28th September 2011

Railway Touring Company
The Sussex Belle

Locos Used 47500 & steam: 34067 'Tangmere'
Stock Used 35518+4905+4973+1860+99348+99121+99125+99316+3093+99127

Route :
1Z82 : London Victoria to Hastings
1Z83 : Hastings to London Victoria

Loco(s) Route
34067 (1) London Victoria - Voltaire Road Jn - Brixton - Denmark Hill - Nunhead - Bellingham - Shortlands Jn - Bromley South - Bickley Jn - St Mary Cray Jn - Swanley - Otford - Maidstone East - Charing - Ashford International - Appledore - Hastings - Bopeep Jn - Robertsbridge - Tunbridge Wells Central - Tonbridge - Sevenoaks - Orpington - Petts Wood Jn - Bickley Jn - (reverse of outward route) - London Victoria

Notes :
(1) 47500 on rear.


34067 'Tangmere' taking on water at Hastings (photo: Nick Bartlett)

Source : John Clifford

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from John Clifford)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Victoria 10.44d [P2] [FL] 10.44 [P2] [FL]   16.15a [P2] 16.13 [P2]
Grosvenor Bridge Jn 10/48 [FL] 10/46 [FL]   16/12 [FL] 16/09 [FL]
Voltaire Road Jn 10/50 10/48   16/09 [FL] 16/07 [FL]
Brixton 10/52 10/51   16/06 16.02 ~ 16.03
Cambria Jn 10/54 10/53   16/02 16/00
Denmark Hill 10/55 [P4] 10/54 [P4]   16/01 [P3] 15/59 [P3]
Crofton Road Jn 10/57 10/55   16/00 15/58
Nunhead 11/00 [P2] 10/58 [P2]   15/57 [P1] 15/56 [P1]
Bellingham 11/08 [P2] 11/03 [P2]   15/53 [P1] 15/51 [P1]
Shortlands Jn 11/14 [FL] 11/08 [FL]   15/50 15/47
Bickley Jn 11/21 [FL] 11/15 [FL]   15/41 [FL] 15/42 [FL]

 

Location Booked Actual
St Mary Cray Jn 11/22 [FL] 11/16 [FL]
Swanley 11/29 [P2] 11/23 [P2]
Otford Jn 11/40 11/32
Maidstone East 11/57 [P2] 11/54 [P2]
Lenham DL 12w10 ~ 12w25 12.11 ~ 12.23
Lenham 12/26 [P2] 12/24 [P2]
Charing 12/34 [P2] 12/29 [P2]
Ashford International 12/41 [P2] 12/38 [P2]
Appledore 13/06 [P2] 13/08 [P2]
Rye 13/17 [P2] 13/17 [P2]
Ore 13/37 [P2] 13/36 [P2]
Hastings 13w41a ~ 13w59d [P2] 13.40 ~ 14.01 [P2]
Bopeep Jn 14/04 14/08
Mountfield Tunnel 14/16 14/23
Robertsbridge 14/19 [P1] 14/25 [P1]
Wadhurst 14/40 [P1] 14/38 [P1]
Strawberry Hill Tunnel 14/52 14.44 ~ 14.45
Tunbridge Wells Central 14/57 [P1] 14/48 [P1]
Wells Tunnel Jn 14/59 14/50
Somerhill Tunnel 15/04 14/57
Tonbridge 15.08 ~ 15.13 [P1] 15.01 ~ 15.18 [P2]
Sevenoaks 15/26 [P1] 15/29 [P1]
Orpington 15/36 [P2] [FL] 15/38 [P2] [FL]
Petts Wood Jn 15/38 [UFV] 15/41 [UFV]

Timings continue in first table.

Associated E.C.S. Workings

5Z82 : (34067 with 47500 on rear) : Southall Depot to Southall
5Z82 : (47500 with 34067 on rear) : Southall to Victoria
5Z83 : (47500 with 34067 on rear) : Victoria to Southall
5Z95 : (34067 with 47500 on rear) : Southall to Southall Depot

Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn)
Southall Depot 08.45d 20.10a
Southall 08.55 ~ 09.04 [GL] 19.47 ~ 20.00
Southall East Jn 09/05 [RL] 19/46 [GL]
West Ealing 09/09 [RL] -
Acton West 09/13 [GL] 19/36 [RL]
Acton Main Line 09.17 ~ 09.21 [GL] 19/32 [GL]
Acton Wells Jn 09/25 19/27
Willesden SWS 09.27 ~ 09.36 [REV] 17.29 ~ 19.25
Mitre Bridge Jn 09/40 17/25
North Pole Jn 09/41 17/24
Kensington Olympia 09.46 ~ 09.51 [P3] 17.15 ~ 17.20 [P2]
Latchmere Jn 09/58 17/07
Longhedge Jn 10/06 [RVL] 16/55
Stewarts Lane Jn 10/09 16/50 [RVL]
Battersea Pier Jn 10/11 [SL] 16/48
Victoria 10.14a [P2] 16.44d [P2] [FL]


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