16th November 2024

Pathfinder Railtours
The Verney Venturer

Tour postponed to 15/02/25, due to the East-West route not being open in time.

Route :

Advertised Loco(s) Advertised Route
2 x WCR Class 33 (1) Bristol Temple Meads - Dr Day's Jn - Filton Abbey Wood - Bristol Parkway - Westerleigh Jn - Yate - Cam & Dursley - Standish Jn - Gloucester Yard Jn - Barnwood Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Ashchurch for Tewkesbury - Abbotswood Jn - Stoke Works Jn - Bromsgrove - Barnt Green - Kings Norton - Selly Oak - Birmingham New Street - Proof House Jn - Landor Street Jn - Water Orton - Coleshill Parkway - Nuneaton - Rugby - Long Buckby - Northampton - Milton Keynes Central - Denbigh Hall Jn - Bletchley (High Level) - Winslow - Bicester Village
WCR Diesel loco (2) Bicester Village - Gavray Jn - Bicester South Jn - Princes Risborough - High Wycombe - West Ruislip - Neasden Jn - Acton Canal Wharf - Acton Wells Jn - Hanwell Bridge Loop
2 x WCR Class 33 (1) Hanwell Bridge Loop - Acton Wells Jn - Acton Canal Wharf - Neasden Jn - Dudding Hill Jn - Brent Curve Jn - St Albans City - Luton - Bedford [U&DPL] - Wellingborough [DGL] -  Kettering - Corby - Manton Jn - Oakham [DGL] - Melton Mowbray [DGL] - Syston South Jn - Leicester [U&DS] - Knighton Jn [U&DG] - Wigston North Jn - Hinckley - Nuneaton - (reverse of outward route) - Bristol Temple Meads

Notes :
(1) WCR Diesel loco on rear.
(2) 2 x WCR Class 33 on rear.

Source : Keith Gardiner

Timings (Advertised Only)
(from Pathfinder Railtours brochure)

Location Advertised (out) Advertised (rtn)
Bristol Temple Meads 06.30d 22.15a
Bristol Parkway 06.45d 21.55a
Cam & Dursley 07.15d 21.20a
Cheltenham Spa 07.35d 21.00a
Worcestershire parkway 08.05d 20.30a
Barnt Green 08.30d 20.00a
Birmingham New Street 09.00d 19.35a
Nuneaton 09.30d 19.00a
Bicester Village ?a ?d


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