SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

          PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF THE SECURITIES
                   EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO.     )

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                         MFS INTERMEDIATE INCOME TRUST
                (NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

    (NAME OF PERSON(S) FILING PROXY STATEMENT, IF OTHER THAN THE REGISTRANT)

    

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              MFS-Registered Trademark- INTERMEDIATE INCOME TRUST
                500 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116

   
               Notice of the 1995 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
    
   
                         To be held on October 26, 1995
    

   
The   1995  Annual   Meeting  of   Shareholders  of   MFS-Registered  Trademark-
Intermediate Income Trust  (the "Trust") will  be held at  500 Boylston  Street,
Boston,  Massachusetts,  at 9:30  a.m. on  Thursday, October  26, 1995,  for the
following purposes:
    

   
ITEM 1.  To elect A. Keith Brodkin, Richard B. Bailey, Lawrence H. Cohn, Abby M.
         O'Neill, J. Dale Sherratt and Ward Smith as Trustees of the Trust.
    

   
ITEM 2.  To ratify  or reject  the selection  of Deloitte  & Touche  LLP as  the
         independent  public accountants  to be  employed by  the Trust  for the
         fiscal year ending October 31, 1995.
    

   
ITEM 3.  To transact such other business as may come before the Meeting and  any
         adjournments thereof.
    

   
          YOUR TRUSTEES RECOMMEND THAT YOU VOTE IN FAVOR OF ALL ITEMS.
    

   
Only  shareholders of record on August 28, 1995  will be entitled to vote at the
Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
    

                                           STEPHEN E. CAVAN, Secretary and Clerk

   
September 8, 1995
    

   
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT.  WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR  PROMPTLY VOTING, SIGNING  AND
RETURNING THE ENCLOSED PROXY, WHICH WILL HELP IN AVOIDING THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSE
OF  A SECOND SOLICITATION.  THE ENCLOSED ADDRESSED  ENVELOPE REQUIRES NO POSTAGE
AND IS PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE.
    

              MFS-Registered Trademark- INTERMEDIATE INCOME TRUST

                                Proxy Statement

   
This Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies
by  and  on  behalf  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  MFS-Registered Trademark-
Intermediate Income Trust (the "Trust") to be used at the 1995 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders (the "Meeting") to be held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, October 26, 1995,
at 500 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts, for the purposes set forth in the
accompanying Notice. If the enclosed form of proxy is executed and returned,  it
may nevertheless be revoked prior to its exercise by a signed writing filed with
the  proxy tabulation agent, State Street Bank  and Trust Company, P.O. Box 592,
Boston, Massachusetts 02102, or  delivered at the Meeting.  On August 28,  1995,
there  were  outstanding 159,606,015.532  shares of  the Trust.  Shareholders of
record at the close of business on August 28, 1995 will be entitled to one  vote
for each share held.
    

   
The  mailing address of the Trust  is 500 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts
02116. Solicitation of proxies is being made  by the mailing of this Notice  and
Proxy Statement with its enclosures on or about September 8, 1995. A copy of the
Trust's  Annual Report  and its  most recent  Semi-Annual Report  succeeding the
Annual Report may be obtained without  charge by contacting MFS Service  Center,
Inc.,  the Trust's  transfer and  shareholder servicing  agent (the "Shareholder
Servicing Agent"),  P.O.  Box  9024,  Boston, MA  02205-9824,  or  by  telephone
toll-free at (800) 637-2304.
    

ITEM 1--ELECTION OF TRUSTEES

   
Under  the  provisions of  the Trust's  Declaration of  Trust, the  Trustees are
divided into three classes  each having a  term of three  years. It is  intended
that  proxies not  limited to the  contrary will be  voted in favor  of A. Keith
Brodkin, Richard B. Bailey, Lawrence H. Cohn, Abby M. O'Neill, J. Dale  Sherratt
and  Ward Smith  as Trustees  of the class  whose term  will expire  at the 1998
Annual Meeting of  Shareholders (or  special meeting in  lieu thereof).  Messrs.
Brodkin, Bailey, Cohn, Sherratt and Smith and Ms. O'Neill are presently Trustees
of the Trust.
    

