24th February 2019

Branch Line Society
The South Gosforth Avoider

Tyne & Wear Metro Units Used 4030 & 4085

Route : T181 throughout

Metro Units Route
4030+4085 South Gosforth - Haymarket - Monument - Heworth - Pelaw - Pelaw Sidng 1
4085+4030 Pelaw Siding 1 - Pelaw - Heworth - Monument - Haymarket
4030+4085 Haymarket - Prudhoe Street Crossover - Monument - Heworth - Pelaw - Pelaw Siding 2
4085+4030 Pelaw Siding 2 - Pelaw - Heworth - Monument - Haymarket - South Gosforth - Gosforth South Jn - Gosforth East Jn - Longbenton - Monkseaton - Tynemouth - North Shields - Bagnalls Siding
4030+4085 Bagnalls Siding - North Shields Bay Platform
4085+4030 North Shields Bay Platform - Percy Main - Wallsend - Byker - Manors
4030+4085 Manors - Stoddart Street Siding 1
4085+4030 Stoddart Street Siding 1 - Stoddart Street Headshunt
4030+4085 Stoddart Street Headshunt - Stoddart Street Siding 2
4085+4030 Stoddart Street Siding 2 - Manors - Monument - St James - St James Over-Run Tunnel
4030+4085 St James Over-Run Tunnel - St James - Manors
4085+4030 Manors - New Bridge Street Curve (Manors Spur) - Jesmond Jn - South Gosforth - Gosforth South Jn - Gosforth East Jn - Longbenton - Monkseaton - Monkseaton Loop
4030+4085 Monkseaton - Monkseaton Loop - Longbenton - Gosforth East Jn - Gosforth Depot Avoiding Line - Gosforth West Jn - Regent Centre - Kingston Park
4085+4030 Kingston Park - Regent Centre - Gosforth West Jn - Gosforth South Jn - South Gosforth - Haymarket - Monument - Heworth - Pelaw - Hebburn - Jarrow - Chichester - South Shields
4030+4085 South Shields - Chichester - Jarrow - Hebburn - Pelaw Refuge Siding - Pelaw - Heworth - Monument - Haymarket - South Gosforth - Gosforth South Jn - Gosforth West Jn - Regent Centre - Regent Centre Turnback Siding
4085+4030 Regent Centre Turnback Siding - Regent Centre - Gosforth West Jn - Gosforth South Jn - South Gosforth

Notes: 
(1) A joint venture between Nexus, Tyne & Wear Metro and The Branch Line Society, raising funds for MIND.

Source : Alan Sheppard (on the tour throughout)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Alan Sheppard)

