1st March 2003

Hertfordshire Rail Tours
The Berwick-upon-Tweed / Bamburgh Castle
(Merrymaker series)

Locos Used 67015 & 67028
Stock Used 5482+5037+1832+4925+3119+1696+3124+3123+1679+3150+3114+3127+35469

Route :

Loco Route
67015 London Kings Cross - (via ECML) - Berwick-upon-Tweed
67028 Berwick-upon-Tweed - (via ECML) - Newcastle - King Edward Bridge East Jn - Greensfield Jn - Sunderland - Hartlepool - Eaglescliffe - Boroughbridge Road Jn -Thirsk - (via ECML) - London Kings Cross

Notes:
(1) Lights on 5482 failed on leaving York on the return leg. This was the same vehicle that had a heating problem on the Hertfordshire Rail Tours outing two weeks earlier.

Sources : Gary Sherman (on the train throughout)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Gary Sherman)

M.C Location Booked Actual
0.00 Kings Cross 07.03d 07.15
12.57 Potters Bar 07.18 07.30
27.45 Stevenage 07.36 ??.?
76.29 Peterborough 08.14 08.29
188.40 York 09.42 09c49
268.56 Newcastle 10.50 10/53
303.45 Alnmouth 11/58 11/49
335.56 Berwick-upon-Tweed 12.31a ~ 16.28d 12.23 ~ 16.30
367.67 Alnmouth 16/55 17/00
402.56 Newcastle 17.27 17.35
403.28 King Edward Bridge East Jn ??.?? ??.??
403.42 Greensfield Jn ??.?? ??.??
415.18 Sunderland 18/04 18/15
433.23 Hartlepool 18/28 18/37
447.77 Eaglescliffe 18/46 ??.??
492.49 York 19.38 19c43
604.60 Peterborough 21.01 21.11
653.44 Stevenage 21.44 21.50
668.32 Potters Bar 22.02 22.07
681.09 Kings Cross 22.16a 22.21



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