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GWR Press Release: The day is almost here! Saturday 18 May will see the last scheduled High Speed Trains in service now that our entire fleet of Intercity Express Trains are in operation. We want to make sure this day is recorded and want you to be a part of that as well. Post your selfies...

I hope that they're worth the wait - not that they were ever going to be much of a surprise! It's been great fun and an honour diagramming the GWR HSTs in their final months of service. I can't believe the interest surrounding the diagrams! We've tried to get as much variety as we could out of...

If anyone is curious as to how the diagrams are worked out, for this weekend we wanted to send a set to Paignton and Carmarthen as those are the only two "regular" destinations we weren't able to get sets to on the final day of booked services.

If I didn't know better, I'd say that you just sit there waiting for me to send the diagrams out!

That turnaround isn't long enough for an HSS service forming another HSS service. You'll see the amended times on RTT soon. 1A15 arrives 13:13 and 1C16 departs 13:33. 20 minutes is the minimum amount of time for a Bristol turnaround.

Diagrams for the 11th and 12th May still being finalised, but expect to see a final chance for 10:03 PAD > PNZ, 15:52 PNZ > PAD on the Saturday and hopefully a Carmarthen on the Sunday.

For whatever reason, you ask?! It'd be very boring if we sent out the same diagrams, every week! Unfortunately it hasn't quite gone to plan this evening, but the intention of putting a set on to SPM tonight is to balance the sets and work 1A04 tomorrow. No, this won't be the last HST from Frome.

There's some complete and utter wibble going on here, as others have said - can we keep it to diagrams please?! People keep on talking about "booked diagrams" and referring to the frequently requested diagrams thread. It's very important to note that whilst SX diagrams are 'fairly' fixed, we're...

HST diagrams through to the 18th May are very nearly finalised - just a couple of dates where the STP diagrams haven't been nailed down. As of this post, 11th April, no route across the GWR has seen its last 2+8 HST yet, with the exception of Newquay and Pembroke Dock which sadly won't see...

Expect the unexpected with the weekend diagrams. We're still several weeks away from "lasts" over all routes. Due to the nature of engineering works going on and the ongoing IET / HST balancing requirements the diagrams are unlikely to look anything like the LTP for the next couple of months...

Not HST related, but for interest: GWR cannot run more 80X units on the WoE diverts. 800s (5s or 9s) cannot be diagrammed to start or finish anywhere other than North Pole, Stoke Gifford, Maliphant or a small handful of agreed outstanding locations - none of which are west of Exeter. 802 5s in...

As ever, always subject to on the day change. Here's an overview of where you should see HSTs over the next few days. December 23rd: 063+191: 1A80, 1C84. 087+093: 1A83, 1C86. 018+024: 1L32, 1C77, 1A36, 1C36. 159+160: 1A14, 1C13, 1A24, 1C23, 1A34, 1C33. 053+088: 1C05, 1A95, 1C98. 086+189: 1A12...

Note that this coming SX, starting Monday 10th December, the HST diagrams are as per FGW_DID's post on page 14, with the following exceptions: IW 10 (MO): 1P07: HFD 04.47 > PAD 07.52. 1K04: PAD 08.06 > NBY 09.08. 1K11: NBY 09.23 > PAD 10.21. 1B27: PAD 11.15 > CDF 13.22. 1L65: CDF 13.56 > PAD...

If you're desperate for an HST on the inward working as well as the return, the 15:51 Worcester Foregate Street to Paddington IS an HST on Monday. It arrives London Paddington at 18:00 and then forms the 18:22 back again! Depends if you wanted to spend any time in London though - or not!

Mikeastons - Whilst your return journey will be an HST, I'm sorry to say that the outward journey is booked a 9 car IET. At least you'll have an HST to look forward to on the return! :)

As alluded to on the previous page, lots of unusual diagrams this week due to the North Cots block. Most of the North Cots services are five car 800s, a couple of peak workings are nine car 800s and there's a few Turbos in the mix too. The displacement of a few HSTs away from the North Cots and...

Booked diagrams torn up and started from scratch pretty much, due to Moreton-in-Marsh terminations and Filton Bank block. "Unusual" as in, several services on the Bristol / Swansea corridor that have been rock solid IET in previous weeks become HST for the day on Saturday. Obviously that means...

Watch out for the 07:45, 08:45, 09:45 and 10:45 Paddington to Swansea services being HST this coming Saturday, amongst other unusual occurrences. Moreton-in-Marsh terminations have provided lots of opportunities for "interesting" diagrams, due to the lack of Cotswold runs and the requirement to...

Never be surprised! There's still time for lots of interesting workings. In answer to other posts, it's unlikely that there will be any HSTs turning round at Moreton-in-Marsh SX during the North Cots engineering works.

We are pleased to announce that 50017 "Royal Oak" will be taking part in a running day on June 23rd. The loco will be used exclusively throughout the day along the full length of the Plym Valley Railway from Marsh Mills to the newly reinstated Plym Bridge Platform. (Subject to availability.)...