GWR HSTs in odd formations

[Mitchell Hurd]

Good morning people. For anyone that uses HST's on GWR services, there is one where even if First Class is at the front towards London and at the front out of London, Coach D maybe in reverse formation. I had this on the 17:45 from Moreton-in-Marsh back to Oxford on the 17/02/18 and on the slightly delayed 11:42 from Didcot Parkway to Bristol Temple Meads on the 23/07/18 instead of an IET.

So for anyone with forward seats in Coach D in this case, try not to take any notice of the HST formation on the information boards as you may get caught out.

I promise you I'm not making it up / at least I don't think I am anyway !

 

[Mitchell Hurd]

Correction - First Class at the rear out of London, sorry.

 

[XCTurbostar]

GWR are definitely finding it difficult to retain full complete formations of HSTs. I saw at least 1 or 2 HSTs on Saturday with an First or a second Buffet coach in the middle of standard.

 

[rebmcr]

Correction - First Class at the rear out of London, sorry.

There is an edit function for this purpose.

 

[43096]

Good morning people. For anyone that uses HST's on GWR services, there is one where even if First Class is at the front towards London and at the front out of London, Coach D maybe in reverse formation. I had this on the 17:45 from Moreton-in-Marsh back to Oxford on the 17/02/18 and on the slightly delayed 11:42 from Didcot Parkway to Bristol Temple Meads on the 23/07/18 instead of an IET.

So for anyone with forward seats in Coach D in this case, try not to take any notice of the HST formation on the information boards as you may get caught out.

I promise you I'm not making it up / at least I don't think I am anyway !

And in English?

Are you saying that coach D was a first class coach?