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The timetable in summer 1963 was: Hereford (d. 08:00), Ledbury, Colwall, Great Malvern, Malvern Link, Worcester Foregate Street, Worcester Shrub Hill (d. 09:10), Evesham, Moreton-in-Marsh, Oxford, Reading and Paddington (a. 11:55; 12:09 on Saturdays) – returning from Paddington at 17:15 and reaching Hereford at 20:59 (21:18 on Saturdays).
Image Type Top speed Cars per set Number Operator Routes Built mph km/h 158: Diesel Multiple Unit: 90 145 2 22 Great Western Railway: Cardiff Central – Portsmouth Harbour; Cardiff Central/Bristol Temple Meads – Exeter St Davids; Bristol Temple Meads – Weymouth; 1989–92 3 19 165: 2 20 Great Western Railway: Reading – Redhill or Gatwick ...
It ran local services from Paddington to Slough, Henley-on-Thames, Reading, Didcot Parkway, Oxford, Newbury, Bedwyn, Worcester Shrub Hill, Hereford, Banbury and Stratford-upon-Avon. It also operated services from Reading to Gatwick Airport (via Guildford and Dorking ), and from Reading to Basingstoke .
Trains depart Paddington every 15 minutes from 05:10 (06:10 on Sunday) until 23:25, [42] and there is a similar quarter-hourly service in the return direction. At Paddington they use dedicated platforms 6 and 7, although on occasions other platforms are used.
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The station was the second opened by the MR at Paddington. The earlier station, named Paddington (Bishop's Road), opened on 10 January 1863. [10] It is north of the mainline station and is served by trains on the Hammersmith branch. From 1 November 1926, the MR provided all Inner Circle services. [10]
The Cornish Riviera Express is a British express passenger train that has run between London Paddington and Penzance in Cornwall since 1904. Introduced by the Great Western Railway, the name Cornish Riviera Express has been applied to the late morning express train from London to Penzance continuously through nationalisation under British Rail and privatisation under First Great Western, only ...
The units were built to replace Class 117, Class 119 and Class 121 DMUs, and locomotive-hauled trains on services from London Paddington along the Great Western Main Line. Six cars were added to the original order in 1991 after Network SouthEast acquired some of the Cotswold Line services from Regional Railways to allow Class 158 units to be ...