(4K) The Last HST's to depart London Paddington | 18/05/19
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 พ.ค. 2019
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After spotting at Lancaster somewhat 220 miles away from here i headed down on Virgin Trains First Class to Euston and across to Paddington to catch the famous HST's depart for the very last times. There were 4 that were going, 1 to Plymouth, 1 to Cheltenham Spa, 1 to Hereford and the final one to depart was to Taunton. This lead loads of people to tears shortly after the final had gone, most understandably so. HST's have operated from Paddington for years now, to see them go is a real shame. Quite a few famous youtubers had got on the final one, Geoff Marshall to name one.
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I will never forget there beautiful look, horns and passes, R.I.P Class 43 HST. 😭😭😭
You can drive them on ROBLOX in Terminal Railways.
Hey I live In Russia. Hst don/t going?
Dad:
Why tf you crying so damn loud
SAD. Another piece of legendary British Engineering put to rest.
Don't worry everyone, you can still see these in Scotland! GWR Class 43's are all being transferred to Scotrail on long distance routes, they are not being scrapped.
Phew I’m glad
How much life do they have left. as i want to travel on a 125 service.
I agree
@@LawnMowersThingsThatMakeNoise
Meh, a good 10 maybe even 20 years I'd say
Phew!
Britain lost an iconic piece of history this year.
R.I.P HST's, you served us well and will be missed :'-(
At least they are still in Scotland running mainline services
Farewell to GWR HSTs Great video amazing tones! It’s a big shame to see these great machines go
Great video. ☺️ I love these trains, they are one of my most favourite trains ever. ☺️ I'm gonna miss these HST 125's a lot.
Such a legendary train. Farewell HST.
Don't be sad that it's over.
Be happy that it happened.
True :)
Nothing like the thrill of standing on a platform with an HST barreliing past at full pelt! Ah well, all things must pass.
I will always remember the ol' intercity 125 branding.
Fun to see the drivers having fun with the fans too
I wish these ran forever
They're my favorite
R.I.P
Paddington will never be the same without a beautiful line up of HSTs hopefully theyll come back on specials or on a last minute IEP replacement if a class 800 fails
On my first visit to England, in 1977, my first HST run was to Bath Spa for a visit, and return. To say that I was impressed is a massive understatement. Leter visits involved the ECML before electrification.
You are lucky, Bruce. On my travels on the UK railway system in the 70/80/90 2000s I never got to ride the HST125. All I have are video memories and about 15 Hornby 00 Train Packs of the HST125 in various liveries - most never run. I guess I'm afflicted by that strange passion of 'possession', as any collector knows. The argument will still hold forth on the Valenta versus the MTU. The British passion for quirkiness up against Germanic cool efficiencies. We Brits' could not give a toss for economics when it comes to the thrill of the screaming Paxman reverberating through our ears and that indefinable thumping within the chest as a Valenta HST125 went whizzing past. Take care, Bill.
Such an amazing train just to end like that. So so sad
Team5K It is just leaving GWR but will continue in service for other operators in the UK.
While the Intercity 125 will be phased out of long distance Intercity services, GWR are retaining some of their sets to form some 4 car “short castle” sets for regional services in the west of England. Well that’s what I was told anyway.
@Dogsgrove Blu not specifically the highlands but there are no electric lines north of Edinburgh or Glasgow.
@Jessica Clark
Yeah, but as he said, NOT SPECIFICALLY. They aren't just going to the Highlands.
Sad day indeed.
The Hitachi plastic fantastics have taken over.
Just as the IC125’s took over from the 50’s and 47’s in the late 70’s.
The Hitachi units have no character. And never will have any.
Soulless. Bland. Generic. Crap.
😢😢
You have recorded a piece of railway history.
Thanks for posting it.
The HST has 10x more plastic, the class 800 is made from high quality bodyshells , much better acceleration no more drinks spilling.
xm3 - Whilst I accept your point, it doesn’t change my opinion of the Hitachi units!
Will they have the longevity of the IC125 design?
I’m not going to get into a slanging match about it.
And don't forget the HST is a record breaker. Something these modern units will never achieve
I bet people said exactly the same about the Deltics when they started replacing steam! These trains are 40 years old! Get over it!
