Pembroke Coast Express

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|name = Pembroke Coast Express

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|image = Summer_Saturday-_High_Speed_Train_at_Pembroke_Dock_%2828462339216%29.jpg

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|caption = A Great Western Railway HST at Pembroke Dock

|type = Passenger train

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|first = 1953

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|operator = Great Western Railway

|formeroperator = InterCity Great Western
British Rail
Great Western Railway

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|start = {{stnlnk|London Paddington}}

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|end = {{stnlnk|Pembroke Dock}}

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|frequency = Summer Saturdays

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|line_used = Great Western
South Wales
West Wales

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|stock = Class 802

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|speed = 125 mph

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The Pembroke Coast Express{{cite book|author=Julian Holland|title=Railway Top Spots: Revisiting the Top Train Spotting Destinations of Our Childhood|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_i_xoXh2tAgC&pg=PA18|accessdate=17 January 2018|year=2012|publisher=David & Charles|isbn=1-4463-0262-8|page=18}} was a named train operated by British Railways which began running in 1953 along with several other services, as a way of better promoting faster or more direct services. In 2006, the name was used by First Great Western to advertise its Summer Saturday service between London Paddington and Pembroke Dock.{{cite web|last1=Cooper|first1=Jason|title=Pembroke Coast Express, huge success!|url=http://pembrokeshire-herald.com/8526/pembroke-coast-express-huge-success/|website=Pembrokeshire Herald|publisher=Herald Newspapers PLC|accessdate=17 January 2018|date=31 August 2014}}

File:Port_Talbot_Station%2C_and_Down_%27Pembroke_Coast_Express%27_with_a_Diesel_geograph-2398862-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg in 1962]]