The END of England's OLDEST High Speed Train - GWR Castle Class
Britain's HST (or Intercity 125) has revolutionised long distance travel in the UK and whilst they will still see their 5th decade in service up in Scotland, England has now lost its last regularly-scheduled passenger-operated HST as of the December 2025 timetable change. In this video, I take one last ride on these iconic high speed trains, reminisce about the past and look forward to what's to come for the future. Enjoy the video! Journey details: Date of travel - November 2025 Operator - Great Western Railway (GWR) Train type - Class 43 "HST" with 4 Mk3 passenger coaches Class of travel - Standard Origin - Exeter St Davids Destination - Penzance Price - £20/€22.80/$26.45 (off peak day return including 1/3 Railcard discount) Journey time - 3 hours, 10 minutes Distance - 130 miles Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoyed the video! Music is from EpidemicSound and is used under license. Thumbnail credit to @downonthestourcheck out his channel for some amazing content! Also a huge thanks to @everylaststation for the video of the very last HST departure - check him out for some amazing travels! Follow me on social media: BlueSky - https://bsky.app/profile/omtherails.b... Instagram - / omtherails TikTok (posts coming soon!) - https://www.tiktok.com/@om.the.rails?... Support the channel here: https://ko-fi.com/omtherails #gwr #hst #intercity125 #class43 #mk3 #tripreport #vlog #uk #devon #cornwall #trains Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:39 Exeter St Davids 02:44 HST Arrival, Boarding & Route Information 05:11 Departure & Riding Along the Devon Coast 06:42 Standard Class Interior 08:09 Progressing Through Devon & The Future 10:23 Entering Cornwall 12:17 Walkthrough 13:51 The Home Stretch 15:39 Journey Summary, Conclusions & Pricing 16:35 Arrival into Penzance & Outro - Thanks for Watching!
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