What is Great North Eastern Railway?
{{Infobox rail company |name= Great North Eastern Railway |image= 43300 at Kings Cross.jpg |image_size= 300px |franchise= [[InterCity East Coast]]<br>28 April 1996 – 8 December 2007 |logo= |abbr= GR |regions= [[East Midlands]], [[Yorkshire]],<br>[[North East England]], [[Central Belt|Central Scotland]], [[Northern Scotland]] |secregions= [[London]] |fleet= 31 [[British Rail Class 91|Class 91]] electric locomotives<br>30 [[InterCity 225]] sets<br>11 [[InterCity 125]] (HST) sets |stations= 53 |stationsop= 12 |parent_company= [[Sea Containers]] }} '''Great North Eastern Railway''' ('''GNER''') was a [[Great Britain|British]] [[List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom|train operating company]], owned by [[Sea Containers Ltd]]. It operated [[high-speed rail|high-speed]] express train services on the [[East Coast Main Line]] from 1996 until the takeover in 2007 of the franchise by [[National Express East Coast]] on 9 December 2007. <br> {{s-start}} {{s-bef|before='''[[InterCity (British Rail)|InterCity]]'''<br><small>As part of [[British Rail]]</small>}} {{s-ttl|title=Operator of InterCity East Coast franchise |years=1996 — 2007}} {{s-aft|after=[[National Express East Coast]]<br><small>InterCity East Coast franchise</small>}} {{end}} <br> == References == <references/> {{Defunct UK TOCs}} {{transport-stub}} [[Category:Defunct railway companies of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:1996 establishments in England]] [[Category:2007 disestablishments in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:21st-century disestablishments in England]]