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GWR HSTs: the final countdown. - Posted: February 23, 2019 - 8:09 PM Quote and reply
Branch Line News reports that the last HST runs on the Cheltenham and Worcester lines may well be on the 8th March. All class 802s should be in service by mid-April (the last delivery) and it's possible that the last HST departure from Paddington will be the 2103 to Plymouth on Fri 17th May.
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Re: GWR HSTs: the final countdown. - Posted: February 24, 2019 - 10:07 AM Quote and reply
8001F said:
Branch Line News reports that the last HST runs on the Cheltenham and Worcester lines may well be on the 8th March. All class 802s should be in service by mid-April (the last delivery) and it's possible that the last HST departure from Paddington will be the 2103 to Plymouth on Fri 17th May.
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With respect to HSTs on the Cotswolds Line, I think the final HST may have already run. Although the final HST (the 0821 Paddington and 1209 Hereford) was to continue until the 8th March, due to the Whiteball blockade, diagrams have changed and the 0821 Paddington will now be formed from the 0515 Bristol (via B&H) - an IET - until the end of the blockade, which also coincides with the 8th March.

There is a remaining Turbo diagram covering the 0750 Paddington which forms the 0950 Moreton-in-Marsh and 1059 Great Malvern returns.



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