   
The  following table presents certain information  regarding the Trustees of the
Trust, including their principal occupations,  which, unless specific dates  are
shown,  are of more than  five years duration, although  the titles may not have
been the same throughout. An asterisk beside a Trustee's name indicates that  he
is  an "interested person," as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended (the "1940 Act"), of the Trust's investment adviser and that he has been
affiliated with the investment adviser for more than five years.
    

   


                                                                                         Shares of
                                                                                        Trust Owned
                                                                                       Beneficially
                                                                                           as of         Percent
Name, Age, Position with Trust, Principal Occupation        First Became    Term        August 23,          of
and Other Directorships(1)                                   a Trustee    Expiring        1995(2)        Class(3)
----------------------------------------------------------  ------------  ---------  -----------------  ----------
                                                                                            
A. KEITH BRODKIN*, 60, Chairman, President and Trustee;
  Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Chairman,
  Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer.         1990        1995            851.048        .0005%
RICHARD B. BAILEY*, 68, Trustee; Private Investor;
  Massachusetts Financial Services Company, former
  Chairman and Director (prior to September 30, 1991);
  Cambridge Bancorp, Director; Cambridge Trust Company,
  Director.                                                     1988        1995            163            .0001%

    

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                                                                                         Shares of
                                                                                        Trust Owned
                                                                                       Beneficially
                                                                                           as of         Percent
Name, Age, Position with Trust, Principal Occupation        First Became    Term        August 23,          of
and Other Directorships(1)                                   a Trustee    Expiring        1995(2)        Class(3)
----------------------------------------------------------  ------------  ---------  -----------------  ----------
                                                                                            
MARSHALL N. COHAN, 68, Trustee; Private Investor.               1988        1996              0                0%
LAWRENCE H. COHN, M.D., 58, Trustee; Brigham and Women's
  Hospital, Chief of Cardiac Surgery; Harvard Medical
  School, Professor of Surgery.                                 1993        1995              0                0%
THE HON. SIR J. DAVID GIBBONS, KBE, 68, Trustee; Edmund
  Gibbons Limited, Chief Executive Officer; The Bank of
  N.T. Butterfield & Son Ltd., Chairman.                        1988        1996              0                0%
ABBY M. O'NEILL, 67, Trustee; Private Investor;
  Rockefeller Financial Services, Inc. (investment
  advisers), Director.                                          1992        1995              0                0%
WALTER E. ROBB, III, 69, Trustee; Benchmark Advisors, Inc.
  (corporate financial consultants), President and
  Treasurer; Landmark Funds, (mutual funds), Trustee.           1988        1997          1,077.249        .0007%
ARNOLD D. SCOTT*, 52, Trustee; Massachusetts Financial
  Services Company, Senior Executive Vice President,
  Director and Secretary.                                       1993        1997            250            .0002%
JEFFREY L. SHAMES*, 40, Trustee; Massachusetts Financial
  Services Company, President and Director.                     1993        1997              0                0%
J. DALE SHERRATT, 56, Trustee; Insight Resources, Inc.
  (acquisition planning specialists), President; Health
  Industry Manufacturers Association, Director.                 1993        1995              0                0%
WARD SMITH, 64, Trustee; NACCO Industries (holding
  company), Chairman and Director (prior to June 1994);
  Sunstrand Corporation (diversified mechanical
  manufacturer), Director; Society Corporation (bank
  holding company), Director (prior to April 1992);
  Society National Bank (commercial bank), Director (prior
  to April 1992).                                               1992        1995              0                0%
All Trustees and officers as a group                                                      2,341.297        .0015%
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(1)  Directorships or  Trusteeships  of  companies required  to  report  to  the
     Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") (I.E., "public companies").
(2)  Numbers  are approximate and  include, where applicable,  shares owned by a
     Trustee's or  officer's  spouse or  minor  children or  shares  which  were
     otherwise  reported by  the Trustee or  officer as  "beneficially owned" in
     light of pertinent SEC rules.
(3)  Percentage of shares outstanding  on August 23, 1995.  All shares are  held
     with  sole  voting and  investment power,  except to  the extent  that such
     powers may be shared by a family member or a trustee of a family trust.

