13th May 1995
A1A Charters
The Canterbury Tales
| Locos Used | 31207, 31275, 33204, 37601, 37602 & 47716 | 
Route :
1Z57 : Preston to Dover Priory
1Z31 : Dover Priory to Preston
| Loco | Route | 
| 31207 + 31275 | Preston - Bolton - Manchester Piccadilly - Stoke-on-Trent - Colwich Jn - Nuneaton - Milton Keynes - Willesden West London Jn - Longhedge Jn - Stewarts Lane - London Victoria | 
| 37602 + 37601 | London Victoria - Brixton Jn - Shortlands Jn - Swanley - Maidstone East - Ashford | 
| 33204 | Ashford - Canterbury West - Minster - Dover Priory - Folkestone Central - Ashford | 
| 31207 + 31275 (1) | Ashford - Folkestone East Sidings | 
| 33204 (2) | Folkestone East Sidings - Folkestone Harbour | 
| 31207 + 31275 (1) | Folkestone Harbour - Folkestone East Sidings | 
| 33204 (2) | Folkestone East Sidings - Folkestone East Staff Halt | 
| 31207 + 31275 | Folkestone East Staff Halt - Dover Priory - Canterbury East - Faversham - Gillingham - Swanley - Shortlands Jn - Brixton Jn - Factory Jn - Longhedge Jn - Clapham Junction - New Kew Jn - Acton Wells Jn - Neasden Jn - South Ruislip - Gerrards Cross - Princes Risborough - Banbury - Leamington Spa - Coventry - Nuneaton - Stafford | 
| 47716 | Stafford - Stoke-on-Trent - Manchester Piccadilly - Bolton - Preston | 
Notes :
(1) 33204 on rear.
(2) 31207 + 31275 on rear.
Source : Richard Hughes
(on train throughout)

Timings (Booked and Actual)
(from Phil Pearson)
| Miles | Location | 
				Booked | 
				Actual |  | 
				Booked | 
				Actual | 
				Miles | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.00 | Preston | 05.10d | 
				? |  | 
				23.35a | 
				? | 84.96 | 
| 5.45 | Euxton Jn | 
				05/16 | 
				? |  | 
				? | 
				? | ? | 
| 8.63 | Chorley | 
				05/20 | 
				? |  | 
				? | 
				? | 76.33 | 
| 20.20 | Bolton | 
				05/35 | 
				? |  | 
				? | 
				? | 64.76 | 
| 29.00 | Salford Crescent | 
				05/49 | 
				? |  | 
				? | 
				? | 55.96 | 
| 31.10 | Manchester Piccadilly | 
				05/56 | 
				? |  | 
				? | 
				? | 53.86 | 
| 36.90 | Stockport | 
				06.05a ~ 06.07d | ??.?? ~ 06.08 |  | 
				22.45a ~ 22.45d | 23.05 ~ ??.?? | 48.06 | 
| 39.17 | Cheadle Hulme | 
				06/11 | 
				06/12 |  | 
				? | 
				23/02 | 45.79 | 
| 56.71 | Congleton | 
				06/32 | 
				06/30 |  | 
				? | 
				22/41 | 28.25 | 
| 62.43 | Kidsgrove | 
				06/38 | 
				06/35 |  | 
				? | 
				22/35 | 22.51 | 
| 68.80 | Stoke-on-Trent | 
				06.48a ~ 06.50d | 
				06.44 ~ 06.50 |  | 
				22.13a ~ 22.15d | 
				22.25 ~ 22.27 | 16.16 | 
| 75.80 | Stone Jn | 
				07/00 | 
				07/00 |  | 
				22/09 | 
				22/16 | 9.16 | 
| ? | Norton Bridge | 
				? | 
				07/05 |  | 
				? | 
				? | 
				? | 
| ? | Stafford | 
				? | 
				07/10 |  | 21L26a ~ 21L46d | 21.53 ~ 22.02 | 0.00 | 
| 87.55 | Colwich Jn | 
				07/12 | 
				07/15 |  | 
				? | 
				21/45 | 227.61 | 
| 104.65 | Tamworth | 
				07/23 | 
				07/30 |  | 
				? | 
				? | 210.51 | 
| 117.53 | Nuneaton | 
				07.32a ~ 07.33d | 
				07.41 ~ 07.42 |  | 
				20.53a ~ 20.56d | 
				21.16 ~ 21.17 | 197.63 | 
| 132.15 | Rugby | 
				07/45 | 
				07/57 | ||||
| 144.96 | Weedon | 
				07/54 | 
				08/07 | ||||
| 
				158.06 | Hanslope Jn | 
				08/03 | 
				08/16 | ||||
| 164.89 | Milton Keynes Central | 
				08/07 | 
				08/22 | ||||
| 168.08 | Bletchley | 
