19th November 1967

Branch Line Society
East Kent Railtour

Locos Used D6585 & D6595

Route :

Loco(s) Route
D6595

London Victoria - Canterbury Road Jn - Loughborough Junction - Blackfriars - Holborn Viaduct
D6585

Holborn Viaduct - Blackfriars Jn - Metropolitan Jn - London Bridge - Lewisham - Eltham Well Hall - Dartford - Gravesend - Strood - Rochester - Chatham - Western Jn - Sheerness
D6585

Sheerness - Queenborough - Kemsley - Eastern Jn - Faversham - Herne Bay - Ramsgate - Minster East Jn - Minster B Jn - Deal - Martin Mill - Kearsney - Shepherds Well
D6595 (1) Shepherds Well - Tilmanstone Colliery
D6585 (2) Tilmanstone Colliery - Shepherds Well
D6595 Shepherds Well - Kearsney - Dover Priory - Archcliffe Jn
D6585 (2)

Archcliffe Jn - Dover Marine
D6595 Dover Marine - Archcliffe Jn - Folkestone East Yard
D6595 (1) Folkestone East Yard - Folkestone Harbour
D6585 (2) Folkestone Harbour - Folkestone East Yard
D6595

Folkestone East Yard - Ashford - Maidstone East - Otford - Swanley - St. Mary Cray - Chislehurst - Grove Park - Hither Green 'A' Jn - Lee Curve - Sidcup - Crayford 'A' Jn -  Crayford 'B' Jn - Slade Green - Woolwich Arsenal - North Kent East Jn - North Kent West Jn - Willow Walk Sidings
D6595

Willow Walk Sidings - Bricklayers Arms Jn - New Cross Gate - Sydenham - Crystal Palace - West Norwood - Streatham Hill - Balham - London Victoria

Notes:
(1) D6585 on rear.
(2) D6595 on rear.
(3) Originally advertised to run on an earlier date (confirmation of when is required).


From Andrew Fairholm's ticket collection.

Sources : Terry Jackson & John Debens

Timings (Booked Only)
(from Terry Jackson)

M.C Location Booked
0.00 Victoria Eastern 10.02d
2.26 Shepherds Lane 10.06 [R]
?.?? Brixton 10/07½
3.16 Loughborough Junction 10/09½
6.27 Blackfriars 10/16½
6.55 Holborn Viaduct 10.19a ~ 10.26d [L]
7.05 Blackfriars Jn 10/31 [A]
7.69 Metropolitan Jn 10/34
8.08 Borough Market Jn 10/34½
8.27 London Bridge 10/35
10.62 North Kent East Jn 10/39
12.26 New Cross 10/40 [L]
15.39 Eltham Well Hall 10/50
??.?? Barnehurst 10/58
21.26 Perry Street Fork SB 10/58½
21.64 Crayford Creek Jn 10/59
23.38 Dartford 11/04
30.22 Gravesend 11/14
37.38 Strood 11/24
37.62 Rochester Bridge Jn 11/25
49.50 Western Jn 11/37½
49.73 Middle Jn 11/38½
55.03 Queenborough 11/46½
57.00 Sheerness-on-Sea 11.50a ~ 12.12d
64.07 Middle Jn 12/24
64.71 Sittingbourne 12/25½
72.05 Faversham 12/34
82.73 Herne Bay 12/45
94.04 Margate 12/57
99.35 Ramsgate 13/05
111.72 Deal 13/22
120.01 Kearsney Loop Jn 13/34
120.25 Deal Jn 13/36
124.46 Shepherds Well 13.42a ~ 14.00d [D]
127.35 Tilmanstone Colliery 14.20a ~ 14.30d
130.24 Shepherds Well 14.50a ~ 15.12d [D]
134.72 Buckland Jn 15/17
???.?? Dover Priory 15/19
???.?? Archway Jn 15.21 ~ 15.24 [L]
136.74 Dover Marine 15.27a ~ 15.38d
142.72 Folkestone East 15.48 ~ 15.58 [H]
144.11 Folkestone Harbour 16.03a ~ 16.09d
145.30 Folkestone East 16.14 ~ 16.18 [H]
160.15 Ashford 16/33
179.39 Maidstone East 16/55
202.04 Swanley 17/22½
206.06 St. Mary Cray Jn 17/27
206.59 Chislehurst Jn 17/29 [S]
210.69 Hither Green Jn 17/35
211.26 Lee Jn 17/37
219.53 Crayford Spur 'B' 17/53
220.02 Crayford Spur 'A' 17/57
222.24 Erith 18/03½
???.?? Woolwich Arsenal 18/13
228.79 Charlton 18/17
231.07 Greenwich 18/21
232.19 North Kent East Jn 18/23½
233.09 North Kent West Jn 18/26
234.20 Willow Walk Sidings 18.36a ~ 18.55d
???.?? North Kent West Jn 19/06
236.04 Bricklayers Arms Jn 19/10 [L]
239.34 Forest Hill 19/16 [L]
241.36 Crystal Palace LL 19.22a ~ 19.24½d [L]
244.33 Streatham Hill 19/30½ [L]
245.37 Balham Jn 19/32½ [L]
250.10 Victoria  19.43a

Key;
A: Run local line avoiding Blackfriars station
D: Shunt to or from East Kent branch
H: Shunt to or from Junction Carriage Sidings
F: Fast line
L: Local line
S: Slow line
R: Relief line

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