Pretty sure the 387’s will be replacing the 165,166’s. Nobody will really care or notice but it will see a shame to see trains I saw as a child go.
I'm glad I still drive these with Cross Country, only need them to last another 2.5 years for me then I'll be retiring anyhow.
Glad too that I live on the XC network and can still enjoy them. Whenever time allows I'd miss a few Vomiters to catch an HST instead!
I remember being in Paddington on October 11, 1976 photographing HSTs in their first week of regular service. I was able to get shots of one of the prototype trainsets, as well as several of the production sets. And several tracks over was an aging Class 52 "Western" diesel-hydraulic with a set of Mark I stock. Now the HSTs are leaving the stage, making room for the 800-series Azuma trains. History marches on, in railroading as in everything else...
Rest in peace HSTs, you will be greatly missed by all of us. I ask a moment of silence, to respect the true legendary trains of the network of British railways.
I will always have such fond memories of these iconic trains, they will be sadly missed!
Travelled on the 125 hst on you're first trips served us well, salute to you all involved
Cracking video, Richard. Love the HST’s, built in my home town of Crewe. These power cars have done starship miles, a testament to their design and build. Somehow I can’t see many of the modern units lasting as long. Hopefully these HST’s will once again be cascaded down to a new location. The ScotRail ones look good-as-new in their new livery and should be around for many years to come.
I still can't believe they're going out of service.. those were one of my favorites.. thanks for uploading such a beautiful piece of railways that has become a part of British railway history!!😘🤧🤧
Kanu Singh the class 43s are still being used by Scotrail. They have bought a lot of the outgoing GWR stock.
Great video! I remember these entering service! I presume that some are to be preserved and so these may not, in fact, be the last HST departures from Paddington. 1986 wasn't the end of the Hastings diesels!
Why are my eyes getting teary ? perhaps because as a small boy in the 70's a class mate shouted , look miss at that strange looking train, which was on test outside our school in Bedminster Bristol on a red light, waiting to go into Temple meads , we were all aloud to rush to window and stare at this beautiful train.And from that day we've been accustomed to seeing this amazing train, where every you are in Britain, ... been a national treasure. ... perhaps that's why ? thanks for the great vid.I will never forget those horns "
That intercity swallow livery was just spot on. All class 43s and 91s should go back to being in that. Just suited a locomotive so well.
Good to hear drivers acknowledging the moment. (I was thinking back to Castle Class 4075!)
Sad to see, have fond memories of trekking from Australia to visit family in Cornwall from the early 1980s and fronting up at Paddington to get the Cornish Riviera to Plymouth, there would always be a couple of these beast would be sitting idling, what fab sound. Then to experience the delight of wizzing through the English countryside at such a speed.....in those days in Australia, you never considered trains as a viable form of transport......even today I doubt if any reach more than 60mph....... thanks for the posting
Proof that the spirit of the Great Western goes on. The 43s made the GW main line their own and even lived long enough to be painted GW green. Farewell and thank you.
GWR, you have done us a very big injustice, a very big shame these are gone, I will always prefer them to the 800s ☹️
Why? Whats wrong with the Class 800's?
@@nekomasteryoutube3232 imo (in my opinion) they're horrible and don't feature a kitchen unlike the HSTs
@Dogsgrove Blu so ? It's lasted 45 years without fail, I see that it should be kept *UNTIL* it fails
@@AR86608 Theres a reason we fall behind of other countries. People complain about journey times and delays and when someone gives us the tools to fix it, people have a cry. We need to move on at some point, I'm sure you'll be saying the same in 40 years when the 800s go...
@@jamesburrows4053 nah, I don't think so
Nice to see so many people coming to bid farewell; shame I couldn't be there but I am sure there will still be opportunities to travel on them in the future
As an ex Crewe Locomotive works Employer who was an Apprentice when the last HST’s were Delivered into service.Sad to see but also Brilliant video. Thanks
What a graceful end to the hst, truly a legacy it has left in the history of railroading
Watched them pass the Slough camera on youtube. The last one's tone was brilliant
Being a regular commuter between Newcastle and kings cross as a child in the 80/90’s a lot of my memories are of these trains with their screaming engines. Loved leaning out the window smelling the Diesel engine as it pulled out of the stations. My favourite train followed closely by the old door slammers from Charing Cross. Memories 😌
Thank you, Sir Kenneth Grainger.
