"The end of an era..."

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There was a great deal of fuss in the media recently about the last HST to operate into and out of Paddington station. Anyone who had not taken the trouble to walk down Euston Road to Kings Cross would think that they are now extinct as a class.... however... all these pictures were taken during the past week, and since the "last train...." news stories!!

A down LNER service leaves Doncaster station.

A couple of days later an up LNER service enters York station.


Cross Country still keep a small number of HSTs working between Aberdeen and Penzance. This one was heading south and is also seen entering York station.

In addition... East Midlands Trains, Hull Trains and Scotrail still run HSTs across their systems. In fact Scotrail are refurbishing some of the trains which GWR have finished with and are about to INTRODUCE them into some of their Inter City services.


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