Back to "The Railtour Files"13th December 2008
Southeastern Railway
Class 508 Farewell Tour
Train cancelled due to the high cost of running the train
Route:
| Advertised Traction | Advertised Route |
| 2x class 508 EMU's | London Victoria (09:30d) - Brixton - Herne Hill - Penge East - Beckenham Junction |
| 2x class 508 EMU's | Beckenham Junction - New Beckenham - Ladywell - London Bridge |
| 2x class 508 EMU's | London Bridge (10:45d) - Forest Hill - East Croydon - Redhill - Tonbridge - Tunbridge Wells - Battle - Hastings |
| 2x class 508 EMU's | Hastings - (reverse of outward route) - Tonbrige |
| 2x class 508 EMU's | Tonbrige - Paddock Wood - Maidstone West - Strood |
| 2x class 508 EMU's | Strood - Rochester - Gilligham - Rainham - Western Jn - Middle Jn - Kemsley - Sheerness-on-Sea |
| 2x class 508 EMU's | Sheerness-on-Sea - Kemsley - Middle Jn - Eastern Jn - Sittingbourne - Faversham |
| 2x class 508 EMU's | Faversham - Sittingbourne - Rainham - Gillingham - Rochester - Sole Street - Swanley - Bromley South - Herne Hill - Brixton - London Victoria (19:00a) |
Notes :
(1) The following e-mail was sent to potential passengers: "After a
lot of operational problems with the planned route which seemed to go on and on
but eventually overcome it was down to cost. I think It would be fair to say we
have been negotiating all week and yesterday, with only 29 days to the tour,
yesterday was the final day. The overall costs did drop and I personally hoped
it would drop again to a reasonable cost, but it didn’t. The cost for a ticket
would have been significantly more than most of you that replied to my email
last weekend were prepared to pay and with the short time to the tour the trip
had to be cancelled."
Source : Matthew Cole
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