Location Booked Actual
South Gosforth 08.41d [P1] 08.40d [P1]
Monument [P1] 08/45
Heworth [P1] 08.51½ ~ 08.52½ [P1]
Pelaw [P1] 08.54 ~ 08.54 [P1]
Pelaw Sidings 09.00½ ~ 09.15½ [Sdg.1] 08.55½ ~ 09.16½ [Sdg.1]
Pelaw [P2] 09/17½ [P2]
Heworth [P2] 09.18½ ~ 09.19½ [P2]
Monument [P2] 09.26½ ~ 09.27 [P2]
Haymarket 09.29 ~ 09.34 [P2] 09.27½ ~ 09.34 [P2]
Prudhoe Street [OS-IS] 09/34½ [OS-IS]
Monument [P1] 09/35 [P1]
Pelaw [P1] 09.46 ~ 09.46½ [P1]
Pelaw Sidings 09.48 ~ 09.52 [Sdg.2] 09.47½ ~ 09.52½ [Sdg.2]
Pelaw [P2] 09/53 [P2]
Heworth [P2] 09/54 [P2]
Monument [P2] 10/00½ [P2]
South Gosforth [P2] 10.06½ ~ 10.07 [P2]
Longbenton 10/15 [P2] 10/09 [P2]
Monkseaton [P2] 10/24 [P2]
Tynemouth [P2] 10/30 [P2]
North Shields [P2] 10.32½ ~ 10.40 [P2]
North Shields Bagnall Siding 10.38½ ~ 10.45½ 10.43½ ~ 10.46½
North Shields Bay Platform 10.47½ ~ 10.51½ [P3] 10.49½ ~ 10.53½ [P3]
Percy Main [P2] 10/56 [P2]
Howden [P2] 10.58 ~ 11.02 [P2]
Wallsend [P2] 11/05½ [P2]
Byker [P2] 11/10 [P2]
Manors 11.09 ~ 11.13 [P1] 11.13 ~ 11.16 [P1]
Stoddart Street Sidings 11.14 ~ 11.18 [Sdg.1] 11.20 ~ 11.22 [Sdg.1]
Stoddart Street Headshunt [H/S] 11.25 ~ 11.27½ [H/S]
Stoddart Street Sidings 11.25 ~ 11.35 [Sdg.2] 11.29½ ~ 11.34 [Sdg.2]
Manors [P2] 11/37½ [P1]
Monument [P4] 11.38½ ~ 11.39½ [P3]
St James 11/41 11.42 ~ 11.43½ [P1]
St James Over-Run Tunnel 11.42 ~ 11.47 11.45 ~ 11.51
St James 11.48a ~ 12.48d 11.51½a ~ 12.49½d [P1]
Monument [P3] 12.50½ ~ 12.51 [P3]
Manors 12.51 ~ 12.55 [P1] 12.52 ~ 12.54½ [P1]
Jesmond (Former) BR Station [Out Loop] 12.58 ~ 12.59 [Out Loop]
Jesmond Jn 13/01 13.00 ~ 13.01
South Gosforth 13/08 [P2] 13/06 [P2]
Gosforth South Jn ? 13/06½
Gosforth East Jn ? 13/07
Longbenton [P2] 13/08 [P2]
Monkseaton [P2] 13.21½ ~ 13.22 [P2]
Monkseaton Loop 13.25 ~ 13.34 13.23½ ~ 13.32 [Loop]
Monkseaton [P1] 13.33½ ~ 13.34 [P1]
Longbenton 13/48 [P1] 13.47½ ~ 13.48 [P1]
Gosforth East Jn ? 13.49½ ~ 13.50
Gosforth Depot Avoiding Line ? 13/53½ [AL]
Gosforth West Jn ? 13.55½ ~ 14.00
Regent Centre 14/02 [P2] 14.01½ ~ 14.03 [P2]
Kingston Park 14.07½ ~ 14.13 [P2] 14.08½ ~ 14.13½ [P2]
Regent Centre [P1] 14/18 [P1]
Gosforth West Jn ? 14/19
Gosforth South Jn ? 14/20
South Gosforth 14/21 [P1] 14.20½ ~ 14.21½ [P1]
Monument [P1] 14.27 ~ 14.27½ [P1]
Heworth [P1] 14/35 [P1]
Pelaw 14/40 [P1] 14/37½ [P1]
Bill Quay Jn ? 14.39 ~ 14.41
Hebburn 14/46 [P1] 14/44 [P1]
Jarrow 14/48½ [P1] 14/46 [P1]
Bede [P1] 14/48 [P1]
Chichester [P1] 14.53½ ~ 14.58 [P1]
South Shields 14.58½ ~ 15.04 15.00 ~ 15.04
Chichester [P2] 15/06 [P2]
Bede 15/11 [P2] 15/09½ [P2]
Jarrow 15/13½ [P2] 15.12 ~ 15.12½ [P2]
Hebburn 15/19 [P2] 15.16½ ~ 15.19 [P2]
Pelaw Refuge Siding 15.23 ~ 15.31 [Rfg Sdg] 15.25½ ~ 15.31½ [Rfg Sdg]
Pelaw [P2] 15/31½ [P2]
Heworth [P2] 15.33a ~ 15.34d [P2]
Monument [P2] 15.41 ~ 15.41½ [P2]
South Gosforth [P2] 15.49 ~ 15.49½ [P2]
Gosforth South Jn ? 15/50
Gosforth West Jn ? 15/50½
Regent Centre [P2] 15.51½ ~ 15.52½ [P2]
Regent Centre Siding 15.53 ~ 16.01 15.54½ ~ 16.00
Regent Centre [P1] 16.02a ~ 16.03½d [P1]
Gosforth West Jn ? 16/04
Gosforth South Jn ? 16/05
South Gosforth 16.05a [P1] 16.05½a [P1]


Associated E.C.S. Workings

4085+4030 : (Gosforth Depot to West Neck Headshunt)
4030+4085 : (West Neck Headshunt to South Gosforth)

Location Booked Actual
Gosforth Depot 08+30 08+29 [11W]
West Neck Headshunt ? 08+31½ ~ 08+33
South Gosforth [P1] 08+36 [P1]

4085+4030 : (South Gosforth to Stoneyhurst Road Siding)
4030+4085 : (Stonethurst Road Siding to West Neck Headshunt)
4085+4030 : (West Neck Headshunt to Gosforth Depot)

Location Booked Actual
South Gosforth ? 16+07 [P1]
Stonyhurst Road Siding 16+07 ~ 16+12 16+08½ ~ 16+11½
West Neck Headshunt ? 16+17 ~ 16+21
Gosforth Depot 16+25 16+25 [11W]

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