*Last Ever GWR HST's to depart Paddington* - 18/5/19 *MEGA TONES*

18th May 2019 marked the end of long distance HST's, operated by Great Western Railway, departing London Paddington. GWR had spent weeks planning this major event to commemorate the Class 43's for their 40 years spent operating from London to the West Country. Their plan was to line all 4 diagrams up at P1-4 at Paddington and have them leave one at a time. Thankfully, every thing went smoothly and perfectly.
GWR had also specifically request that their special liveried 43's were lined up - including 'Harry Patch', Intercity Swallow and 'Sir Kenneth Grange' liveries. The event was quite a tight squeeze with hundreds of enthusiasts ready with their cameras to capture the final ever HST departure.
So sit back, relax and enjoy the last ever HST departure from Paddington.
#LastHST #LASTGWRHST #LastoftheGWRHST #Paddington
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[@serruredelespace]

Me : *watches this video* My dad : why you crying so damn loud ?

[@michaelnunnery6394]

Thank you to all of the Train Drivers for putting on a show that I will never forget.

[@pennysamuels2086]

The first HST out at 18:03, the Geraint Thomas, was driven down to Plymouth by my husband, Richard.

[@otterlyamazing2605]

@@pennysamuels2086 wow

[@LIMowersAndMore]

I’m gonna miss these HSTs even though I don’t live in the UK it’s great to see how much they care about trains their too!

[@TommyTucker110]

Long Island Mowers & More you bet we do

[@berlinmitte10117]

Classy! The train that saved British Railways

[@weeney56]

I know lucky paddingtongs Longs!

[@tomtalk24]

Saved?

[@jeffreyjohn869]

@@tomtalk24 the HST was a stock gap for the failed APT (Advanced Passenger Train)

[@trainspotterscott37419]

@@tomtalk24 it was only meant to be a temporary thing till the APT was fixed back up then the HSTS would have been gone right after

[@pennysamuels2086]

The first HST in your film, the Geraint Thomas, was the first HST out at 18:03, driven down to Plymouth by my husband, Richard.

[@ChangesOneTim]

What an honour for him! Bet he will miss the noisy cabs, wonky sun visors and leaking screens.

[@aaronarshad3687]

Wow that's amazing that's an inspiring comment

[@ChangesOneTim]

@@aaronarshad3687 it was supposed to be tongue-in-cheek! All drivers had something to fault about HST cabs, but equally all agree they are great machines to drive 👍😀

[@aaronarshad3687]

@@ChangesOneTim ok

[@RealMeggy]

That awesome mate

[@StaxRail]

Extremely proud to say I was on the last one out, met Sir Kenneth Grange on board, and saw the Flying Banana Railtour on its final leg a few weeks later! The horns through Newton Abbot were the best I've ever heard- over 20 seconds long! Got a vid on my channel of it

[@OwainsTrains]

The tour was nice

[@1BarnetTE.]

Paddington will never be the same again.

[@belgianrail1]

I dont understand why people hate the Azumas Ok they are replacing the HSTs but... They are still amazing trains

[@TransportCambs]

the azumas are definitely not amazing unlike the hsts, shame they were withdrawn

[@noaerrr]

@@belgianrail1 they are awful trains, they look great but they have major build quality issues. Within a year of service there were already cracks forming in the body of the trains.

[@theowenw06]

The Boy at 11:44 shouting oh my word just sums out how awesome the HST's are. Really am missing them

[@volvotrident4835]

😂😂😂

[@jont1025]

I just wish he was old enough to have heard them when they newer in the 70s and 80s.

[@RealMeggy]

Best line ever for the kid 🤣

[@RailMel]

A brilliant design when brought in to service, and even after thousands of hours of working “inter city” they still look the business, and don’t look out of place in the 2020’s.

[@benkay8295]

More comfortable, better built, British built, buffet and better looking. The Intercity 125

[@mikesimmons2212]

Well said

[@davidmansell5986]

"Mega tones!" You're not joking. Superb!

[@johncourtneidge]

If anyone can explain why these beauties were scrapped in favour of the present junk, I'm listening!

