14th September 1996

Hertfordshire Rail Tours
(Private Charter)

Locos Used steam: 'Black Prince' & 'Winston Churchill'
EMU's Used 1559 & 1580

Route :
1Z20 : London Charing Cross to Folkestone Harbour
1Z21 : Folkestone Harbour to London Bridge

Traction Route
1559 + 1580 London Charing Cross - London Bridge - North Kent East Jn - Greenwich - Charlton - Plumstead - Slade Green - Dartford Jn - Gravesend - Strrod - Gillingham - Sittingbourne West Jn - Queenborough - Sheerness-on-Sea
1580 + 1559 Sheerness-on-Sea - Queenborough - Sittingbourne East Jn - Faversham - Herne Bay - Margate - Ramsgate - Minster East Jn - Sandwich - Deal - Buckland Jn - Dover Priory - Folkestone East Halt
1559 + 1580 Folkestone East Halt - Folkestone East Train Roads
1580 + 1559 Folkestone East Train Roads - Folkestone Harbour
'Black Prince' + 'Winston Churchill' Hythe - New Romney - Dungeness - New Romney - Hythe
1580 + 1559 Folkestone Harbour - Folkestone East Train Roads
1559 + 1580 Folkestone East Train Roads - Folkestone Central - Continental Jn - Ashford International - Lenham - Maidstone East - Otford Jn - Swanley - St Mary Cray Jn - Chislehurst - Grove Park - Hither Green - New Cross - North Kent East Jn - London Bridge

Notes :
(1) Passengers transferred by bus between Folkestone Harbour and the RH&DR.

Source : Nick Byth

Photo Review


1559 at Charing Cross in the morning (photo: Nick Blyth)


The other unit, 1580, at Sheerness-on-Sea (photo: Nick Blyth)


Timings (Booked Only)
(from Nick Blyth)

M.C Location Booked
0.00 Charing Cross 08.28d
0.61 Waterloo East 08.30a ~ 08.31d
1.31 Metropolitan Jn 08/33
1.70 London Bridge 08.35a ~ 08.37d
2.71 Spa Road 08/40
4.25 North Kent East Jn 08/41
5.36 Greenwich 08/43
7.44 Charlton 08/47
9.32 Woolwich Arsenal 08/51
10.01 Plumstead 08/53
15.30 Slade Green 08/59
15.66 Crayford Creek Jn 09/00
17.05 Dartford Jn 09/02
24.15 Gravesend 09/11
31.31 Strood 09/20
31.54 Rochester Bridge Jn 09/22
34.48 Gillingham 09c28 ~ 09c29
42.43 Sittingbourne West Jn 09/37
47.74 Queenborough 09/51
49.72 Sheerness-on-Sea 09.56a ~ 10.35d
51.70 Queenborough 10/39
57.21 Sittingbourne East Jn 10/47
57.62 Sittingbourne 10/49
65.00 Faversham 10/56 [DGL]
75.61 Herne Bay 11/07
86.72 Margate 11/22
92.24 Ramsgate 11c32 ~ 11c33
95.74 Minster East Jn 11/38
100.51 Sandwich 11/43
104.61 Deal 11/49
109.10 Martin Mill 11/55
113.10 Buckland Jn 12/01
114.01 Dover Priory 12/10
120.31 Folkestone East Halt 12.20 ~ 12.26
120.47 East Train Roads 12.28 ~ 12.34
121.66 Folkestone Harbour 12.39a ~ 18.28d
123.05 East Train Roads 18.33 ~ 18.38
127.79 Continental Jn 18/43
137.17 Sevington Loop 18/49
138.71 Ashford International 18/55
148.77 Lenham 19/07 [UL]
158.12 Maidstone East 19/17
173.35 Otford Jn 19/35
180.57 Swanley 19/45
184.71 St Mary Cray Jn 19/51
185.62 Chislehurst 19/54
188.03 Grove Park 19/56
189.65 Hither Green 19/59
190.67 Parks Bridge Jn 20/01
192.13 New Cross 20/04
192.56 North Kent East Jn 20/05
194.10 Spa Road 20/07
195.11 London Bridge 20.09a

RH&DR Timings

M.C Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn) M.C
0.00 Hythe 14.10d 17.30a 26.68
4.77 Dymchurch 14/27 17/15 21.71
6.11 Jefferstone Lane 14/31 ? ?
8.13 New Romney 14/36 16.08a ~ 17.05d 18.55
10.14 Romney Sands 14/41 16/02 16.54
13.34 Dungeness 14.55a 15.50d 13.34


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