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
234.05

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


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