				08/10 | 
				08/24 | ||||
| 182.99 | Tring | 
				08/21 | 
				08/39 | ||||
| 197.21 | Watford Junction | 
				08.34a ~ 08.35d | 
				08.55 ~ 08.56 | ||||
| 209.36 | Willesden W.L. Jn | 
				08/48 | 
				09/15 | ||||
| 212.04 | Kensington Olympia | 
				08/59 | 
				09/19 | ||||
| - | Coventry | 
				? | 
				20/58 | 187.44 | |||
| - | Leamington Spa | 
				? | 
				20/44 | 178.00 | |||
| - | Banbury | 
				19c54 ~ 19c56 | 
				20.21 ~ 20.22 | 157.89 | |||
| - | Aynho Jn | 
				19/48 | 
				20/15 | 152.84 | |||
| - | Bicester North | 
				? | 
				19p59a ~ 20p03d | ? | |||
| - | Princes Risborough | 
				19/22 | 
				19p32a ~ 19p35d | 125.24 | |||
| - | High Wycombe | 
				? | 
				19.20a ~ 19.21d | 
				? | |||
| - | Beaconsfield | 
				? | 
				19/14 | 
				? | |||
| - | Gerrards Cross | 
				18/50 | 
				? | 107.95 | |||
| - | Neasden Jn | 
				18/24 | 
				18/50 | 93.94 | |||
| - | New Kew Jn | 
				18/09 | 
				18/38 | 88.92 | |||
| - | Clapham Junction | 
				18c03 | 
				18.25 ~ 18.28 | 83.42 | |||
| 215.39 | Longhedge Jn | 09/07 | ? |  | 
				17/58 | 
				18/22 | 82.32 | 
| 216.37 | Battersea Pier Jn | 09/15 | 09/27 | ||||
| 217.22 0.00 | London Victoria | 09L18a ~ 09L59d | 09.30 ~ 10.01 | ||||
| 1.84 | Factory Jn | 
				? | 
				10/07 |  | 
				? | 
				? | ? | 
| 3.18 | Brixton Jn | 
				10/05 | 
				10/09 |  | 
				17/54 | 
				18/18 | 80.49 | 
| 3.95 | Herne Hill | 
				10/06 | 
				10/10 |  | 
				17/52 | 
				18/17 | 79.72 | 
| 8.66 | Beckenham Jn | 
				10/13 | 
				10/16 |  | 
				? | 
				? | ? | 
| 9.81 | Shortlands Jn | 
				10/15 | 
				10/17 |  | 
				17/41 | 
				18/09 | 73.86 | 
| 12.48 | Bickley Jn | 
				10/19 | 
				10/20 |  | 
				17/36 | 
				18/04 | 71.19 | 
| 14.71 | St. Mary Cray Jn | 
				10/20 | 
				10/21 |  | 
				? | 
				? | ? | 
| 17.39 | Swanley | 
				10/24 | 
				10/26 |  | 
				17/31 | 
				17/59 | 66.28 | 
| 24.66 | Otford Jn | 
				10/34 | 
				10/34 | ||||
| 39.95 | Maidstone East | 
				10/52 | 
				10/58 | ||||
| 59.21 0.00 | Ashford | 11L15a ~ 11L28d | 11.17 ~ 11.37 | ||||
| 14.23 | Canterbury West | 
				11p45a ~ 11p53d | 
				11/58 | ||||
| 25.63 | Minster | 
				12/12 | 
				12/13 | ||||
| 34.59 | Deal | 
				12/23 | 
				12/25 | ||||
| 43.89 | Dover Priory | 12.41a ~ | 12.42 ~ | ||||
| - | Sole Street | 
				17/22 | 
				17/52 | 56.78 | |||
| - | Rochester Bridge Jn | 
				17/13 | 
				17/43 | 50.67 | |||
| - | Gillingham | 
				17/07 | 
				17/38 | 47.83 | |||
| - | Sittingbourne | 
				16/57 | 
				? | 38.93 | |||
| - | Faversham | 
				16/47 | 
				17/18 | 31.71 | |||
| - | Canterbury East | 
				16/35 | 
				? | 21.86 | |||
| - | Shepherd's Well | 
				16/24 | 
				16/51 | 11.92 | |||
| 0.00 | Dover Priory | ~ 13.58d | ~ 14.14 |  | 
				16/15 | 
				16/44 | 6.38 | 
| 7.42 | Folkestone Central | 
				14/01 | 
				14/29 | ||||
| ?.?? | Continental Jn | 
				14/07 | 
				14/35 | ||||
| 21.22 0.00 | Ashford | 14L25a ~ 14L40d | 14.45 ~ 15.16 | ||||
| 13.80 | Folkestone Central | 
				15/00 | 
				15/32 | ||||
| - | Folkestone East Staff Halt | 15.53 ~ 15.58 | 16.26 ~ 16.32 | 0.00 0.04 | |||
| 14.88 0.00 | Folkestone East Sidings | 15.02 ~ 15.05 | 15.36 ~ 15.51 |  | 15.47 ~ 15.50 | 16.17 ~ 16.20 | 0.00 1.04 | 
| 1.04 | Folkestone Harbour | 15.10a | 15:55 |  | 15.40d | 16.13 | 0.00 |