Although it's of course worth noting that they could just as well put you on the next service if the booked train is too busy, and incur whatever delay compensation bill that may incur (which could be zero).
well, this would require GW to release quotas of said tickets on the service, and when they announced it as the last there weren't any - and I juts looked now and did not find any (but there are some on the 18.32, no doubt to encourage 'ordinary' passengers to use that, not the HST) - so if you want a seat on it it seems to me that you need to book at the walk up fare (at least the day before) on line or at a station or by phone, and reserve a seat on it with that ticket.
quite so - but not at any Advance priced discount it would seem.
Sorry I forgot to mention a day, but I did mean on the 18th. Didn't want to go too far but wanted to spend a decent amount of time on the HST so the 18:22 seems ideal rather than going to didcot at 18:30.
Oh sorry, my bad. It vaguely looked like one as I passed it on my Penzance service.
Ok..will an HST be back on diagram today..or will we have an IET substituting for an HST tomorrow too?
Set swapped at Plymouth so the poor buggers on 1a96 have to take IET vice HST up to London. Lucky folks heading westward get the HST. Fault due to 162 failed Speedo.
Thanks
Cheers...just seen it go past the Dawlish Beach cam....looks like i will be riding one of the last HST's to Penzance today -provided it gets to Paddington without any issues.
That's a good plan, but note in case of interest - you can get the 18.15 HST to Cheltenham, thence to Brum and the last Leicester connection off Brum on Sat eve if of any interest.
