30th March 1974

Railway Correspondence and Travel Society
London & North East Kent

Traction Used 33049 & DEMU 1037

Route :

Traction Route
1037 London Waterloo - Clapham Junction
1037 Clapham Junction - Longhedge Jn - Stewarts Lane - London Victoria
1037 London Victoria - Stewarts Lane - Factory Junc. - Brixton - Herne Hill - Tulse Hill - West Norwood - Crystal Palace - Sydenham - New Cross Gate - Bricklayers Arms Junc. - North Kent West Jn
1037 North Kent East Jn - New Cross - Lewisham (1) - New Beckenham - Beckenham Junction - Bromley South - Swanley
1037 Swanley - Chislehurst - Grove Park - Lee spur - Sidcup - Dartford - Gravesend Central - Strood - Gillingham - Sitingbourne
(3) Round trip on Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway
1037 Sitingbourne - Faversham - Canterbury East - Shepherds Well
1037 Shepherds Well - shunt to down sidings
1037 shunt to down sidings - Tilmanstone Colliery
1037 Tilmanstone Colliery - Shepherds Well
1037 Shepherds Well - Dover Priory - Dover Marine
1037 Dover Marine - Folkestone Jn
1037 Folkestone Jn - Folkestone Jn Sidings
1037 Folkestone Jn Sidings - Folkestone Harbour
1037 (2) Folkestone Harbour - Folkestone Jn Sidings
1037 Folkestone Jn Sidings - Folkestone Central - Ashford - Headcorn - Tonbridge - Sevenoaks - Orpington - Grove Park - Lewisham - Nunhead - Cambria Jn - Blackfriars Carriage Road
1037 Blackfriars Carriage Road - Canterbury Road Jn - Brixton - Factory Jn - Stewarts Lane - London Victoria

Notes:
(1) Booked route was via Ladywell loop.
(2) banked by 33049.
(3) Loco confirmation required, believed to have been two trains, one hauled by 'Superb' and the other by 'Premier' (see booked timings below).


From The John Debens Ticket Collection.

Source : John Clifford (on the train throughout)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from John Clifford)

M.C Location Booked Actual
0.00 Waterloo 09.32d 09.31
2.50 Queens Road 09/37½ 09/36
3.71 Clapham Junction 09.40a ~ 09.45d 09.38½ ~ 09.41
4.77 Longhedge Jn 09/50 09/45
5.36 Stewarts Lane 09/53 09.46a ~ 09.47d
6.62 Victoria 10.02a ~ 10.07d 09.53 ~ 10.07
8.14 Stewarts Lane 10/14 10/12½
8.50 Factory Jn 10/17 10.14a ~ 10.16½d
9.79 Brixton 10/20 10/20½
10.50 Herne Hill 10.22a ~ 10.26d 10.23 ~ 10.24
11.66 Tulse Hill 10/30 10/29
12.41 West Norwood 10/32 10/32
14.15 Crystal Palace 10/37 10/37
15.27 Sydenham 10/40 10/40
16.16 Forest Hill 10/42 10/42
18.73 New Cross Gate 10.49a ~ 10.53d 10/47
19.48 Bricklayers Arms Jn 10/55 10/49
21.32 North Kent West Jn 11.07a ~ 11.12d 11.00½ ~ 11.05
22.23 North Kent East Jn 11/21 11.11½ ~ 11.14
22.67 New Cross 11/22 11/18
24.12 Parks Bridge Jn 11/25 11/22
27.31 New Beckenham 11/31 11.29a ~ 11.30d
28.02 Beckenham Junction 11/33½ 11/34
29.14 Shortlands Jn 11/35½ 11/36
31.68 Bickley Jn 11/39 11/41
36.61 Swanley 11.45½a ~ 11.51½d 11.47 ~ 11.50
40.75 St Mary Cray Jn 11/57 11/58
41.66 Chislehurst 12/00½ 12/01
??.?? Grove Park 12.05a ~ 12.06d 12.04 ~ 12.05
47.18 Lee 12/10 12/10
51.23 Sidcup 12/19 12/16½
56.43 Dartford 12/26½ 12/22
63.27 Gravesend Central 12/38½ 12/31½
70.43 Strood 12.52a ~ 12.53d 12.42 ~ 12.42½
70.67 Rochester Bridge Jn 12/55 12.44a ~ 12.54d
73.60 Gillingham 13/02 13/06
82.44 Sittingbourne 13.14a 13.20

Visit to Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway (see table below)
82.44 Sittingbourne 15.33d 15.32
89.64 Faversham 15.41a ~ 15.42d 15.41 ~ 15.42
99.52 Canterbury East 15/44 15/44½
109.47 Shepherds Well 16.05a ~ 16.15d 16.06 ~ 16.14
112.36 Tilmanstone Colliery Stop Board 16.45a ~ 16.50d 16.24½ ~ 16.53
115.25 Shepherds Well 17.20a ~ 17.30d 17.07 ~ 17.36½
119.73 Buckland Jn 17/38 17/44
120.69 Dover Priory 17/40 17/46
121.75 Dover Marine 17.46a ~ 17.57d 17.49½ ~ 17.57
127.73 Folkestone Jn 18.08a ~ 18.20d 18.06 ~ 18.23½
129.12 Folkestone Harbour 18.24a ~ 18.29d 18.28 ~ 18.43½
130.31 Folkestone Jn 18.34a ~ 18.44d 18.47½ ~ 18.50
145.31 Ashford 19/00 19/10
166.37 Paddock Wood 19/20 19/27
171.60 Tonbridge 19.26a ~ 19.27d 19.33 ~ 19.33
179.13 Sevenoaks 19/37½ 19/43½
187.38 Orpington 19/47½ 19/52
190.04 Chislehurst 19/50 19/54
194.08 Hither Green 19/55 19/58
195.10 Parks Bridge Jn 19/56½ 20/00
195.29 Lewisham 19/57½ 20/01
197.14 Nunhead 20/02 20/04½
199.20 Cambria Jn 20/06 20/08
199.44 Loughborough Junction 20/07½ 20/08½
202.39 Blackfriars Carriage Road 20.14a ~ 20.19d 20.15 ~ 20.17½
205.34 Loughborough Junction 20/25 20/25
206.03 Brixton 20/33½ 20/26
207.31 Factory Jn 20/36½ 20/30
207.67 Stewarts Lane 20/39 20/31
208.15 Battersea Pier Jn 20/42 20/32
209.00 Victoria (C) 20.45a 20.35

Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway timings (booked only) :

Loco : Superb   Premier
Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn)   Booked (out) Booked (rtn)
Sittingbourne (SKLR) 13.50d 14.57a   14.05d 15.12a
Milton 13.56a ~ 14.05d 14.42a ~ 14.57d   14.11a ~ 14.20d 14.57a ~ 15.06d
Burley Crossing 14/07 14/40   14/23 14/55
Kemsley Down 14.11a 14.36d   14.26a 14.51d


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