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Cheltenham to Beijing by rail, 1999

Cheltenham to Waterloo

This is where it all started, Cheltenham Station, the nearest station to Bishops Cleeve.

My first train takes me to Swindon..... ....where I pick up an HST to Reading.

A month after this, a similar Great Western HST from Cheltenham crashed at Ladbroke Grove, and I thought the dangerous bit would be in Russia...

 


Another 2 trains get me to Datchet

Sunday morning, and eventualy the train to Waterloo turns up.
Next time I will plan the trip using the Sunday, not Saturday timetable !
 
Our first International train, a Eurostar trains sits at Waterloo station.

--> Next: Brussels to Berlin


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