. But once the stock is gone, it is gone!

The scene from our post room, as a 2025 calendar is being stuffed into a presentation envelope in the foreground. The background shows a box of padded envelopes containing calendars ready to be posted.

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225 Group @225group.org.uk · 13/11/2024

The 225 Group arriving on a new social media platform like... 📷 Graeme Wright

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