    

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All Trustees serve as Trustees of 36  funds within the MFS fund complex  advised
by Massachusetts Financial Services Company ("MFS" or the "Adviser"), investment
adviser  to the Trust. Mr.  Bailey and Mr. Brodkin, who  serve as Trustees of 56
funds and  72  funds,  respectively,  within the  MFS  fund  complex,  are  also
directors  of Sun Life Assurance  Company of Canada (U.S.)  ("Sun Life of Canada
(U.S.)"), the corporate  parent of MFS.  Messrs. Brodkin, Scott  and Shames  are
"interested  persons" of MFS because  each person is an  officer and director of
MFS. Mr. Bailey  is considered an  "interested person"  of MFS because  he is  a
director of Sun Life of Canada (U.S.).
    

   
The  Trust pays  each Trustee  who is  not an  officer of  the Adviser  a fee of
$12,500 per year, plus $500 per meeting and committee meeting attended, together
with such  Trustee's actual  out-of-pocket expenses  relating to  attendance  at
meetings.  In  addition, each  Trustee, other  than  Messrs. Brodkin,  Scott and
Shames, will be  entitled to receive  certain benefits pursuant  to the  Trust's
retirement  plan. Under this plan, each such Trustee (or his beneficiaries) will
be entitled to receive an annual retirement or death benefit in an amount of  up
to 50% of such Trustee's average annual compensation, depending on the Trustee's
length  of  service.  Set forth  in  Appendix  A hereto  is  certain information
concerning the cash compensation paid to non-interested Trustees and Mr.  Bailey
and benefits accrued, and estimated benefits payable, under the retirement plan.
    

   
The  Board of Trustees of the Trust met 7 times during its last fiscal year. The
Board has a standing Audit Committee, composed of Messrs. Cohan, Robb,  Sherratt
and  Smith, which met 4 times during the Trust's last fiscal year, to review the
internal and external accounting and auditing procedures of the Trust and, among
other things, to consider  the selection of  independent public accountants  for
the  Trust, to approve all significant services  proposed to be performed by its
independent public  accountants and  to  consider the  possible effect  of  such
services  on their  independence. The  Board has  created a  standing Nominating
Committee, composed  of Ms.  O'Neill  and Messrs.  Cohan, Cohn,  Gibbons,  Robb,
Sherratt and Smith, who are not "interested persons" (as that term is defined in
the 1940 Act) of the Trust or the Adviser, to meet as necessary and recommend to
the  Board  nominees  for election  as  Trustees  of the  Trust.  The Nominating
Committee did  not meet  during the  Trust's last  fiscal year.  The  Nominating
Committee  has not adopted a policy  regarding shareholder recommendations as to
nominees.
    

   
Section 16(a)  of  the  Securities  Exchange  Act  of  1934  requires  Trustees,
directors  and certain officers of  the Trust and MFS,  and persons who own more
than ten percent of the Trust's shares, to file reports of ownership and changes
in ownership with the SEC  and the New York  Stock Exchange. The Trust  believes
that  during the fiscal  year ended October  31, 1994 all  such persons complied
with all such filing requirements.
    

   
Required Vote.   Approval of  this matter  as to  any nominee  will require  the
affirmative  vote of a plurality of the Trust's outstanding shares voting at the
Meeting in person or by proxy.
    

   
ITEM 2--RATIFICATION OR REJECTION OF SELECTION OF ACCOUNTANTS
    
   
It is intended that proxies not limited  to the contrary will be voted in  favor
of  ratifying  the  selection,  by  a  majority  of  the  Trustees  who  are not
"interested persons" (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust,  of
Deloitte  & Touche LLP under Section 32(a) of the 1940 Act as independent public
accountants to certify every  financial statement of the  Trust required by  any
law  or regulation to  be certified by independent  public accountants and filed
with the SEC  and to  provide certain other  tax-related services  (such as  tax
return   preparation  and  assistance  and  consultation  with  respect  to  the
preparation of filings with the SEC) in respect of all or any part of the fiscal
year ending October 31, 1995.  Deloitte & Touche LLP  has no direct or  material
indirect  interest in the  Trust. A representative  of Deloitte &  Touche LLP is
expected to be present  at the Meeting  and will have an  opportunity to make  a
statement  if he desires  to do so.  Such representative is  also expected to be
available to respond to appropriate questions.
    

   
Required Vote.  Ratification of this matter will require the affirmative vote of
a majority  of the  Trust's outstanding  shares voting  at the  Meeting on  this
matter in person or by proxy.
    

