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South West Trains finale  12th December 2009

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150234 prepares to depart a very sunny and cold Paignton, with the 1113 to Exmouth, the first of two final departures to London Waterloo had already occured, with the final ever service to depart in just over an hours time at 1235

Whilst unrelated to the last day of South West Trains west of Exeter, something had to be done to kill the time; 43021 tails the 1000 Penzance - London Paddington out of Tiverton Parkway

159021 leads 159001 down the bank from Exeter Central before terminating with a delayed service from Waterloo

The pair of 159s would then go on to form the 1410 to London Waterloo, seen passing a pair of 142s heading to Exmouth

The delayed 1333 to Plymouth is seen entering Exeter St Davids platform 4

The reason why SWT are no longer running west of Exeter; aside from the DfT making unpopular decisions, a new hourly timetable will be in force between Exeter and London Waterloo. A new passing loop reinstated at Axminster makes this possible

Trains towards Exeter now depart from Platform 2, which would logically be the "up" line, however is used for "down" trains. 159009 leads 158887 on the last ever 1L33 1220 London Waterloo - Plymouth

For the final ever time, the departure boards at Exeter St Davids displaying Plymouth as a destination, operated by South West Trains

158887 had the honours of being the last ever SWT unit to go west of Newton Abbot towards Plymouth. It is seen here at Totnes whilst preparing to depart with the slightly delayed 1628 departure

Back at Exeter St Davids, 43285 is seen on the rear of the 0900 Glasgow Central - Penzance service, the longest scheduled working for a Cross Country HST, this service running only on Saturdays
Just prior to the last SWT departure from Exeter, in the direction of Dawlish, a pair of 143s are seen on an evening service to Barnstaple. The few passengers on board had plenty of room to stretch out over the 4 carriages provided!
The doors open for the final ever time on 1L97 1730 Honiton - Paignton. 159017 goes down as the last ever unit to depart Exeter St Davids with the destination of Paignton. Summers in the South West have suddenly got much less colourful, with the loss of the SWT livery on the sea wall
Proudly displaying "Aberystwyth" on the destination boards, 159017 performs its final ever shunt into platform 2, via Goodrington CHS.
With Barnstaple on the rear, it sits alongside a First Great Western 142. Upon departure of the 142, it would shunt into platform 2 to form the last ever 1914 to Basingstoke

The colourful South West Trains livery on show for one last time at Paignton.

Farewell South West Trains!

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