Thanks for the memories HST 😥 you'll be missed 😢
Gonna miss them they meant a lot to me I always loved their looks and how fast they went past the station 😭r.i.p HST
2:00 awesome clag coming from that HST I am really going to miss them
Legendary trains, iconic design that still looks good to this day! Will b missed😢
It isn't in the London but the Hst living and at present simple but not in united kingdom
And yes,Hst have been modernised and it can be faster
No more screaming Valentas just silent electric crap :( 2:46 sound off is AWESOME! Farewell graceful ladies , when you first arrived and pushed out our Westerns, Hoovers and Peaks I didnt like you. Over time I have travelled thousands of miles with you and will be sad to see you go. :((( You have served us long and well - THANK YOU.
No more big wide leather seats in first class... gonna miss them
Thanks for the film. Special moment.
Nice video Richard epic tones gonna miss them
These trains made my child hood going to the beach or holiday and I remember you waiting for them to come i will miss these and also who remembers sitting down on those chairs with a table and just looking out of the window
Excellent video of the last HST from Paddington
They will be missed! Hopefully they preserve A 43 and it's carriages at the National Railways Museum.
Apparently 43002 has been claimed as part of the national collection.
Nothing to preserve or put in a museum, these trains are all going to Scotland for long distance operations. These trains will be working hard for decades to come!
this makes me very tearful. im not afraid to admit. I have travelled on them a lot as a child :-( in the late 80's and 90's
My old man was the driver of the Geraint Thomas that day. He’s spent a good portion of his life in the cab of an HST.
I love the HST and will always remember them!
Great video. End of an era. Would like to have seen more bunting
great video of the hst and I was there as well and I have subed to your channel
I have a feeling that I’m at least 20 years to young to be watching this. I can’t say I’ve ever been on one, or even really knew they existed until I saw one at Crewe and my dad told me what it was
Hope some museums will take them
I remember well seeing the HST for the first came out 40 odd years ago at Doncaster station and the adverts "this the age of the train". I was only 7 at the time. 40 odd years, that's some miles that is and a fair testomany to the engineering in the 70's, i have to tip my hat to them they've faired better than i have. Oh the days of BR blue when we had a good railway system.
This was the only Hornby set I wanted as a kid - sad times, plus it makes me feel old now 😂
Sad, Its the end of another beautiful era, I remember when I first saw these as a young lad..
I grew up with these trains taking me to various parts of the country. It’s surprising how emotional this has made me feel.
I have a friend who is a driver and he once chauffeured me to Cardiff. They will be missed.
Lucky I visited London a few weeks ago, just in time to some HST's at paddington.
If you’re missing the HST they still run on the East Midlands Main Line as they have done for many years. Even when the line is electrified to Corby they will continue to Leicester, Nottingham and Leeds etc.
London to Bristol was the first line to introduce the InterCity 125s in October 1976, now there are no HSTs from Paddington. How long will it be before the 125s are withdrawn from the Midland Mainline and ECML at St Pancras and Kings Cross?
Hi Richard, I've noticed you come to the Ipswich area quite a lot, I'm not sure if you know that the new bi-directional double track section and crossover at Trimley is due to be connected next weekend over the bank holiday. There are only 2 freightliners scheduled for Friday (24th), then nothing on Sat, Sun, Mon Tues, with normal running due to start on Wednesday 29th. No doubt they will heavily loaded and it will make for some interesting footage. I'm not sure if this is correct but I've heard this will increase the capacity to 54 trains per day.
Nice video Richard the HSTs were one of my favorite trains in the world I wish I was there sad to see them go😭😭😭😭😭
Goodbye my lovley Class 43 HST's. :(
One of these HSTs will most likely end up in the national railway museum and some may end up on preserved lines like the great central railway and some will be in storage in case they are needed and then the rest will be sent to Scott rail and the scrap yard
43162 - my favourite - Borough of Stevenage! Not quite the last HST to leave Paddington. There is a special on June 1st! ;-)
I was on the Cheltenham spa one
I know that some of the HSTs are being sent to Scot rail but what a sad moment. An end to a very special era
Great. You’re a lot better at filming and editing than me lol
Never really got to see these trains cause i live in the midlands but they were great trains and sounded amazing
Gone but we will never never forget them
Will you be able to make this video for the LNER HST's and the East Midlands Trains HST'S for when they leave King's Cross and St Pancras for the final time?
is it just those that retiring or are all of the HSTs on the other company's like cross country L N E R and east mildlands
Guau!, estoy muy triste, . Que hermoso gesto de despedida, creo que los Ingleses son las personas que más aman a sus ferrocarriles, gracias.
