21st May 2000

Branch Line Society
South Essex No.1

DEMU Used 1001 (60000+60529+70262+60501+60118)

Route : 1Z36 throughout

Leading Car Route
60000 Bowes Park plat.2 (1) - up Hertford - Wood Green South - up goods - Holloway - up slow - (2) Kings Cross plat.8
60118 Kings Cross plat.8 - D - Holloway - down goods - Finsbury Park - down slow2 - Ferme Park CS road5 (3)
60000 Ferme Park CS road5 - Harringay Curve - Upper Holloway up goods loop
60118 Upper Holloway up goods loop - Barking plat7 - Upminster - Grays - Seabrook Sidings Gate (in via road1)
60000 Seabrook Sidings Gate (out via road2) - up Tilbury - West Thurrock Jct
60118 West Thurrock Jct - Thames Haven Jct - Thameshaven (most southerly siding)
60000 Thameshaven - Grays - Upminster - Barking - Upper Holloway up goods loop
60118 Upper Holloway up goods loop - Harringay Park Curve - down slow2 - Ferme Park (4)
60000 Ferme Park - Ferme Park Flyover - up goods - Finsbury Park North - up slow - Finsbury Park plat.1

Notes :
(1) Was supposed to go from Bowes Park P.2 into reversing Sidings then run through P.1.
(2) Was advertised to go into KX goods yard, but refused by EWS due to "condition of track".
(3) Was supposed to reverse on EMU Rev. Sdg. No.1 but routed into Ferme Park Sdgs. No.5
(4) Was supposed to reverse on EMU Rev. Sdg. No.2 but reversed on Down Slow 2.
(5) Car. No. S 60000 "Hastings" leading on first part of tour from Bowes Park to Kings Cross
(although it should have been S60118 "Tunbridge Wells" from Bowes Park to the reversing siding).

Sources : Matt Gaskarth & Alan Sheppard

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Alan Sheppard)

Location

 Booked Actual
Bowes Park [P2] 11.00d 11.52d
Bowes Park RRL 11.05 ~ 11.13 DIV
Kings Cross [P8] 11.30 ~ 11.35 12p07 ~ 12p25
Hornsey EMU Rev. Sdg. No.1 11.55 ~ 12.05 DIV
Ferme Park CS Road No.5 DIV 12.38 ~ 12.42
Harringay Jn ? 12/43
Harringay Park Jn ? 12/45
Upper Holloway (Up Goods Loop) 12.13 ~ 12.18 12.55 ~ 12.58
South Tottenham 12/27 13/08
Woodgrange Park 12/37 13/19
Barking [P7] ? 13/27
Upminster ? 13.38 ~ 13.40
Ockendon [P1] 13x00 ~ 13x07 13/45
Grays [P2] ? 13.51 ~ 13.52
Seabrook Sidings Gate 13.20 ~ 13.31 14.06 ~ 14.08
Grays East Jn ? 14.17 ~ 14.29
Grays West Jn (Up Tilbury) 13.35 ~ 13.40 14.31 ~ 14.36
Thames Haven 13.59 ~ 14.11 15.04 ~ 15.08
Tilbury Town 14/30 15/30
Ockendon [P2] 14x44 ~ 14x51 15.43 ~ 15.51
Upminster ? 15/57
Barking [P8] ??a ~ ??d 16.07a ~ 16.07½d
Woodgrange Park 15/12 16/10
South Tottenham 15/22 16/22
Upper Holloway (Up Goods Loop) 15.31 ~ 15.36 16.32 ~ 16.33
Hornsey EMU Rev. Sdg. No.2 15.51 ~ 16.06 DIV
Hornsey ( Line DS 2 ) DIV 16.44 ~ 16.44½
via Ferme Park Flyover & Up Goods
Finsbury Park [P1] 16.20a 16.50a


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