Timings (Advertised Only)
(from Chris Harley)
13th October 1990
Linkwise Tours
The Heart of Wales Venturer
Did this railtour run? Information taken from an advertising leaflet.
| Loco(s) Used | ????? |
Route :
| Loco(s) | Route |
| ????? | Norwich - Diss - Stowmarket - Ipswich - Stratford - (via North London Line) - Acton Wells Jn - Acton Main Line - Didcot Parkway - Swindon - Bristol Parkway - Severn Tunnel Junction - Newport - Cardiff Central - Bridgend - Port Talbot - (via Central Wales line) - Craven Arms - Shrewsbury |
| ????? | Shrewsbury - Leicester - Peterborough - Ely - Bury-St-Edmunds - Stowmarket - Ipswich |
| ????? | Ipswich - Stowmarket - Diss - Norwich |
Notes :
(1) Advertising leaflet describes this as "one of a series of excursions
organised and operated by LINKWISE TOURS with a sales stand and raffle
facilities on the train provided by Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway
Society Ltd. Profits made by the society go towards helping steam railway
preservation on the North Norfolk Railway between Sheringham and Holt.
Source : Chris Harley
Timings (Advertised Only)
(from Chris Harley)
| Location | Advertised (out) | Advertised (rtn) |
| Norwich | 05.50d | 23.15a |
| Diss | ??.??a ~ 06.10d | 22.55a ~ ??.??d |
| Stowmarket | ??.??a ~ 06.23d | 22.08a ~ ??.??d |
| Ipswich | ??.??a ~ 06.35d | 22.20a ~ ??.??d |
| Bury-St-Edmunds | (bus - see below) | 21.48a ~ ??.??d |
| Ely | (bus - see below) | 21.15a ~ ??.??d |
All inclusive road connection into the excursion train to and from Stowmarket;
| Location | Advertised (out) | Advertised (rtn) |
| Ely | 04.20d | (train - see above) |
| Cambridge | 05.00d | 22.00a |
| Bury-St-Edmunds | 05.30d | (train - see above) |
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