HST's at Doncaster station.
First Great Western 43010 HST power car was on hire to Hull trains at Docaster station on the 26th February 2019
This HST was on driver training with Hull Trains and was to be used when their class 180s were not available.
Two ScotRail HST power cars 43138 and 43182 at Docaster station on the 26th February 2019
These ex Great Western HST power cars are now with Scotrail. They will be used on the 'short sets' of mark 3's with new plug doors like the mark 4s used by LNER. This short sets will be called 'Inter/City'
ScotRail HST power car 43182
LNER HST power car 43300 with Graigantinny 100 logo's in Docaster station on the 26th February 2019
LNER HST power car 43257 coming into Docaster station on the 26th February 2019
Doncaster Railway station
Doncaster railway station is in South Yorkshire and it is 156 miles from London Kings Cross. Doncaster station is now (2019) managed by LNER. Doncaster station is on of the East Coast Main Line (ECML). Doncaster is one of the main railway stations on the ECML.
Doncaster station has eight platforms on two islands platforms. Platforms one three and four and eight are through platforms. Platforms six and seven are bays at the north of the station on the down side. Platform two and five are south-facing bays on the up side. It now has another (new) platform with the number 0 on the up side at the norther end.
There is a good mixture of train operators who now run thier services to from and though Doncaster station. LNER now ( 2019) runs the main ECML trains replacing Virgin East Coast East Coast and NXEC and GNER be for them . First Hull Trains also run there trains though Hull to London. Cross Country and Northern Rail trains together with First TransPennine Express and East Midlands Trains also use this station
The Plant
Doncaster's Great Northern Railway railway works was called The Plant. It was established by the Great Northern Railway in 1853. This railway works is (or what is left of it now ) next to the station on the west or down side of the station. LNER A3s and A4s were just two of the many classes of steam engines that came out of these works.
Pages on Doncaster in 2019