I was lucky to see the Kenneth Grange hst in Plymouth liara depot on 20/5/2019 lovely to see the old blue an yellow power car sad to see them go I hope a few get kept for the future generations and not just scrapped
RIP HSTs...You will forever be missed by trainspotters and enthusiasts.
Great vidéo
HSTs forever! Best Ever! Never forgotten!
Last class 43-Intercity 125's to leave London Paddington, marking the end of a railway era. In with the new GWR 800's
Very emotional moment.
That was a Memory to Remember 👍
Let's hope some of these get preserved
Will they run anywhere else? Or did I miss the opportunity to ride them for good?
I fear the day the HSTs and TGV PSE will be retired. The heartbreakind end of the first generation European high-speed trains.
Agreed sad to say the second generation are not only uncomfortable but have a cheaply made feel, and still go no faster than something we built - time for a major infrastructure upgrade to support much higher speeds…125 was fast 40 years ago…
I remember travelling on these trains as a student; it brings back some happy memories of my salad days. So can someone tell me please why have they been taken out of service and what has replaced them?
Hst's living,but they're not in UK and they have been modernised and yes,they're can be faster
why were some still in older paint schemes, like the IC Swallow and original IC 125 paint? were they just never repainted, or were they deliberately kept in that scheme as a "heritage" locomotive?
why not anyway?
Very sad. I will miss them terribly. Comfortable and it felt like travelling in style. The new Hitachi fleet i cant stand. Feels like a soul less commuter train and no buffet car, just a trolley :(
So the thing is; what next? Are they being withdrawn, or are they transferring to other companies (e.g. 'ScotRail' or 'South Western Railway')? Tbh, shorter 4 or 6 car 43's would be great on the WoEML.
Should be turning to 4 or 6 cars
God bless the GWR HST's and all who rode with them.
Praying that Via Rail will go through with their proposal of turning HST's into Canada's 1st high speed trainsets, it will make sure these units don't go away for good. Long live class 43!
Such a shame. My favorite HST from the UK. Wish i could of seen one
Thunderbolt 1000 Siren Productions You’ll be able to see them in Scotland for many, many years.
Press F to pay your respect to the Fabulous Class 43
So sad to see the HSTs go! I'm really hoping to see the last ever HST on the 1st of June, it will be a very tragic & special event!
I see a lot of comments about how people will miss them, but the truth is this is just the cycle of life. I remember the HST's coming into service and all the wonderful locomotives that they replaced. At that time people hated them as they killed the Deltics and the last of the Western's. Likewise people hated those classes when they were introduced because of the steam engines they replaced, and so on. One day people will lament the class 800 as they are replaced by something else. Hard to believe that they have been around for so long, especially as my father was involved with these trains entering service. God I feel old...
At last! Somebody making sense!
3:45 was my favourite tone
DAMN IT I WANTED TO RIDE ONE SOME DAY!!!!
Got to say thanks to the drivers on all the trains thats how to say farewell HSTs and thanks for all the memories. Only thing missing was detonators on the track that's how we did it in the BR Days.😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Do you think it would have been better if the first of 4 left on platform 4 and counted down the platforms 4-3-2-1 and the last departs from platform one (the best platform)
Sad to see those trains are made there last departures at Paddington Station.
I am a trainspotter from Romania, and in June 2012 i came in England and went to Plymouth from Paddington in an HST. I knew about them from train documentary and i was completly in love with them. I got to see them running, to travel in it and got to see the prototype as well in York. A small question. They are gone for ever from service, or just some of them?
Radu Daniel They’re not gone. Many are still in use elsewhere in England, and ScotRail are refurbishing them for the inter-city routes in Scotland - they’re fitting sliding doors and fitting new interiors. They look great. Come back and see them in Scotland some time - we’ll be delighted to see you!