13th April 1982

R.C.T.S. (West Midlands Branch)
The Bevercotes Collier

DMU's Used 56407+50218 & 52099+59837+59819+51952

Route : 1G07 throughout

DMU Route
as listed Doncaster - Hexthorpe Jn - Mexborough - Wath - Stairfoot Jn - Oakenshaw South Jn (1) - Cudworth - Royston Jn - Crofton East Jn - Pontefract Monkhill - Ferrybridge North Jn - Milford Jn - Gascoigne Wood Jn - Selby West Jn (2) - Selby
as listed Selby - (2) Selby Canal Jn - Joan Croft Jn - Stainforth
as listed Stainforth - Kirk Sandall Jn - Low Ellers curve - St Catherines Jn - Firbeck - Maltby Colliery - Brancliffe East Jn - Shireoaks - Elmton & Cresswell - Shirebrook North - Boughton Jn
as listed Boughton Jn - Bevercotes (3)
as listed Bevercotes - Elmton & Cresswell - Clowne - Seymour Jn - Staveley - Hall Lane Jn - Foxlow Jn - Beighton Jn - Rotherwood - Darnall - Rotherham Central - Mexborough - Doncaster

Notes :
(1) Tour delayed by 40mins at Oakenshaw North Jn awaiting pilotman.
(2) Booked route was via the West Jn to Canal Jn curve. The reason for the diversion via Selby was that a pilotman had to be picked up and it was not permitted to do that on the curve.
(3) Beyond BR limit.

Sources : David Hills, Alan Rintoul, Kevin Driscoll & Bill Lynch

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Alan Rintoul & Ian Umpleby)

Miles Location Booked Actual
0.00 Doncaster 10.00d 10.00
2.17 Hexthorpe Jn 10/04 10/05
? Denaby Crossing 10/09 ?
4.95 Conisborough ? ?
7.40 Mexborough East Jn ? ?
? Mexborough 10c11 ~ 10c12 10.12½ ~ 10.13
7.73 (new) Mexborough West Jn ? ?
8.17 (old) Mexborough West Jn ? ?
9.09 Wath Jn 10/16 10/17
9.53 Wath Central ? ?
11.35 Elsecar Jn 10/19 10/23
12.59 Wombwell Central ? ?
13.56 Aldam Jn 10/25 10/27½
14.33 New Oaks Jn ? ?
14.95 Stairfoot Jn 10/28 10/31
17.20 Cudworth 10/36 10/39
17.56 Cudworth South Jn ? ?
17.79 Cudworth North Jn ? ?
17.31 Royston Jn ? ?
20.41 West Riding Jn ? ?
20.98 Oakenshaw South Jn 10/47 ?
21.38 Oakenshaw North Jn ? ?
21.91 Crofton East Jn 10/51 11/36
27.54 Pontefract Tanshelf ? ?
28.33 Pontefract Monkhill 11/01 11.47 ~11.48
28.70 Pontefract East Jn ? ?
28.95 Ferrybridge North Jn 11/06 11/53
31.30 Burton Salmon Jn ? ?
33.45 Milford Jn 11/13 12/05½
34.73 Gascoigne Wood Jn 11/16 112/08½
38.73 Thorpes Gate Jn ? ?
40.47 Selby West Jn 11/24 12/18
? Selby DIV 12.20½ ~ 12.33½
41.07 Selby Canal Jn 11/29 ?
54.08 Joan Croft Jn 11/45 12/50
54.70 Applehurst Jn 11/47 12/51½
58.45 Stainforth & Hatfield 11.57 ~ 12.02 12.59½ ~ 13.07½
61.59 Kirk Sandall Jn 12.06 ~ 12.14 13/14½
67.05 St Catherines Jn 12/22 13/28
70.88 Firbeck Jn 12c34 ~ 12c35 13.39 ~ 13.41
73.29 Maltby 12t41 13.47 ~ 13.47
78.25 Dinnington Colliery Jn 12t58 14/02½
80.99 Brancliffe East Jn 13/08 14.11 ~ 14.15
82.39 Shireoaks ? ?
? Shireoaks West Jn 13/11 14.22½ ~ 14.24
83.25 Woodend Jn 13/14 14/27
87.68 Elmton & Cresswell 13c26 ~ 13c27 14.37½ ~ 14.39
93.04 Shirebrook New Jn ? ?
93.90 Warsop Jn 13/44 ?
96.41 Welbeck Colliery Jn ? ?
? Clipstone East Jn 13/53 14/54½
99.44 Thoresby Colliery ? ?
101.60 Ollerton Colliery ? ?
102.93 Boughton Jn 14.01 ~ 14.05 15.03 ~ 15.07
107.43 Bevercotes Colliery 14.25 ~ 14.35 15.27 ~ 15.40
? Boughton Jn 14.55 ~ 14.59 15.53½ ~ 15.57
? Clipstone East Jn 15/07 16/04½
? Warsop Jn 15/16 ?
? Shirebrook East Jn 15c22 ~ 15c23 16/14½
127.17 Elmton & Cresswell 15c32 ~ 15c33 16.27 ~ 16.28½
132.83 Seymour Jn 15/48 16/44½
134.45 Hall Lane Jn 15/55 16/49½
134.84 Foxlow Jn 15c58 ~ 15c59 16/52
139.47 Beighton Jn 16/09 17/00
140.76 Woodhouse East Jn 16/13 17/03½
141.23 Rotherwood ? ?
143.23 Darnall West Jn 16/18 17.13 ~ 17.14½
143.84 Attercliffe Jn 16/21 17/17½
144.19 Attercliffe ? ?
144.72 Broughton Lane ? ?
? Shepcote Lane 16/24 ?
145.73 Tinsley ? ?
145.75 Tinsley Station Jn ? ?
146.29 Tinsley East Jn 16/27 17/22
147.95 Rotherham Central ? ?
150.39 Aldwarke Jn 16/36 17/29½
151.36 Thrybergh Jn ? ?
152.09 Kilnhurst Central ? ?
153.22 Swinton Central ? ?
153.37 Mexborough South Jn ? ?
? Mexborough 16/43 17/35
153.73 Mexborough East Jn ? ?
? Denaby Crossing 16/45 ?
? Hexthorpe Jn 16/52 17/42½
161.13 Doncaster 16.58a 17.47


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