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Investment Adviser

   
The  Trust engages  as its investment  adviser MFS, a  Delaware corporation with
offices at 500  Boylston Street, Boston,  Massachusetts 02116. MFS  is a  wholly
owned  subsidiary of  Sun Life  of Canada (U.S.),  One Sun  Life Executive Park,
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02181, which is in turn a wholly owned subsidiary
of Sun Life Assurance Company of  Canada, 150 King Street West, Toronto,  Canada
M5H1J9.
    

MANNER OF VOTING PROXIES

   
All proxies received by the management will be voted on all matters presented at
the  Meeting, and if not limited to the contrary, will be voted for the election
of Messrs. Brodkin, Bailey, Cohn, Sherratt and Smith and Ms. O'Neill as Trustees
of the Trust (if still available for election) and ratification of the selection
of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent public accountants.
    

   
All proxies voted,  including proxies that  reflect (i) broker  non-votes (if  a
broker  has voted on any item before the Meeting), (ii) abstentions or (iii) the
withholding of authority to vote for a nominee for election as Trustee, will  be
counted  toward establishing a quorum. Passage  of any proposal being considered
at the Meeting will occur only if a sufficient number of votes are cast FOR  the
proposal.  With  respect to  the election  of Trustees  and the  ratification of
public accountants, neither  withholding authority to  vote nor abstentions  nor
broker non-votes have any effect on the outcome of the voting on the matter.
    

   
The  Trust  knows of  no other  matters to  be brought  before the  Meeting. If,
however, because of any unexpected occurrence, any nominee is not available  for
election  or if any  other matters properly  come before the  Meeting, it is the
Trust's intention that  proxies not  limited to the  contrary will  be voted  in
accordance with the judgment of the persons named in the enclosed form of proxy.
    

   
SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS
    

   
Proposals  of shareholders which are intended to be presented at the 1996 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders must  be received by  the Trust on or  prior to May  11,
1996.
    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

   
To obtain the necessary representation at the Meeting, solicitations may be made
by  mail,  telephone or  interview  by Corporate  Investor  Communications, Inc.
("CIC") or its agents,  as well as  by officers of the  Trust, employees of  the
Adviser and securities dealers by whom shares of the Trust have been sold. It is
anticipated that the total cost of any such solicitations, if made by CIC or its
agents,  would be approximately  $11,500.00 plus out-of-pocket  expenses, and if
made by any other party, would be nominal.
    

The expense of solicitations as well as the preparation, printing and mailing of
the enclosed form of proxy, and this  Notice and Proxy Statement, will be  borne
by the Trust.

               IT IS IMPORTANT THAT PROXIES BE RETURNED PROMPTLY

   
September 8, 1995                                  MFS INTERMEDIATE INCOME TRUST
    

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                                                                      Appendix A
    

   
                           TRUSTEE COMPENSATION TABLE
    

   


                                                                          Retirement
                                                                            Benefit                             Total Trustee
                                                                        Accrued as part        Estimated             Fees
                                                        Trustee Fees          of            Credited Years      from Trust and
Trustee                                                from Trust(1)   Trust Expense(1)      of Service(2)     Fund Complex(3)
-----------------------------------------------------  --------------  -----------------  -------------------  ----------------
                                                                                                   
Richard B. Bailey....................................    $   19,583        $   3,038                  10          $  226,221
Marshall N. Cohan....................................        21,083            7,700                  14             147,274
Dr. Lawrence Cohn....................................        20,083              950                  18             133,524
Sir J. David Gibbons.................................        20,083            6,100                  13             132,024
Abby M. O'Neill......................................        19,583            2,000                  10             125,924
Walter E. Robb, III..................................        21,083            7,700                  14             147,274
J. Dale Sherratt.....................................        21,083            1,000                  20             147,274
Ward Smith...........................................        21,083            2,200                  13             147,274
<FN>
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(1)  For fiscal year ended October 31, 1994
(2)  Based on normal retirement age of 75
(3)  For  calendar year 1994. All Trustees served as Trustees of 36 funds within
     the MFS fund complex (having aggregate net assets at December 31, 1994,  of
     approximately  $9.7 billion) except Mr. Bailey, who served as Trustee of 56
     funds within the MFS fund complex (having aggregate net assets at  December
     31, 1994 of approximately $24.5 billion).

