GWR full journey London Paddington to Penzance 16/10/2023

Does the Class 80X family sound better on diesel power? Or electric power?
On 16th October, I finally got a chance to do the longest GWR IET journey possible from London Paddington all the way towards Penzance! The Summer only direct services from London Paddington to Newquay and Pembroke Dock / Doc Penfro have similar journey durations of 5 hours 15 minutes. The longest daytime GWR service is 5 hours 40 minutes from Penzance to Cardiff Central / Caerdydd Canolog which is 5 hours 40 minutes. I was onboard 800303 as the 1C76 1004 from Paddington to Penzance which is the only IET service not booked to call at Taunton on Mondays to Fridays only! This service was delayed by 15 minutes after Pewsey due to a signal failure between Pewsey and Westbury. It was calling at Reading, Exeter St Davids, Newton Abbot, Totnes, Plymouth, Liskeard, Bodmin Parkway, Par, St Austell, Truro, Redruth, Camborne, St Erth and Penzance.
Stations featured in this video:
0:00 - London Paddington
1:48 - London Paddington departure
2:46 - Royal Oak
3:42 - Westbourne Park
6:29 - Acton Main Line
7:18 - Ealing Broadway
7:47 - West Ealing
8:11 - Hanwell
8:59 - Southall
9:53 - Hayes & Harlington
11:00 - West Drayton
11:46 - Iver
12:30 - Langley
13:33 - Slough
14:48 - Burnham
15:32 - Taplow
16:23 - Maidenhead
19:42 - Twyford
21:16 - Approaching Reading
24:03 - Reading arrival
26:08 - Reading departure
28:00 - Reading West
31:32 - Theale
34:04 - Aldermaston
35:20 - Midgham
37:06 - Thatcham
38:56 - Newbury Racecourse
39:22 - Newbury
42:44 - Kintbury
44:56 - Hungerford
50:49 - Bedwyn
57:21 - Pewsey
1:24:52 - Heywood Road Junction (used by services stopping at Westbury)
1:25:20 - Westbury
1:26:15 - Fairwood Junction (used by services stopping at Westbury)
1:28:26 - Clink Road Junction (used by services stopping at Frome)
1:29:35 - Blatchbridge Junction (used by services stopping at Frome)
1:35:55 - Bruton
1:38:05 - Castle Cary
1:56:05 - Taunton
2:06:46 - Tiverton Parkway
2:15:39 - Approaching Exeter St Davids
2:19:20 - Exeter St Davids arrival
2:21:15 - Exeter St Davids departure
2:23:06 - Exeter St Thomas
2:24:17 - Marsh Barton
2:29:05 - Starcross
2:30:53 - Dawlish Warren
2:34:29 - Dawlish
2:38:33 - Teignmouth
2:41:18 - Approaching Newton Abbot
2:44:00 - Newton Abbot arrival
2:45:09 - Newton Abbot departure
2:53:02 - Approaching Totnes
2:56:04 - Totnes arrival
2:57:28 - Totnes departure
3:11:20 - Ivybridge
3:20:04 - Approaching Plymouth
3:23:23 - Plymouth arrival
3:25:15 - Plymouth departure
3:27:48 - Devonport
3:28:28 - Dockyard
3:29:06 - Keyham
3:30:15 - St Budeaux Ferry Road
3:31:51 - Crossing the Royal Albert Bridge over the River Tamar into Cornwall
3:33:28 - Saltash
3:38:45 - St Germans
3:44:15 - Menheniot
3:45:19 - Approaching Liskeard
3:48:08 - Liskeard arrival
3:49:05 - Liskeard departure
3:57:19 - Approaching Bodmin Parkway
4:00:10 - Bodmin Parkway arrival
4:01:10 - Bodmin Parkway departure
4:05:11 - Lostwithiel
4:07:43 - Approaching Par
4:10:30 - Par arrival
4:11:44 - Par departure
4:15:07 - Approaching St Austell
4:17:48 - St Austell arrival
4:18:50 - St Austell departure
4:31:16 - Approaching Truro
4:34:15 - Truro arrival
4:35:55 - Truro departure
4:43:41 - Approaching Redruth
4:46:21 - Redruth arrival
4:47:15 - Redruth departure
4:49:31 - Approaching Camborne
4:51:21 - Someone pressed the call for aid
4:52:24 - Camborne arrival
4:53:40 - Camborne departure
4:59:41 - Approaching St Erth
5:00:20 - Hayle
5:02:35 - St Erth arrival
5:03:57 - St Erth departure
5:08:03 - Approaching Penzance
5:12:22 - Penzance arrival. Meanwhile, 800004 is waiting to depart as the 2P20 1515 to Plymouth

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