The passenger on the platform at Kingham certainly has a reason to look round as 43182 arrives with the 1Z16 14:03 Worcester Shrub Hill to Hanborough First Great Western service on 15 June 2008. Because the rostered driver for one of the diagrams over the Cotswold Line did not sign Class 166 units, a special short HST was made up comprising power cars 43182 & 43042 with coaches 42277 & 44059. The line was closed between Hanborough and Oxford, with buses providing a connection, while an hourly shuttle worked between Worcester and Hanborough. Unfortunately the sun disappeared at Kingham just before the train arrived! |