    

   
       ESTIMATED ANNUAL BENEFITS PAYABLE BY THE TRUST UPON RETIREMENT (4)
    

   


 Average                 Years of Service
 Trustee   --------------------------------------------
  Fees         3          5          7      10 or more
---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  -----------
                                
$  18,000  $   2,700  $   4,500  $   6,300   $   9,000
   19,000      2,850      4,750      6,650       9,500
   20,000      3,000      5,000      7,000      10,000
   21,000      3,150      5,250      7,350      10,500
   22,000      3,300      5,500      7,700      11,000
   23,000      3,450      5,750      8,050      11,500
<FN>
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(4)  Other  funds in the MFS fund complex provide similar retirement benefits to
     the Trustees.

    

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                     MFS-Registered Trademark- INTERMEDIATE
                                  INCOME TRUST
                              500 Boylston Street
                          Boston, Massachusetts 02116

                                Proxy Statement

   
                          For the 1995 Annual Meeting
                         of Shareholders to be held on
                                October 26, 1995
    

                     MFS-Registered Trademark- INTERMEDIATE
                                  INCOME TRUST
                500 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116

       P R O X Y
   
         THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED BY AND ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
                  MFS-Registered Trademark- INTERMEDIATE INCOME TRUST
    
   
            PROXY FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS, OCTOBER 26, 1995
    

   
           The  undersigned hereby  appoints JAMES  R. BORDEWICK,  JR., A. KEITH
       BRODKIN, STEPHEN E. CAVAN and W. THOMAS LONDON, and each of them, proxies
       with several powers of substitution, to  vote for the undersigned at  the
       1995  Annual Meeting of Shareholders of MFS INTERMEDIATE INCOME TRUST, to
       be held  at  500 Boylston  Street,  Boston, Massachusetts,  on  Thursday,
       October  26,  1995,  notice  of which  meeting  and  the  Proxy Statement
       accompanying the same have  been received by the  undersigned, or at  any
       adjournment  thereof,  upon the  following  matters as  described  in the
       Notice of Meeting and accompanying Proxy Statement:
    

   
 1.  ELECTION OF TRUSTEES.
     Nominees: A. Keith Brodkin, Richard B. Bailey, Lawrence H. Cohn, Abby M.
     O'Neill, J. Dale Sherratt and Ward Smith.
     / / VOTE FOR all nominees listed,    / / VOTE WITHHELD from all nominees.
     except as marked to the contrary
         above (if any).
  (to withhold your vote for any nominee, strike a line through the nominee's
                                  name above)
 2.  RATIFICATION OR REJECTION OF         FOR / /   AGAINST / /   ABSTAIN / /
     SELECTION OF ACCOUNTANTS.
                   (To Be Dated and Signed on Reverse Side)

    

        Account Number          Number of Shares          Proxy Number

   
       WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, THIS PROXY WILL  BE VOTED IN THE MANNER  DIRECTED
       HEREIN  BY THE UNDERSIGNED  SHAREHOLDER. ALL PROPOSALS  (SET FORTH ON THE
       REVERSE OF THIS PROXY CARD) HAVE BEEN PROPOSED BY THE BOARD OF  TRUSTEES.
       IF  NO DIRECTION  IS GIVEN  ON THESE PROPOSALS,  THIS PROXY  CARD WILL BE
       VOTED "FOR" THE NOMINEES  AND "FOR" ITEM  2. THE PROXY  WILL BE VOTED  IN
       ACCORDANCE WITH THE HOLDER'S BEST JUDGMENT AS TO ANY OTHER MATTER.
    
                                           Dated _________________________, 1995
                                                 (Please date this Proxy)
                                           _____________________________________
                                                       (Signature)
                                           _____________________________________
                                                       (Signature)

   
                                          Please sign this proxy exactly as your
                                          name  or names  appear at  left. Joint
                                          owners should  each  sign  personally.
                                          Trustees  and other fiduciaries should
                                          indicate the  capacity in  which  they
                                          sign,  and  where more  than  one name
                                          appears, a  majority must  sign. If  a
                                          corporation,  this signature should be
                                          that  of  an  authorized  officer  who
                                          should state his or her title.
    

   
                                                 PLEASE VOTE AND SIGN AND RETURN
                                           PROMPTLY
                                                   IN ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.
    

                                               PLEASE DO NOT FOLD, STAPLE OR
                                                         MUTILATE