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Any HSTs on Glasgow to Bristol route?
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PHILIPE
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https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/frequently-requested-diagrams.170615/
All the XC HST workings can be found in this thread
crosscity
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Answer is 'yes' from Glasgow Central but 'no' in the opposite direction. If you want to arrive in Bristol from Glasgow on a CC HST there are a couple of opportunities in the week changing at Edinburgh, or travel down the West Coast and pick one up from Birmingham New Street.
Thunderer
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Summer Saturday's are your best option assuming the timetable remains the same this year. There are normally 2 departures from Glasgow Central via Edinburgh and York on a Summer Saturday and they are:-
1V52 06:01 Glasgow Central - Paignton.
1V58 09:00 Glasgow Central - Penzance.
1V52 06:01 Glasgow Central - Paignton.
1V58 09:00 Glasgow Central - Penzance.
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Yes TO Glasgow Central normally isn’t it?
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The timetable might stay the same but surely rhe diagrams will be different now that they are maintained at Plymouth rather than Edinburgh now?
crosscity
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Yes/no is the answer to: "Are they still Voyagers?". I'm taking this to mean: "Are all the Cross Country services at Glasgow Central operated by Voyagers?".
From Glasgow=Yes (they are all Voyagers)
To Glasgow=No because 1S51 1225 Plymouth to Glasgow Central is an HST which is meant to run seven days a week.
crosscity
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I thought that last year when the maintenance was moved to Plymouth, but it appears not to be true. Apparently the business requires the extra HST capacity to cover the morning peak into Leeds and Sheffield so the diagrams are similar to before.
1308 from Edinburgh is HST ? Was Voyager last time.
221129
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You mean the same as last year?
221129
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Friday only.
221129
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I wouldn't take that as a given this year.
Is there other XC HST not at 0600?
221129
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1V50 at 0606 but I don't think there is a connection from Glasgow for it.
DarloRich
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not at Edinburgh - first inbound from Glasgow is an 0630 arrival - you can connect at New Street via the 0549 from Glasgow. I have done it for work.
( if you are an iron man you could try the 0630 from Glasgow changing at Carlisle & Wolverhampton)
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You mean the same as last year?
The Timetable yes, the unit diagrams no.
However...
Which means extra moves Thursday afternoon from Plymouth and Monday morning to get them back south to Plymouth.
221129
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HST maintenance moved to Laira in December 2018. So last summer saw the diagrams based out of Laira. This summer is likely to be very different.
Thunderer
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You are probably right thinking about it as the 2 ex-LNER Power Cars are due on board so XC can operate 4 HST's on a daily basis. Diagrams may well change come the start of May.
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There is no might about it....
duffield
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So..any idea which diagrams will change to HSTs? Or is that not decided yet?
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