Pembroke Coast Express

Pembroke Coast Express
Overview
Service type Passenger train
First service 1953
Current operator(s) Great Western Railway
Former operator(s) InterCity Great Western
British Rail
Great Western Railway
Route
Start London Paddington
End Pembroke Dock
Service frequency Summer Saturdays
Line(s) used Great Western
South Wales
West Wales
Technical
Rolling stock InterCity 125
Operating speed 125 mph

The Pembroke Coast Express[1] was a named train operated by British Railways which began running in 1953 along with several other services, as a way of better promoting faster or more direct services. In 2006 it was returned by Great Western Railway (train operating company) It operates on Summer Saturdays between London Paddington and Pembroke Dock.[2]

An up service to London Paddington passes Port Talbot in 1962

Current operation

Since 2006 Great Western Railway previously First Great Western[3] has operated the service between London Paddington and Pembroke Dock on every Saturday in the summer timetable. The up service from Pembroke Dock departs at 10:01 and the service from London Paddington leaves at 08:45.

References

  1. ↑ Julian Holland (2012). Railway Top Spots: Revisiting the Top Train Spotting Destinations of Our Childhood. David & Charles. p. 18. ISBN 1-4463-0262-8. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Cooper, Jason (31 August 2014). "Pembroke Coast Express, huge success!". Pembrokeshire Herald. Herald Newspapers PLC. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Pembroke & Tenby Railway". Spellerweb.net. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
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