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Title: 04 October - anniversary of the inaugural HST service Post by: Phil on October 04, 2011, 12:39:48 I didn't think such an auspicious day as this should go completely unremarked, so here's a link to a short feature on the first HST service from London to Bristol in 1976
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/4/newsid_2486000/2486817.stm Title: Re: 04 October - anniversary of the inaugural HST service Post by: bobm on October 04, 2011, 14:03:01 It caught my first HST the following January from Didcot Parkway to London Paddington. The things I remember most are having a cheeseburger from the buffet car and the timetable folded the same way as today's pocket timetables but on non glossy paper.
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