HST Unusual visits

[4-SUB 4732]

Only recently GWR HSTs were diverted into London Waterloo to/from the West Country. Add to that diversions over the Chiltern Main line as well. Also the HST from South Wales that ran via Acton Bank / Kensington Olympia into Waterloo to connect with Eurostars in the late 90's.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/drs37087/23917355692/

And those Marylebone trips were bloody hellfire...

 

[route101]

May have been easier to ask where a HST hasn't been...

East Kilbride but Barrhead may have had one or even a call

 

[Journeyman]

I’m pretty sure one has been to Aberystwyth.

Yup, I had a book about the Welsh narrow gauge lines, and there was a shot of a blue and grey one in Aberystwyth station next to a VoR train.

 

[Journeyman]

Did one ever go over the Woodhead?

May have done bits, but I'm 99.9% certain that there's never been an HST across the whole route or through the tunnel. Given how much it was photographed in its final years, you'd think there'd be ample evidence if it ever happened.

 

[Journeyman]

One travelled back in time to 1964 when it briefly appeared in the background in the film Quadrophenia.

There's quite a few serious anachronistic blunders in Quadrophenia, I don't think they went to much effort at all to ensure period details were authentically represented. There's several scenes featuring what is clearly early 80s traffic, with a huge number of vehicles present that hadn't been thought of in the sixties.

 

[andythebrave]

cheers - about the only thing I haven't seen down there! ( class 20 the other)

http://gbrfcharityrailtours.co.uk/railtours/gb18d2 answers your needs it seems

 

[Bringback309s]

Colchester - when they were built (with their Colchester engines) https://www.railscot.co.uk/locations/C/Colchester/slideshow.html

Several here of it at Liverpool Street and stations to Southend https://hiveminer.com/Tags/liverpool,southend

And later on at Victoria https://www.flickr.com/photos/sinkplunger/3958261902

 

[nxea321446]

012 & 185 went to Southend Victoria & Southminster in 1997 with The Arch Weaver

 

[Spartacus]

About the strangest must have been Ferrybridge Power Station, wrong routed and the driver took it!

 

[DarloRich]

http://gbrfcharityrailtours.co.uk/railtours/gb18d2 answers your needs it seems

Wowsers!

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Colchester - when they were built (with their Colchester engines) https://www.railscot.co.uk/locations/C/Colchester/slideshow.html

Several here of it at Liverpool Street and stations to Southend https://hiveminer.com/Tags/liverpool,southend

And later on at Victoria https://www.flickr.com/photos/sinkplunger/3958261902

Aren't they barred from/not passed (somewhere on) the GEML now?

 

[PHILIPE]

I was travelling from Glasgow Cen to Bristol Parkway when XC HSTs were seen on the West Coast Main Line when we were stopped and held at Stafford North awaiting a route conductor to travel from Bescot and due to a problem at Penkridge, we were diverted via the Cannock line.

 

[Cletus]

I'm wondering what were some of the more unusual routes the HST has ever travelled in service?
Has one ever been South East to Canterbury, Dover, Ramsgate or Rochester?
Thanks for any answers.

So, not down Dover way as I've not seen it mentioned?

 

[Rick1984]

Back in the early days of VXC, a 2-carriage VXC HST set made its way to Manchester Airport from Glasgow Central/Edinburgh (covering for a 158).

That must've been somewhat brisk!

 

[mlambeuk]

What about Harrogate to York via Knaresborough?

 

[Minilad]

Have any XC ones ever been through Nuneaton?

Certainly did during VXC days as I drove one. 43049 and 082 on a football special carrying Villa fans to Manchester for an FA cup tie. It also went into Victoria. I was relieved at Stockport and a Manchester driver took it into Vic.
I have also had Voyagers into Vic around the same time

 

[SC43090]

Iv'e had HST on passenger services, also on diversions, also on charters

Paddington Milford Haven service train

KX Cleethorpes (THe Humber Lincs Executrive)

Paddington Stratford Upon Avon on a Service train ran for one year only

Hull Glasgow via Scarborough for one summer season only Saturdays only

On the first HST to Newquay in 1987

Paddington Pembroke Docks

Inverness Aberdeen on Sunday diversion in 1986

Edinburgh Carlisle via Glasgow & south western route weekend diversions

Bristol TM Weymouth

Euston Holyhead

Charters over the Settle & Carlisle line

Charter to Aberyswyth

Charter over the Dufftown branch

Also did quiet a lot of Hertfordshire Railtours in the late 1980's / 1990's

Great Yarmouth Norwich Sheringham Kings Lynn charter

HST charter to Blackpool on the RTN remember passing through Manchester Victoria around midnight on way back to Derby via Hope Valley line

Had HSTs into or out of the following London Termini

London Liverpool Street, London KX, London ST Pancras, London Euston, London Paddington, London Waterloo, & most recently a few years ago London Marylebone....

