Operators & Routes

First Great Western

First Great Western operate services predominately into and out of London Paddington station in West London to the South West of England and South Wales. HSTs serve the following main routes:

- Paddington - Reading - Didcot Parkway - Swindon - Chippenham - Bath Spa - Bristol Temple Meads - Weston Super Mare - Taunton

- Paddington - Reading - Swindon - Bristol Parkway - Newport - Cardiff Central - Bridgend - Port Talbot - Neath - Swansea - Pembroke Dock (Summer Saturdays only)

- Paddington - Reading - Westbury - Taunton - Exeter St Davids - Newton Abbot - Plymouth - Truro - Penzance

- Paddington - Reading - Westbury - Taunton - Exeter St Davids - Newton Abbot - Paignton

- Paddington - Plymouth - Newquay on Summer Saturdays only

FGW also operate a number of other key and peak services using HSTs on the following routes:

- Paddington - Reading - Swindon - Stroud - Gloucester - Cheltenham Spa

- Paddington - Reading - Oxford - Evesham - Worcester - Malvern - Hereford


East Midlands Trains

East Midland Trains operate services predominately into and out of London St Pancras station in North London to the East Midlands. All HSTs serve the following route:

- St Pancras - Bedford - Kettering - Corby

- St Pancras - Luton - Bedford - Wellingborough - Kettering - Market Harborough - Leicester

to either;

- Derby - Chesterfield - Sheffield - Doncaster - Wakefield - Leeds

- Nottingham


National Express East Coast

National Express East Coast operate services predominately into and out of London Kings Cross station in North London to Yorkshire, Tyneside and Scotland. HSTs serve the following routes:

- Kings Cross - Stevenage - Peterborough - Grantham - Newark - Retford - Doncaster - Wakefield Westgate - Leeds

Leeds services can continue to or start from Skipton or Harrogate

- Kings Cross - Peterborough - Doncaster - Hull

- Kings Cross - Peterborough - Doncaster - York - Darlington - Newcastle - Berwick - Edinburgh

Edinburgh services can continue as follows:

- Edinburgh - Kirkaldy - Dundee - Aberdeen

- Edinburgh - Stirling - Perth - Aviemore - Inverness

Cross Country

Cross Country Trains operate services predominately from and to the south west up through to Scotland. HSTs serve the following main routes:

- Penzance - St Erth - Camborne - Redruth - Truro - St Austell - Par - Lostwithiel - Bodmin Parkway - Liskeard - Plymouth - Newton Abbot - Exeter St Davids - Taunton - Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol Parkway - Cheltenham - Birmingham New Street - Tamworth - Derby - Chesterfield - Sheffield - Wakefield Westgate - Leeds - York - Darlington - Durham - Newcastle - Alnmouth - Edinburgh - Haymarket - Motherwell - Glasgow Central .

- Dundee - Leuchars - Cupar - Ladybank - Kirkaldy - Inverkeithing - Haymarket - Edingburgh - Berwick Upon Tweed - Newcastle - Darlington - Durham - York - Leeds - Wakefield Westgate - Sheffield - Chesterfield - Derby - Tamworth - Birmingham New Street - Cheltenham - Bristol Parkway - Bristol Temple Meads - Taunton - Exeter St Davids - Newton Abbot - Totnes - Plymouth.

- Plymouth - Totnes - Newton Abbot - Exeter St Davids - Tiverton Parkway - Taunton - Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol Parkway - Cheltenham - Birmingham New Street - Burton on Trent - Derby - Chesterfield - Sheffield - Wakefield Westgate - Leeds - York - Darlington - Durham - Newcastle - Berwick Upton Tweed - Dunbar - Edinburgh

- Plymouth - Totnes - Newton Abbot - Exeter St Davids - Tiverton Parkway - Taunton - Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol Parkway - Cheltenham - Birmingham New Street - Tamworth - Derby - Chesterfield - Sheffield - Wakefield Westgate - Leeds - York - Darlington - Durham - Newcastle - Alnmouth - Edinburgh - Haymarket - Motherwell - Glasgow Central

Grand Central

Grand Central operate services into and out of London Kings Cross to Sunderland HSTs operate the following main routes:

- London Kings Cross - York - Thirsk - Northallerton - Eaglescliffe - Hartlepool - Sunderland



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