[@owenslanejunction7544]

@@johncourtneidge because the newer trains were cleaner for the environment but I totally agree the new trains are very uncomfy

[@biscuit715]

@@owenslanejunction7544 the seats have no padding, leg room, aisle space, and no buffet car!! And you don't get the fun of leaning out the window to open the door. Just because it's electric doesn't mean they had to make it shit :(

[@scopex2749]

So sad to see these trains go.....😪 at first I hated them but after travelling long distances behind them i came to LOVE the massive Paxman Valentas and the storms out of Paddington. I wish they could have ended their days with SCREAMING VALENTAS heralding their departures........😔

[@emilianohaskurti9344]

I Like The Class 800 & 802 Better!! 😐 They Are So Fast That You Must Like Them

[@noaerrr]

@@emilianohaskurti9344 my 2 year old cousin has the same opinion. They are still restricted to the same speed limits so they aren’t going any faster than the hsts would of. They also have really bad build quality and within a year of service they had cracks along the body work

[@ScottRails]

Wow, Paddington station is beautiful.

[@TheMichaelWilcock2016Railways]

I was on the last HST from Swansea; thanks for capturing us

[@Rs500ybd]

As a kid in the summer hols we would all go sit at west Drayton Station to Watch the Hst Roll Through doing about 90 Miles an hour This is a Proper Train Not like the Modern Ac Units. The station would Roar and shake as she rolled east or west. I Wonder How many miles they all clocked up over their Lifetime. thanks for the Share even if it was 4 years ago . the hst was like the cosworth of the Rails absolute Beast ... 👏

[@dave07drummer]

good to see 'Driver Stan Martin' on the last run. 👌

[@sts1243]

A very nice gesture towards the family of Stan Martin as well. Stan Martin was the HST driver who was killed in the Ufton Nervet train crash. It was said he suffocated in his cab as it dug itself into the shingle following the derailment!

[@duolingoowl7043]

R.I.P HSTs I remember hearing these roar past my house and begging my parents to go on one. Great to say, I did go on one to Cornwall in 2019, past the Dawlish Sea wall (which was great). It was amazing... I can’t believe they’re gone.

[@chancergordy]

They're not gone. Scotrail bought 54 of them and rebuilt them, they are restricted to 100mph but that's all they need as they aren't running on any Lines South and into England. www.railmagazine.com/trains/current-trains/how-the-hsts-are-being-transformed-for-scottish-services

[@class56trainsrock62]

Cross country have still got HSTs

[@MrJimheeren]

Just go to Scotland plenty still driving around there

[@smashrc8481]

gwr refurbished them for use for the west of England in 5 coach sets not the same but thankfully they still exist

[@noaerrr]

They do still exist, the class 800 Hitachi trains are just taking over the long distance services so the hsts can take over on stopping services for gwr. Scot rail are using them for their inter7city services and cross country still mainly use them.

[@andrewholloway231]

Great video, fabulous footage. Best train ever. Happy to have travelled on them. And, I appreciate it won't be the same, at least there are the 'short sets'.

[@danielbarton9291]

Brilliant video. Captures the spirit of the day. Well done. No point living life behind the yellow line!!!

[@JustAVaporeon]

I’m happy 43185 and 43002 made their last journey well worth it

[@jackhannah43]

Love this video, This has go to be one of the best videos of the HST on youtube!

[@marcusdoling7698]

Glad I saved my old Hornby HST to remind me of all the trips I made in the 70's and 80's on these!

[@breeze1472]

What a testament to the railways these HST`s are.40 Plus years and still doing the business.

[@mezzowatt]

Really late to the party, but I was on the 1W08 Paddington to Hereford service. Stayed on all the way, we all had a bit of a party at Hereford. Already feeling nostalgic.

[@daystatesniper01]

I remember seeing these on test from Derby going through Cudworth in the 70's ,they helped replace the wezzies/50's /Peaks/Deltics and now the wheel turns full circle

[@joestrainworldvideos3977]

Thanks for capturing this great moment. Joe

[@rioblyth3926]

Great videoing, got a real glimpse 🔥

[@andyfowles8633]

I built many of the Paxman Valenta power units back in the 70's and instrumented the one that identified the deck warping issue that lead to many failures. The sound still takes me back to working on the Test Beds as the turbo charger began to scream as the load was applied.

[@fives2155]

GWR and FGW HSTs were my childhood. I'll never forget them

[@davidcrook4166]

Haven't seen this one before very very enjoyable thank you!

[@alanmusicman3385]

That old dynamic lines livery was just SO classy - the new one doesn't come close.

[@alextrainspotterhd6444]

Did well to record all the HSTs coming in and out there mate! Lol nice tones

[@davidoswald9253]

Awesome piece of history!!!

