9th August 2023

Railway Touring Company
The Kentish Belle

Locos Used 47802 & steam: 45596 'Bahamas'
Stock Used 14060+99125+99128+99316+3093+3098+3143+99311+5032+99723

Route : 
1Z94 : London Victoria to Faversham
1Z95 : Faversham to London Victoria

Loco(s) Route
45596 (1) London Victoria - Grosvenor Bridge Jn - Voltaire Road Jn - Brixton - Denmark Hill - Nunhead - Catford - Bellingham - Shortlands Jn - Bromley South - Bickley Jn - Swanley - Otford Jn - Maidstone East - Charing - Ashford International - Wye - Canterbury West - Minster - Ramsgate - Broadstairs - Margate - Herne Bay - Faversham
45596 (1) Faversham - (reverse of  outward route) - Ashford International - Headcorn - Paddock Wood - Tonbridge - Sevenoaks - Orpington - Petts Wood Jn - Bickley Jn - Bromley South - Shortlands Jn - Beckenham Junction - Birkbeck - Bromley Jn - Crystal Palace - West Norwood - Streatham Hill - Balham - Clapham Junction - Pouparts Jn - Longhedge Jn - Stewarts Lane Jn - Grosvenor Bridge Jn - London Victoria

Notes : 
(1) 47802 on rear.

Source : Nick Bartlett

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Realtime Trains)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
London Victoria 09.47d [P2] [DCF] 09.46 [P2]   20.57a [P2] 20.55 [P2]
Grosvenor Bridge Jn 09/50 09/49   20/49 [UCS] 20/48
Voltaire Road Jn 09/53 09/51   - -
Brixton 09/55 09/55   - -
Canterbury Road Jn 09/56 09/56   - -
Cambria Jn 09/59 09/58   - -
Denmark Hill 10/01 [P4] 09/59   - -
Crofton Road Jn 10/06 10/01   - -
Nunhead 10/10½ [P2] 10/07   - -
Catford 10/16 10/13   - -
Bellingham 10/18½ [P2] 10/16   - -
Stewarts Lane Jn - -   20/47 20/44
Longhedge Jn - -   20/45 [RVL] 20/43
Pouparts Jn - -   20/43 [UBA] ?
Clapham Junction - -   20/40½ [P14] [UBF] 20/39
Balham - -   20/36½ [P2] 20/36
Streatham Hill - -   20/23 [P1] 20/32
West Norwood Jn - -   20/17 20/30
West Norwood - -   20/16 [P1] 20/29
Crystal Palace - -   20/11 [P1] 20/25
Bromley Jn - -   20/08 20/22
Birkbeck - -   20/06 20/21
Beckenham Junction - -   20/03 20/17
Shortlands Jn 10/25½ [DCF] 10/26   20/01 20/14
Bromley South 10.30a ~ 10.32d [P2] 10.30 ~ 10.34   19.56a ~ 19.58d [P1] 20.08 ~ 20.11
Bickley Jn 10/35 [DCF] 10/39   19/52 [UCF] 20/04
St Mary Cray Jn 10/36 10/40   - -
Swanley 10/42 [P2] 10/47   - -
Otford Jn 10/53 10/57   - -
Borough Green & Wrotham 11/00 11/03   - -
Maidstone East 11/13 [P2] 11/15   - -
Charing 11w31 ~ 11w48 11.35 ~ 11.55   - -
Petts Wood Jn - -   19/49 [UFV] 20/03
Orpington - -   19/45 [P2] [FL] 20/00
Sevenoaks - -   19/33½ [P1] 19/52
Tonbridge - -   19/22½ [UF] 19/43
Paddock Wood - -   19/15½ [UM] 19/30
Staplehurst - -   18.51 ~ 19.08 19.06 ~ 19.22
Headcorn - -   18*35 ~ 18*47 [UM] 18.33 ~ 18.59
Ashford International 11*59 ~ 12*29 12.04 ~ 12.28   18/19 [UM] 18/20
Wye 12/36½ 12/34   18/12 18/15
Canterbury West 12.52a ~ 12.56d [P2] 12.48 ~ 12.53   17.51a ~ 17.55d [P1] 18.01 ~ 18.03
Sturry 13/00 12/59   17/47 17/57
Minster 13/12½ 13/10   17/34 17/48
Minster East Jn 13/13½ 13/11   17/33 17/47
Ramsgate 13.20a ~ 13.23d [P3] 13.16 ~ 13.28   17.25a ~ 17.27d [P3] 17.39 ~ 17.41
Broadstairs 13.29a ~ 13.31d 13.33 ~ 13.38   17.19a ~ 17.21d 17.28 ~ 17.31
Margate 13.35a ~ 13.37d [P3] 13.43 ~ 13.47   17.12a ~ 17.15d [P1] 17.19 ~ 17.22
Herne Bay 13.51a ~ 13.53d [P1] 13.59 ~ 14.03   16.57a ~ 17.00d [P2] 17.00 ~ 17.03
Whitstable 13/58 14/08   16/53½ 16/56
Faversham 14.07a [P2] 14.16   16.47d [P3] 16.47


