Weekend engineering work in the Swindon area has resulted in many extra services on the Berks & Hants line, some of them giving the latest IEP bi-mode units the chance to tackle gradients which they do not meet in current service. Class 800/0 No. 800033 leads No. 800026 on the lower section of the climb to Savernake, having just cleared the outer commuter limit at Bedwyn. The service is the 14:31 Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads on 14th April 2018. The new generation express multiple units under diesel power are noticeably quieter at this point than the HSTs they are replacing.
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