I wonder if the Looe and Newquay branches would manage to mid March with a single 153 on most services?
Looe and Newquay use a single 153 most of the year, which gets strengthened to a 150 in peak summer.
I have noticed that the few early Penzance to Paddington
HSTs▸ which ran via Bristol, now none of them do. I found them to be quite useful for heading up to Bristol or South Wales and avoiding crowded 4 car voyagers, and changing at Taunton there is normally a long wait for
GW▸ TAU» -
BRI» service, although one of them atleast stops at Westbury in time to catch a Portsmouth to Cardiff service heading through Bristol.