Associated E.C.S. Workings

5Z93 : (45596 with 47802 on rear) : Southall to Willesden No.7
5Z93 : (47802 with 45596 on rear) : Willesden No.7 to London Victoria

Location Booked
Southall WCR 07.30d
Southall 07.40 ~ 07.50
Southall East Jn 07/51
West Ealing 07/53
Acton West 07/56
Acton Main Line 07/59
Acton Wells Jn 08/02
Acton Canal Wharf 08*05 ~ 08*25
Willesden No.7 08.28 ~ 08.31
Willesden West London Jn 08/34
Mitre Bridge Jn 08/36
North Pole Jn 08/37
Shepherds Bush 08/41
Kensington Olympia 08/43
West Brompton 08c46 ~ 08c48
Latchmere Jn 08/52
Longhedge Jn 09/00
Stewarts Lane Jn 09/03
Grosvenor Bridge Jn 09/06
London Victoria 09.09a [P2]

5Z94 : (45596 with 47772 on rear) : Faversham to Gillingham
5Z94 : (47772 with 45596 on rear) : Gillingham to Swale
5Z94 : (45596 with 47772 on rear) : Swale to Sittingbourne
(whole train turned)

Location Booked
Faversham 14.12d [P2]
Sittingbourne 14/21
Eastern Jn 14/22
Western Jn 14/23
Newington 14/28
Rainham East Jn 14/30
Rainham 14/32
Gillingham 14.35 ~ 14.43 [P1]
Rainham 14/50
Rainham East Jn 14/52
Newington 14/55
Western Jn 14/58
Kemsley 15/03
Swale 15.08 ~ 15.14
Kemsley 15/18
Eastern Jn 15/20
Sittingbourne 15.27a [DGL]

5Z95 : (45596 with 47802 on rear) : Sittingbourne to Faversham

Location Booked
Sittingbourne 16.28d [DGL]
Faversham 16.38a [P3]

5Z96 : (47802 with 45596 on rear) : London Victoria to Willesden No.7
5Z96 : (45596 with 47802 on rear) : Willesden No.7 to Southall

Location Booked
London Victoria 21.16d [P2]
Grosvenor Bridge Jn 21/19
Stewarts Lane Jn 21/22
Longhedge Jn 21/26
Latchmere Jn 21/28
West Brompton 21c33 ~ 21c35
Kensington Olympia 21/36
Shepherds Bush 21/39
North Pole Jn 21/42
Mitre Bridge Jn 21/43
Willesden West London Jn 21/45
Willesden No.7 21.50 ~ 21.53
Acton Canal Wharf 21/56
Acton Wells Jn 21/58
Acton Main Line 22/01
Acton West 22/04
West Ealing 22/08
Southall East Jn 22/12
Southall 22.13 ~ 22.26
Southall WCR 22.36a


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