HSTs were not a common sight on the Welsh Marches Line, but there were a few workings in the 1990s. 43025 Exeter passes Ponthir on Sunday 23 July 1995 with the 1B90 14:15 Bristol Temple Meads to Hereford service. This would then work the 1A65 16:34 Hereford to Paddington train, via the Cotswold Line. During the winter months this train ran empty stock as the 5A65 13:28 Swansea to Hereford ECS.