[@stevieh59]

I’ve got a commemorative paperweight somewhere when I went on one the first HST back in 70’s

[@dominicwood3451]

Magnificent event, fitting but also sad.. Franky, when you look at the sets supposedly replacing the hst and the capacious mk3 carriages, why have we not improved on what we had? At the time of commenting on this post, the UK was 12 months into a covid pandemic, but notwithstanding that, train travel passenger numbers had been increasing year-on-year for nigh 20 years. Where is at least the replacement capacity of a full-set hst? All we have are smaller dmus or electric sets, which cannot provide the same capacity as the old hsts which went before. Do we believe in the future of rail travel or not? If we cannot increase the frequency of trains, we need to be running 10-12 carriage units at least as frequently as before. It is sadly ironic that the hst sets did so much to validate the popularity of train travel over so many years, but we haven't appreciated the extent of the egg which layed the golden goose. The most versatile, rugged and enduring symbol of uk rail expertise is being mourned when we don't actually have adequate replacements to at least maintain capacity, let alone increase it. I cannot think of any industry which would turn its nose up and frown at, if it were presented with the 'problem' of doubling demand over 15 years, and increasing... We should be using the time during the covid downturn to re-draw the possibilities of what the uk can do, engineering-wise, and bloody well make our own rail network fit for the 21st century. With the greatest of respect, never mind the French, German, Japanese or Chinese. We had a perfectly good rail industry of our own, but we seem sadly to have lost confidence in our own abilities to do things, and seem hell-bent on buying everyone else's technology (which we probably pioneered anyway then sold on for tuppence or allowed to be copied)....

[@wceyuki]

I’d say LNER is the one trying to improve the rail network the most. They can fit a lot with their 9 car IET’s, and their class 91’s continued the work of the HST’s even before the IET’s came.

[@jedlawmtb09]

Hsts are great iets are shit

[@SpottersUK]

unbelievable video, miss the old hst’s!

[@ericcharles8081]

This was amazing and I’m terribly sad to see the HSTs go, they were the best

[@johncourtneidge]

Thank-you!

[@kiranbahra]

I frequently use this service (or at least used to) as I live in Reading and while the new trains are better - I can usually find a seat and they are a couple mins faster too - I do miss taking the HST. What a great time

[@redfurryboy9424]

I got chills for watching this video

[@Shed87A]

The Last actual departure was 1G60 The 18:15 PAD - CMN I shall always remember the 18th may 2019 as the day GWR decided to lower passenger comfort over journey times.

[@Ontherails158]

The intercity 125 horns are great

[@NextSound170]

My favourite network, GWR - Safety first though my fellow Enthusiasts!

[@darrenhillman8396]

Well done recording a slice of railway history. The 43’s / 253’s / HST’s (call them what you will) have served the railway very well. IET’s hold no attraction for me at all. Cant see them lasting 40+ years.

[@SionsTrainVideos]

good video i love tones and HSTS sad sight. at least about 12 43s still be on the short sets in the west country and cardiff to taunton

[@xzgaming9973]

Sion's Train Videos luckily I live near Severn tunnel junction which has a hst almost everyday and I have witnessed the Harry Patch hst stopping on Its way to Cardiff central.

[@SionsTrainVideos]

@@xzgaming9973 yes the short slam door set

[@loveparade4824]

According to the engine sound, i suggest there's no left famous Paxman Valentas diesels in that trains. All of them was replaced, most likely on the MTU. Nonetheless, the whole era HST that was Made in England has come to the end, sad. But i am glad seen so many fans, who have come to say goodbye!

[@iainroper242]

I was born the same day the first hst125 left paddington I love them, I'd like to see the new green ones in 43 years!! No Buffett car and you can't open the window and wave or give the middle finger to someone!!

[@rosejoganah4886]

Great video the lovely 125 highspeed train is the best train in the world and the best train in england for a long time richard joganah..

[@chrismarshall3972]

If some one had told me 30 years ago how emotional i would be to see HST sets leave Paddington like this on the last 4 departures for the type then i would have laughed at them till i could laugh no more. This was amazing, fantastic, pure emotional and very very very sad indeed. Will we feel the same in another 40 years when the ( if ) last plastic 800 things are on their last legs. Doubt it very much.......but......

[@paulcaswell2813]

Your comment reminds me of when they replaced the Deltics on the ECML. I hated the HSTs. Now I'm all cryey and emotional seeing their farewell. They've been wonderful servants. Long will they be missed.

[@TheSpotify95]

I honestly doubt the IETs will last as long as the HSTs have done. Give it 20 years and those iETs will probably be in the melting pot, replaced by something else (that will not last long either).

[@andrewbutler6477]

Love the old girls still doing the business in the shorter castle sets often a diesel gala at Cardiff with the 125 s and the old be sprinters some are 35 years old a great train like the amazing h s t

[@mikesimmons2212]

Miss them proper trains so much

[@RBRail]

Excellent video

[@brucetharpe762]

The people telling the others to stay back could be a little quieter, we wanna hear the glorious sounds of the trains going through!