Also many many more places iv'e been on HSTs

IN the Second part of the BR summer timetable in 1991 as there was two Summer timetable in 1991.... When BR introduced HSTs on to the Bournemouth & Poole services also on Summer Saturdays there was an Weymouth Edinburgh service & Aberdeen Weymouth in opposite direction after HSTs been realased from East Coast duties by new class 91s & MK4 coaches.....

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[NoOnesFool]

In the summer, East Midlands Trains run occasional special HST services to Skegness via Sleaford!

 

[timj]

Iv'e had HST on passenger services, also on diversions, also on charters



Hull Glasgow via Scarborough for one summer season only Saturdays only




SC43090

Presumably you mean via Filey then but I thought this line wasn't passed for HST's?

 

[Steve Harris]

Cambridge is on a diversionary route from the East Coast, but i've me we known the diversions to call here- always just passing through

Believe it or not, a HST service actually started at Cambridge, not once but twice !

Can't remember the exact dates, but both services where Merrymakers and ran as one off's in the late 70's / early 80's. The first service ran to Edinburgh and the second went to Dundee. Both ran on a Saturday.

Other than that, you are correct, Cambridge is on the diversionary route which has been used when the ECML has been closed for engineering work.

 

[route101]

Iv'e had HST on passenger services, also on diversions, also on charters

Paddington Milford Haven service train

KX Cleethorpes (THe Humber Lincs Executrive)

Paddington Stratford Upon Avon on a Service train ran for one year only

Hull Glasgow via Scarborough for one summer season only Saturdays only

On the first HST to Newquay in 1987

Paddington Pembroke Docks

Inverness Aberdeen on Sunday diversion in 1986

Edinburgh Carlisle via Glasgow & south western route weekend diversions

Bristol TM Weymouth

Euston Holyhead

Charters over the Settle & Carlisle line

Charter to Aberyswyth

Charter over the Dufftown branch

Also did quiet a lot of Hertfordshire Railtours in the late 1980's / 1990's

Great Yarmouth Norwich Sheringham Kings Lynn charter

HST charter to Blackpool on the RTN remember passing through Manchester Victoria around midnight on way back to Derby via Hope Valley line

Had HSTs into or out of the following London Termini

London Liverpool Street, London KX, London ST Pancras, London Euston, London Paddington, London Waterloo, & most recently a few years ago London Marylebone....

Also many many more places iv'e been on HSTs

IN the Second part of the BR summer timetable in 1991 as there was two Summer timetable in 1991.... When BR introduced HSTs on to the Bournemouth & Poole services also on Summer Saturdays there was an Weymouth Edinburgh service & Aberdeen Weymouth in opposite direction after HSTs been realased from East Coast duties by new class 91s & MK4 coaches.....

SC43090

Interesting , were all VXC services north of Edinburgh HSTs?

I if Kilmarnock has had an HST service call!

 

[cragdrummer]

I remember around 1995 seeing an HST on the Penarth branch. Not sure if it was part of a rail tour or what, but I distinctly remember seeing it while passing on Windsor road, sat at the signal prior to cogan jct and passing under the train as it was stopped on the 'brains bridge'. Was very exciting at the time

 

[PHILIPE]

I remember around 1995 seeing an HST on the Penarth branch. Not sure if it was part of a rail tour or what, but I distinctly remember seeing it while passing on Windsor road, sat at the signal prior to cogan jct and passing under the train as it was stopped on the 'brains bridge'. Was very exciting at the time

Probably a "turning the set movement from Canton". They had to go behind the signal at Cogan Jn coming off the Penarth Branch to reverse having turned round the triangle. I have seen such a movement myself.

 

[Stonesourscotty]

Few odd XPT workings this weekend same as hst but based in New South Wales Australia Noted an unusual XPT working today One was going Platform 1 at Sydenham towards the xpt depot due to a line closure at Sydenham guess this never normally happens.

 

[brompton rail]

Certainly did during VXC days as I drove one. 43049 and 082 on a football special carrying Villa fans to Manchester for an FA cup tie. It also went into Victoria. I was relieved at Stockport and a Manchester driver took it into Vic.
I have also had Voyagers into Vic around the same time

In BR days I’ve Ben on a Sunday diversion of XC Leeds to Plymouth HST which travelled south from Sheffield via Leicester, Nuneaton, Coventry, Leamington, Didcot West, Swindon, Bristol Parkway and then normal route. Very interesting!

 

[Royston Vasey]

Believe it or not, a HST service actually started at Cambridge, not once but twice !

Can't remember the exact dates, but both services where Merrymakers and ran as one off's in the late 70's / early 80's. The first service ran to Edinburgh and the second went to Dundee. Both ran on a Saturday.

Other than that, you are correct, Cambridge is on the diversionary route which has been used when the ECML has been closed for engineering work.

Grand Central also officially started and terminated at Cambridge in 2009 during Stevenage weekend engineering works, offloading pax onto Liverpool St trains. I don't recall if they were officially accepting Cambridge to York and further north tickets, I seem to remember they were only officially conveying through passengers into and out of London to the north.