EMR HST in FIRST & STANDARD Class | London St Pancras International to Nottingham 

It genuinely brings a tear to my eye that the trains of my childhood are disappearing. The EC sets have served us so well but all good things must come to an end. Glad you got a ride on one before they're gone.

A Friday bonus! Very sharply edited if I may say so. For those of you not au fait with the dark art of video editing, a lot of graft has gone into this. Bravo.

Lovely stuff! I rode one on the 18th April from Leeds - Chesterfield. Really did enjoy! Anyway great video again!

What a great video, I went on a HST last year, it was fab... Loved every second of this.. Stay safe and take care 😀👍👋

I am going to miss the Class 43 Mk3s on East Midlands Railway. As well the Class 180 Adelante and Class 222 Meridian diesel units as EMR have ordered new Class 810 Aurora AT300 IETs. Plus they are also inheriting the Class 360/1s from Greater Anglia to be used on St. Pancras-Kettering and Corby and have been upgraded to 110mph (177km/h). Lovely video GlovesTrains. One thing to say -RIP EMR “Intercity 125”.

Great vlog G! The HSTs are great. I've seen a few in cross country livery but not in EMR, so first for me. Love the interior of them as well as the slamming doors, the small toilet and of course the noise that they make. Looks like you had a cracking time, haha. What a way to send them off in style. 😀

You did the Slam Door well G! 10/10 from me 👍 as always fantastic video, glad you went for a ride on the Class 43 HSTs before they went, keep up the fantastic work! 😀

The HST’s have always been an icon to this country always had comfy seats and the iconic design of them! Great video 😊

Great video. I enjoyed my time on both sets of HSTs in recent weeks.

That’s why you were in London. Great vlog Georgia! Love the HST’S. I enjoyed watching.

Nice to see you venturing out a bit further 👍

Fantastic video Georgia, very informative. Keep them coming. :)

That is one hell of a awesome video and loved every second of it as well. I'm impressed with the map and also nice seen Kylie Minormskirk in the background. The HSTs are always awesome and had so many memories travelling on them.

Excellent video G. The HST's will be missed when they do go and I been to St Pancras myself which I enjoy going there. Stay Safe and take care from Josh

Yet another jam packed journey GLovesTrains. Looked as though you had much fun. If I knew you were going to be in my home town (Nottingham) I could've shown you the three Maccies in the city lol. I'm to make the journey on the HST's next week into London, hope you liked the experience riding them. Be sad when they've gone off the MML.

Ive been on the Celebrity EMR 43274 & 43102 The Journey Shrinker when i went to the East Midlands on the last Thursday

Another excellent video, G 👍 I was on that HST working the following day, and then travelled on the other HST set back to St Pancras 2:29 I may have been on that class 700, as my going home train after an early shift was often overtaken by the HST in the Kentish Town area

I do miss the HSTs on the GWR through Reading. I'm glad to see you do venture south sometimes. Merry Christmas!

The HST is such a great train. Have gone on holiday to London so many times on them.

Amazing! Well done G, an iconic RU-vider, on the most iconic train. A shame they are retiring these from frontline service, glad you did a final trip. Brilliant (as always!) 🙏😊❤️🚂

Great video 😀 I've just had the pleasure of driving that HST from Derby to London, and then to Cricklewood depot. It's the last time I'll ever get driving a HST, and will miss them.

This popped up in my recommended - fantastic! Wonderful exuberance!

The HST is my favourite old train. They certainly are clean and comfy 🙂👍! The CrossCountry, Scotrail and GWR Castle HST's have powered electric doors and all DDA compliant 🙂.

Classic trains great video

Another great vlog, I miss making my journeys on the HSTs.

Looks fantastic 😃

Classy slam-door trains! I love the HST'S! Great video G!

Excellent video!

Brilliant video. :) I never always managed to do the HST doors getting off them very well haha. :) I'm gonna miss seeing these HST's on the MML which my local route once their retired in just over a week's time. :) Also I'm glad to see you finally made it to London. :)

Brilliant video, we arrived at st Pancras when we stayed in London and it is impressive, I felt like I was at the airport like you!! Fabulous tour of the train, thank goodness lockdown is over and we can look forward to more of your travels and sneaky little cameos from Kylie😜

Loved every bit of it Georgia keep it up 👍🏻

i love these vids honestly

Great video and very enthusiastic, I love it! 😁

Excellent vid, G. Reminiscent, too..... used to do that run quite a bit. HSTs were a buzz!

Bring back the slam doors. Miss them. Miss the old class 304 where you opened the doors before the train came into the station!

This is so specific, I took the exact same trip three days ago

Haha wow your energy is infectious!! Have just laughed so hard at all your dance moves on the train. Love your mask too ☺️. Great video!