[@chriswathen9612]

Only doing their job tbf. These final services must have been a nightmare to dispatch. Really NR could have put more thought into what was needed for platform management (I'm thinking many more staff on the dispatch and a temporary line further back from the platform edge) rather than just leaving it to the standard arrangements when it was obvious how much attention would be attracted. The actual final PAD-TAU service had additional controls in place to gain access to the platform but for the rest it did look like nothing at all special was done and only the one dispatcher had to try and keep hundreds of people behind the line on their own.

[@nrjelley]

Another piece of British engineering consigned to the history books.

[@loveparade4824]

Truly!

[@stuartrathbone5403]

Remember the first of these pulling into Paddington on my last visit spotting London in the mid 70's. Turned away got on the tube to Euston and then home. Put my combine away soon after to ride motocross and chase women.

[@williamradford8817]

Marks an end of a railway era, final 4 GWR Intercity 125/class 43 HST's leaving London Paddington

[@newarklibertyinternational2000]

Very nice!

[@Stig10001]

And to think - I was a kid in 1978 when I went trainspotting and they were just started to be introduced on the East Coast Main Line. They were only meant as a stop-gap before the introduction of the APT (Advanced Passenger Train) with its (at the time) revolutionary tilting mechanism. Unfortunately, they couldn't crack the tilting technology - it made people on board sick, and it broke down all the time. So the HST's stayed - for over 40 years. I'm now 54, and it's only now they've gone.

[@robtyman4281]

No, you're wrong....well partly. The APT was never intended to play the East Coast mainline or the Midland Mainline. It was specifically designed for use on the much more winding West Coast mainline with all its twists and turns. The technology was supposed to allow the trains to tilt and seemingly defy gravity....abit like a motorcycle rider! ..but it didn't work out as the technology back then couldn't manage this safely or comfortably. Anyway, the APT was intended to replace classes 86 and 87. The Intercity 125 was intended to replace the Westerns and Blue Pullman's on the GWR, the Peak diesels on the Midland Mainline, and the Deltic on the East Coast mainline. Which of course it did, in all three cases - spectacularly. Indeed the 125 is probably the most successful train to ever run in Britain's railways. Nothing else comes close.

[@cryptofierce7431]

Miss these too much

[@richcastle2118]

My favourite train. I work on Thameslink as a testing and commissioning driver. My biggest regret was not joining a company where i could drive these majestic trains.

[@chrisst8922]

I remember Bob Crow being interviewed and commenting on the enthusiam of railway workers. He remarked that some might sell tickets during the week and then at the weekend would do the same thing volunteering on a preserved line. 'Can you imagine accountants in the city coming in at the weekend to do a bit more addin' up?' He asked. It's the same with this, would they show much interest when their computers are changed?

[@GTRRailwaysTrainspotter]

Fabulous

[@trainexpertoplayz8390]

2nd class 43: mah guy didnt close the drivers door lol

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

Goodbye to the hsts and hello to the iet trains

[@digital_shitfest]

Dad: *Why the f--- you crying so damn loud?*

[@vetterplane]

Stolen comment

[@MalcolmCrabbe]

Great capture. I bet the 800's won't get the same turn out on their last day, which unlike to HST's I doubt will be in 40 years time!!

[@chewyfoks1840]

Yes, they will...

[@aaronarshad3687]

I doubt it, no one values the 800/802 as much as the class 43. The class 43 are iconic the 800/802 aren't really anything but simple common replacements

[@Duncan038]

Malcolm Crabbe thats what we said about the HSTs in the 1970s when they took over from the Deltics. However I’ll be at Berwick next Sunday for the last North and Southbound HSTs for LNER. I’ll be dead when the Azumas are withdrawn so will never know....

[@volvotrident4835]

Duncan038 Exactly, good point to make.

[@robtyman4281]

No they won't! They'll probably be gone by 2040....or maybe even sooner?!

[@truetothegame2928]

i worked on these buggers; philips marsh & old oak common

[@Chelsea_12345]

I rode it back to London Paddington from Newton abbot but I arrived At Paddington at Night

[@Blob2116]

Another great piece for British art put to rest rip

[@evanmorgan1106]

i still see small HST configurations along the south devon part of the GWML

[@dapto234]

That was great video for an Aussie...so what trains are replacing these HST,trains..

[@RealMeggy]

3rd HST have a best horn ever!

