27th August 1984

British Rail
Scarborough Spa Express

Loco Used steam: 5305 'Alderman A E Draper'

Route :
1L50 : York to Scarborough
1L51 : Scarborough to York

Loco Route
5305 York - Skelton Jn - Hammerton - Knaresborough - Harrogate - Horsforth - Leeds - Cross Gates - Church Fenton - Colton Jn - York - Malton - Seamer - Scarborough
5305 Scarborough - (reverse of outward route) - York - (reverse of outward route) - York

Sources : Robin Lush & Phil Durrell/David Bailey

Timings (Booked Only)
(from Robin Lush)

n.b. timetable below is for the Tuesdays & Thursdays only runs - did this one-off Monday run use the same, or did it use Sunday timings (just a few minutes different from York to Harrogate in the morning and all the way back from Scarborough)?

Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn)
York 08.35d 20.42a
Skelton Jn 08/39 20*37
Poppleton 08/43 20/27
Hammerton 08/52 20/18
Cattal 08/56 20/14
Knaresborough 09/05 20/05
Harrogate 09.14a ~ 09.34d 19.53a ~ 19.57d
Rigton LC 09/43 19/39
Horsforth 09/54 19/29
Wortley Jn 10/04 19/18
Whitehall Jn ? 19/17
Leeds 10.10a ~ 10.19d 18w43a ~ 19w14d
Cross Gates 10/28½ 18/35
Micklefield 10/36½ 18/27½
Church Fenton 10/42 18/19½
Colton Jn 10/48 18/13½
York 10w56a ~ 11w16d 17.58a ~ 18.05d
Malton 11/44 17/29
Seamer 12/06 17/09
Scarborough 12.12a 17.02d


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