Been on one of those when it was East Midlands Trains back in the day - add to that GWR and XC HSTs too, thankfully. LNER *might* be bringing them back temporarily whilst the Azumas get checked over, so you may be able to do Leeds-London on one. Keep an eye out!

first of all im going to take my hat off to you for making the trip south to London to ride on the most iconic train from my childhood i have tones of memories of those trains my first long distance ride on one was back in the 90s in intercity days in 1996 from Preston to Reading when i was still very young and still in school but within the last 10 years i used those trains in my local patch (GWR or First great western) mainly travelling from Reading to Swindon and Oxford and some journeys into London in 2014 i even spent a day in Cardiff as i rode from Reading to Cardiff central on a gwr hst and in 2016 i did my first proper staycation on a hst i travelled from Newbury (My home station) to Plymouth in devon 3 hours on a hst i remember the noise of those trains nosy on the outside and a nice smooth quiet ride on the inside and i do miss leaning out of the window to open the door to open the door im glad you enjoyed your first ever ride on a hst fantastic job on this vlog well done

Hi again Glovestrains. Great video!!!!!! I loved the HST's they were my dream loco when I first started train spotting in my younger days. 😀 As I'm 40 I've seen all the paint jobs the HST's have had in there day's, I especially loved the blue/yellow livery the best. I'm really going to miss the HST's 😭😭 they were the best!!!!!😀 But at least companies like, Cross Country, GWR, and ScotRail have still got a few at the moment, but for how long no-one knows. On another note, next time you visit Nottingham, take the bus up to a railway book/dvd shop called Booklaw (have a look online if you want first) it's an amazing little shop with a good selection of railway books and dvds for sale, it's a bit like the old Ian Allen bookshop that used to be in Manchester if you remember it? It was just five minutes walk out of Man Picc railway station. I used to spend hours in that shop, sadly it's now closed 😭 that's why I now go to Booklaw in Nottingham now. Anyway sorry for yet another ramble as usual lol 😂 Chat again soon my lovely, all the best from. Devon Boy Mike.

Great presentation and editing, really enjoyed that. Mk3 stock offer the best ride comfort and interior space IMHO, and the newer plastic units will never come close.

Great video. I also made a special trip to have one last ride. My gps app showed the train hit 130mph on the way up (another passenger also recorded the same speed). Well impressed!!

Really great video! It was really informative and excellent on showing the experience!

Another Great Video there Georgia Keep It Going Georgia

Great to see you achieve so many firsts G, an excellent and informative vlog, love your dances for specific trains and your forward roll was a 10 in my book!!!. The East Midlands line is my local line (Kettering) and it is a shame that these HST's are are being took out of service. Stay safe G, looking forward to Choosday's vlog

I remember my first HST from Padd to Reading back in 1982, one thing that stood out for me was when they braked the MK3 vestibules smelt like rotten eggs, MML...I did an HST from Derby to Kettering swapping from a Peak... would love to go back to the early 80's and get a 45 and MK2F's. Lovely to see the girlies enjoying the hobby, you should check out the 720's and 745's on the GEML London to Norwich line, get quite a bit of freight at Ipswich too.

Another great vid .Welcome to Notts bet you could not leave quick enough.

Fantastic video I have only done a few journeys on HST

Great Video, I have done those HSTs over 10 times in the last month lol

Another great vlog . I'm out tomorrow having my last ride on the HST on the midland mainline line

Looks like you had fun didn’t even invite🤫😜 🤣🤣. Awesome video as always

Hi I saw you at Nottingham when your train must of just pulled in and I got it down to London. I guessed you were doing a RU-vid video or something but I had never heard of your channel before and pure coincidence that I've seen this today. Great video thanks

Another great video

I will sorely miss the HSTs ! Great vid 👌👍

Great video, you made me laugh with the forward roll in the carriage , what a legend you are

love this!!!

Absolutely Brilliant Vlog GLovesTrains they are such a iconic train and will certainly be missed I’m hoping to see them pass though the London Area next week fingers crossed you certainly made me chuckle and cheered me up I remember them well hang on I wasn’t even born 😂😂 keep up the good work and until next time stay safe

"I'm expecting a decent slam from this." - GlovesTrains 🤣 I'm gonna miss the Class 43 so much 😢 rode on them so much in the South West. You looked like you had fun, and were spoilt rotten in First Class! Thanks for bringing us along with you G :)

How do you entertain me? Even my dad can't entertain me!🤣🤣 Great video G!

great fun

Great video Gee. Glad you are doing these journeys so I don't have to!

The last HST I went on was back in 2018 and it was the first GWR set to be withdrawn from service.

Wow G thanks for taking us on your journey. Hst are the best for comfortable journeys whether you travel first class or Std class I be sad to them all retire. Great video keep up the great work nice to see more and more women getting involved to the railways of Great Britain 🇬🇧👍

I recommend you test the HSTs with the sliding doors instead of the slam doors, on Crosscountry or GWR. ScotRail has these also but I doubt you’d wanna travel all the way to Scotland.