[@thecornishsteamtrain123]

Whoever was hollering “get back behind the line” obviously doesn’t like trainspotters

[@LemonSpacebirb]

And remember Australia will have the XPT (a hot weather version) HST

[@michaeldavison5615]

Bittersweet!

[@sprinterofficial8457]

you know what would have been cool if they painted a hst into FGW Barbie colours

[@GLee-oe3op]

Maybe they should import it to the States so we can get high speed rail lol

[@TeshawnEdmonds]

Hey, I second that option too!

[@generalkenobi5173]

@@TeshawnEdmonds lol u.s will never invest in high speed rail they don't like it.

[@ChrisDoesMemes]

Doesn’t the us have the Acela Express?

[@x66Hawk66x]

It's a shame they never used a Paxman Valentas powered car for this. overall pretty cool.

[@henryhild7404]

Does anyone know if they will do rail tours in the future like class 47s

[@joestrainworldvideos3977]

I subscribed.Joe's train world videos 😃😃🙂

[@Lymebay55]

The sea wall is just not the same without them. IETs just don't have the same aura as the good old 125s. I travelled many thousands of miles on them, so comfortable, how a proper train should be, not like these new plastic trains.

[@MTrains]

Still get castle sets on the sea wall!

[@yeeye3395]

HSTs ✨strutting✨ into stations like a 💖YAAASSSS SIS QUEEN MAMA WERK💖💅💅💅 The HSTs have really become a gay icon!

[@TransportationFanHU]

Nowadays in more and more countries, the operating railway companies are throwing out their classic, great, comfortable, and domestically produced trains... Which are iconics of the companies and countries. It is the same here in Hungary at MAV.

[@bignick0011]

So glad scotrails still got a few

[@gergestead5382]

Geoff Marshall was on the last ever HST train out of paddington on this day that it was filmed. You can find it on his channel.

[@sirfoxington2258]

It’s so sad to see them go but GWR GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER HAVE THE ENGINE MATCHING THE COACHES ahem I wanted to ride one but I cant

[@Spacebug111]

6:24 BEUTIFUL

[@masonholder69]

R.I.P HST! Love the class 800, but miss these awesome trains.

[@M_ADAXsRailway]

9:48 that woman shouting ruined it- but other than that absolutely wonderful

[@Kj_Gamer2614]

bruh I literally went to Paddington on HST on Tuesday. are they back in service to paddington or what?

[@TobiasTrains1]

I was on 5he intercity 125 from Swansea

[@TheFilwud]

If only at least one of the sets had the scream of valentas, take the scream away and you took the heart out of the HST. Still, it was nice to see them getting a bit of a send off.

[@peterdacey3934]

They are still running out of Sydney daily. FYI.. But the British hsts are just magic.

[@richardgoss7178]

Nice video train 😂

[@xMandalorex]

So what became of the train? scrap? or sent in a museum ?

[@alandunstan5485]

Are just the locomotives being decommissioned or the passenger cars as well?

[@StaxRail]

Both are being withdrawn, but some from GWR have been sent to ScotRail and halved in length, and GWR have retained some halved sets too

[@paradiselostj5]

didn't even know that the hst's were gone until yesterday. They might have advertised it better. although I didn't go on the site but still. I thought it was by the end of this year and not may. Hate the new trains

[@jaymarlon9837]

paradiselostj5 what new train are they and if the new train are tfl rail/ cross rail the the cross rail/ tfl rail trains are better

[@cazz3130]

Will you do this video for the LNER HST's and the East Midlands Trains HST'S on their final day?

[@eastangliantrainspotting1426]

I'm planning to do so. Just hope it's a day that i'm free

[@cromwellthesynth]

When is EMT/EMRs HSTs being taken out?

[@cazz3130]

@@cromwellthesynth I don't know possibly in December

[@c3gfboy7]

PurpleBusGaming XX from what I know. No they won’t be taken out. They got the ex GC HST aka the muffled HSTs that was with the 91s

[@stevies.1975]

Sounded like there was at least one jobsworth that couldn’t give it a rest on the first and third departing HST’s. And strange that the yellow line has now become a barrier not just to High Speed Trains passing, but even one’s moving slowly.... The funny thing is, other than the way technology has moved on in leaps and bounds in the last 40 years, these wouldn’t look out of place if they had been designed yesterday. Admittedly, seat comfort would probably be crap, but they had the best suspension and ride characteristics of any train designed for the UK network. The IET’s certainly show up what has been relatively well hidden from us passengers on the GWML for the last 40 years and I am not looking forward to my first trip down to Penzance on one of them.....

[@paggsyparrott9236]

They still run Aberdeen to Edinburgh. Scot rail