43179 Pride of Laira speeds past Bourton on 16 September 2013 with the 1L34 07:28 Swansea to Paddington First Great Western service. To give some idea of the HST's intensive utilisation, after reaching London this set would work the 1C79 11:06 Paddington to Plymouth, followed by the 1A89 15:00 Plymouth to Paddington, and then the 1G70 18:47 Paddington to Cheltenham. To round of its tour of the Western Region, and to take it back to its starting point, it would then work the 5S70 21:05 Cheltenham to Swansea ECS. |