MatthewRead
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Does anyone remember when class 180's use to run to Exeter and beyond? When did they last run to the South west?
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Still amuses me that Grand Central wanted to routinely couple and uncouple these units at Doncaster for their Cleethorpes services.
Does anyone remember when class 180's use to run to Exeter and beyond? When did they last run to the South west?
Didnt they come back to GWR for a bit ? Or im i imagining
Thanks, thought it was the caseYes between 2012 and 2017, but they only only worked a few services on the Cotswold line (Mon - Fri only)
Yes between 2012 and 2017, but they only only worked a few services on the Cotswold line (Mon - Fri only)
It was a bit more than a few - during this period much of the Cotswold Line weekday off-peak service and the early morning trains out of London to Worcestershire were 180s. Four daily diagrams for the five sets with FGW/GWR.
There was also a regular early commuter service from Newbury to Paddington and some workings between London and Oxford only - the 17.18 semi-fast from Paddington and the return working (the 19.31 fast) was booked for a 180 for several years.
Towards the end of their time with GWR, there was a regular booked Saturday turn and during that period unscheduled weekend appearances in place of unavailable HSTs happened on a fair few Saturdays and Sundays.