The May 19 timetable change is expected to bring some changes to the duties worked by Great Western Railway’s last remaining HST sets - the four-coach ‘Castle Class’ sets used exclusively in Devon and Cornwall.
The May 19 timetable change is expected to bring some changes to the duties worked by Great Western Railway’s last remaining HST sets - the four-coach ‘Castle Class’ sets used exclusively in Devon and Cornwall.
Highlights are a daily daytime working between Penzance and Exeter St Davids, plus the return of a Sunday duty, which will also include a return trip along the Dawlish Sea Wall.
Three turns are anticipated on Mondays to Fridays: Turn 1, 0533 Plymouth-Penzance, 0745 Penzance-Exeter, 1127 Exeter-Penzance, 1515 Penzance-Plymouth; Turn 2, 1014 Plymouth-Penzance and 1315 Penzance-Plymouth; Turn 3, 1340 Plymouth-Penzance and 1552 Penzance-Plymouth.
On Saturdays they are: Turn 1 0515 Plymouth-Penzance, 0740 Penzance-Plymouth, 1241 Plymouth-Penzance, 1515 Penzance-Plymouth; Turn 2, 0808 Plymouth-Penzance, 1039 Penzance-Exeter, 1422 Exeter-Plymouth, 1638 Plymouth-Penzance, 1930 Penzance-Plymouth; Turn 3, 0910 Plymouth-Penzance and 1150 Penzance-Plymouth.
The Sunday turn is 0845 Plymouth-Penzance, 1149 Penzance-Exeter, 1527 Exeter-Penzance and 1915 Penzance-Plymouth.
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cm49 - 07/05/2025 15:07
I continue to be amazed that the rail industry cannot come up with a worthy successor to the class 34. Current replacement designs are inferior in so many ways from the passenger point of view.