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15:15 Plymouth to London Paddington
15:28 Weymouth to Gloucester
15:49 Plymouth to London Paddington
16:04 Westbury to Gloucester
16:09 Gloucester to Weymouth
16:27 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
16:30 London Paddington to Taunton
16:31 Barnstaple to Axminster
16:46 Avonmouth to Weston-Super-Mare
16:47 Bristol Temple Meads to Warminster
17:00 London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads
17:01 Severn Beach to Salisbury
17:03 Oxford to London Paddington
17:10 Weston-Super-Mare to Severn Beach
17:12 Bristol Temple Meads to Oxford
17:17 Par to Newquay
17:19 Swindon to London Paddington
17:22 Basingstoke to Reading
17:24 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
17:26 Worcester Foregate Street to London Paddington
17:34 London Paddington to Hereford
17:38 Bristol Temple Meads to Worcester Foregate Street
17:40 Windsor & Eton Central to Slough
17:45 Swindon to Westbury
17:46 Avonmouth to Weston-Super-Mare
17:49 Filton Abbey Wood to Bristol Temple Meads
17:50 Gloucester to Salisbury
17:50 Slough to Windsor & Eton Central
17:56 Liskeard to Plymouth
18:00 Oxford to London Paddington
18:00 Windsor & Eton Central to Slough
18:01 Severn Beach to Bristol Temple Meads
18:04 Bristol Temple Meads to Filton Abbey Wood
18:10 Slough to Windsor & Eton Central
18:12 Bristol Temple Meads to Avonmouth
18:20 Windsor & Eton Central to Slough
18:22 Newquay to Par
18:30 Plymouth to Penzance
18:30 Slough to Windsor & Eton Central
18:40 Bristol Temple Meads to Great Malvern
18:40 Windsor & Eton Central to Slough
18:50 Slough to Windsor & Eton Central
18:51 Evesham to Oxford
19:00 Windsor & Eton Central to Slough
19:04 Oxford to Bristol Temple Meads
19:04 Bristol Temple Meads to Filton Abbey Wood
19:08 Bristol Temple Meads to Gloucester
19:10 Slough to Windsor & Eton Central
19:12 Gloucester to Bristol Temple Meads
19:16 Par to Newquay
19:20 Windsor & Eton Central to Slough
19:30 Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
19:47 Filton Abbey Wood to Bristol Temple Meads
20:01 Severn Beach to Bristol Temple Meads
20:03 Bristol Temple Meads to Filton Abbey Wood
20:05 Liskeard to Looe
20:09 Gloucester to Bristol Temple Meads
20:14 Weymouth to Bristol Temple Meads
20:16 Frome to Westbury
20:28 Newquay to Par
20:42 Looe to Liskeard
20:47 Filton Abbey Wood to Bristol Temple Meads
21:10 Bristol Temple Meads to Oxford
21:16 Liskeard to Looe
21:55 Looe to Liskeard
22:00 Hereford to London Paddington
22:01 Oxford to London Paddington
22:21 Paignton to Exeter St Davids
10/07/26 22:47 Newbury to Bedwyn
23:14 London Paddington to Oxford
23:40 Exeter St Davids to Exmouth
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14:03 London Paddington to Penzance
14:23 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
14:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
14:52 Newquay to London Paddington
15:09 Gloucester to Weymouth
15:18 Hereford to London Paddington
15:23 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
15:27 Exeter St Davids to Penzance
15:30 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour
15:52 London Paddington to Great Malvern
16:03 London Paddington to Penzance
16:24 Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
16:32 Great Malvern to London Paddington
16:38 Bristol Temple Meads to Worcester Foregate Street
16:41 Didcot Parkway to London Paddington
16:50 London Paddington to Didcot Parkway
16:55 Worcester Foregate Street to Bristol Temple Meads
17:04 Didcot Parkway to Evesham
17:07 Didcot Parkway to London Paddington
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