Great Video G, does take me back seeing HSTs was lucky last year getting some LNER ones as well EMR ones, sad that I won’t be able to get around in seeing them one last time, at least I see a couple where i’am, not the entire same with the those slam doors though👌😊

This is you at your very best. Thanks for bringing it to my attention about these lovely trains disappearing from the Midland main line , will try and get one last trip next week. By the way....you're now world 🌎 famous in Rugeley.

you seen to enjoy your day out, Great Video

Great video i ain’t been to London in ages

I love the video, I fancy trying that myself

I know I wont be able to go on one this year but I'm obsessed! 😄😔👍

Really good video, 👌😁😁

Do worry G there is HST’s this summer on the Settle to Carlisle line operating from Skipton

😍 😍 😍 😍 😍 I love this so much, i wish i was like you one day, i always enjoy your videos and i rate them 1 million out of 10,i miss the HST - blaze

Glad you got an HST in the book! True icons of the network and will be much missed, especially as some of their replacements aren't as comfortable! You'll love London, though given your experiences in Liverpool, you might find the Underground a bit unnerving!

6:55 i burst out laughing at the eruption 'squishy boobies' from the door window though ive never been on a HST train its probrably 1 old earas worth of locomotive traction i dont mind eventhough im more of a dirty steam person

I’m hoping to go on the HST’s this Thursday coming as it’s going to be the last week they are going to be in service with an East Midlands ranger

I spy with my little eye...... A fantastic video made from GLovesWotsInTheBin, sorry I mean GLovesTrains ha ha! No words can describe how good this was! All I can say is wow!! Absolutely terrific! Another TREMENDOUS video! Your humor is fantastic, it kills me! 😂 Absolutely loved this! It was nice to see you down south, with me living in the NW I rarely go south! Can I just say that the first class seats look like gaming chairs! 😂 And what a bonus, an upload on a Friday, woohoo! The HST dance made me die! Excellent in every shape or form! Job well done and top class as well! There definitely at my heart! The door slams are so funny! So funny! Great work from you! Nottingham is a nice place, I get EMR 158/156s past mine to and from Nottingham to Liverpool Lime Street, sometimes it's Norwich and that too, Peterborough or Ely ect ect! If you ever go on the train between Davenport and Stockport, look out for me near Davenport before the bend and let me know when so I can wave ha ha! Loved every single second! Really enjoyed, thanks for sharing! Keep up the fabulous work! Take care, stay safe and well, keep up the fabulous, inspiring and enjoyable videos we all appreciate your time and effort into them! Have a great weekend and all the best!

Amazing ride video I need to do a ride on one 👍

Awesome video wasn’t expecting that. It’s a shame it’s becoming rare to see them now. I want to go on cross country’s Hst. Hsts are one of my favourite trains but never been on one. They’ve probably got another 50 years inside them yet.

By the way Cross Country, Great Western Railway and ScotRail still run HSTs, just sadly they don't have slidey windows and slammy doors. Plus the HSTs do go up to 125mph, not 110. There are speed boards on the line that say 110/HST 125. I went on an HST from Leicester to Nottingham and I'm sure we did 125 mph. It did the journey really quickly.

Great video. Very enjoyable and educational. Felt like you were going back to your RU-vid roots with this one haha. Guessing you didn't get any funny looks at St. Pancreas as the best thing about being in London, is that you can be as random as you want and no-one will question it haha.

St Pancras is a gorgeous station. I didn't know the HSTs were being retired.

Nice video :)

Great video as normal

Amazing GLovesTrains! From an onboard tour of the train to a quick cameo from 666pixs! I'm glad you enjoyed it and did someone say Trolley Service?? 😂😂

They are very good trains Georgia, I'll probably be dispatching my last ever one soon 😂 not been on one for a while, must try to travel on one by the 15th, fingers crossed 🤞 🍀

Scot rail, Arriva Cross Country and Great Western Railway are still running 125 High Speed Trains and they are going to remain in Service for a long time.

I went on a hst a few times on a few routes: Kings Cross To Grantham Grantham To Kings Cross and Grantham To York And York To Grantham

Very funny video 😄

Hi GLOVESTRAINS great video did you have a good time on the HST when did you do your video thanks for sharing my local station Market Harborough that's where I live thank you I will miss the HST next weekend I will be catching the HST for the last time completely missed you doing the journey

You were in Nottingham! Aww man!

Lovely HST action only two sets running now a sad Loss for a great train But then again Cross-country , Scotrail and GWR still run formations :-)

Wait, you were there on 29/04? I was at St Pancras, from the early morning Leeds to St Pancras service! I was, at the time, heading down for a few days, visiting all places between Ashford and Portsmouth. Mostly Brighton though. 😁

The funny thing is they actually look much younger than the Class 91, MK4 and DVT set even tho the class 43 is older. However nothing beats ye olde class 158.

Other amazing video legend gloves trains I love hst . Scotrail got I dont know if Salm door on Inverness and Aberdeen line

London is very nice.

It's my favourite station

G on a Friday I hope there are more Fridays to come

Whats the song called? I love it and your videos keep up the good work

the old LNER sets are boss