13th April 2002

Invicta Train Tours
The Watercress & Winchester Wanderer

Locos Used "U" 2-6-0 1625 but as "Thomas the Tank Engine" no. 5
EMU's Used "4CEP" 1592 + "4VEP" 3582

Route:
1Z88 : Ramsgate to Alton
1Z97 : Alton to Ramsgate

Traction Route
1592 + 3582 Ramsgate - Deal - Dover Priory - Ashford - Headcorn - Tonbridge - Sevenoaks - Orpington - Bromley South - Catford - Linford Street Jn - London Waterloo
1592 + 3582 London Waterloo - Earlsfield - Surbiton - Woking - Aldershot - Alton
1625 Alton - Alresford
1625 Alresford - Alton
1592 + 3582 Aldershot - Ash - Guildford - Woking - Basingstoke - Winchester - Botley - Havant - Haslemere - Woking - Chertsey - Twickenham - Clapham Junction - Longhedge Jn - Factory Jn (via Chatham Line) - Penge East - Bromley South - (reverse of outward route) - Ramsgate

Source : John Clifford

Timings (booked & actual)
(by John Clifford)

M.C Location Booked Actual
0.00 Ramsgate 06.57d -
8.27 Sandwich 07.10 -
12.37 Deal 07.17 -
21.57 Dover Priory 07.33 -
29.10 Folkestone Central 07.46 -
33.47 Sandling 07.53 -
42.74 Ashford 08.04 -
53.63 Headcorn 08.15a ~ 08.20d - ~ -
57.14 Staplehurst 08.26 -
64.18 Paddock Wood 08.35 -
69.41 Tonbridge 08.43 -
76.74 Sevenoaks 08.53 -
85.18 Orpington 09.03 -
89.18 Bromley South 09.10 09.??a ~ 09.12d
90.32 Shortlands Jn - 09/14
95.21 Nunhead - 09/22
96.31 Crofton Road Jn - 09/26
97.28 Cambria Jn - 09/28
98.04 Brixton - 09/30
99.53 Linford Street Jn - 09/33
100.15 Nine Elms Jn - 09.35a ~ 09.36d
102.13 London Waterloo 09.51a ~ 10.18d 09.41 ~ 10.18
104.11 Nine Elms Jn - 10/23
104.63 Queens Road - 10/26
106.07 Clapham Junction - 10/27
109.32 Wimbledon - 10/31
111.75 New Malden - 10/34
105.40 Hampton Court Jn - 10/38
121.25 Weybridge - 10/42
126.75 Woking Jn - 10/50
130.12 Brookwood - 10/57
141.41 Pirbright Jn - 10/59
134.51 Ash Vale - 11/03
135.53 Aldershot North Jn - 11/06
137.13 Aldershot - 11/08
140.19 Farnham - 11/16
144.10 Bentley - 11.22a ~ 11.23d
148.79
0.00		 Alton 11.30a ~ 11.45d 11.30 ~ 11.45
4.35 Medstead - 12.01a ~ 12.01d
7.21 Ropley - 12.10a ~ 12.12d
10.11
0.00		 Alresford 12.16a ~ 12.35d 12.19 ~ 21.36
2.70 Ropley - 12.45a ~ 12.48d
3.56 Medstead - 12.55a ~ 13.02d
10.11
0.00		 Alton 13.12a ~ 13.58d 13.15 ~ 13.58
4.69 Bentley - 14/04
8.60 Farnham - 14/08
11.66 Aldershot - 14/12
13.26 Aldershot North Jn - 14.15a ~ 14.16d
14.51 Ash - 14/20
20.58 Guildford 14.38a ~ 14.44d 14.27 ~ 14.46
26.23 Woking Jn - 14/53
26.58 Woking 14.53a ~ 14.58d 14.54 ~ 15.00
30.30 Brookwood - 15/04
31.70 Pirbright Jn - 15/05
35.48 Farnborough - 15/08
39.69 Fleet - 15/11
50.12 Basingstoke - 15/28
52.52 Worting Jn - 15/34
69.7 Winchester 15.47 15.47a ~ 15.48d
72.01 Shawford - 15/53
75.66 Eastleigh - 15.58a ~ 15.59d
81.15 Botley - 16/06
86.52 Fareham - 16/12
93.74 Cosham Jn - 16/19
94.40 Farlington Jn - 16.20a ~ 16.26d
97.37 Havant - 16/34
109.01 Petersfield - 16/48
120.71 Haslemere - 16/59
129.35 Godalming - 17/07
130.32 Farncombe - 17/08
132.30 Shalford Jn - 17.10a ~ 17.11d
133.45 Guildford - 17/14
139.10 Woking Jn - 17.21a ~ 17.22d
139.45 Woking - 17.24a ~ 17.25d
143.49 Byfleet Jn - 17/30
144.40 Addlestone Jn - 17/32
146.71 Chertsey - 17/35
149.31 Virginia Water - 17/39
153.44 Staines - 17/47
159.11 Feltham Jn - 17/52
159.43 Whitton Jn - 17/53
161.24 Twickenham - 17/55
163.69 Richmond - 18/00
165.39 Barnes - 18/03
168.52 Clapham Junction 18.13 18.08a ~ 18.13d
169.60 Longhedge Jn - 18/15
170.19 Factory Jn - 18/17
171.52 Brixton - 18/27
172.34 Herne Hill - 18/30
177.11 Beckenham Junction - 18/35
178.15 Shortlands Jn - 18/37
179.29 Bromley South 18.38 18.39a ~ 18.??d
183.29 Orpington 18.48a ~ 18.54d - ~ -
191.53 Sevenoaks 19/03 -
199.06 Tonbridge 19/12 -
202.29 Paddock Wood 19.27a ~ 19.36d - ~ -
209.33 Staplehurst 19.44 -
212.64 Headcorn 19.50 -
221.55 Ashford 20.02 -
235.00 Sandling 20.13 -
239.37 Folkestone Central 20.20 -
246.70 Dover Priory 20.31 -
256.10 Deal 20.46 -
260.20 Sandwich 20.54 -
268.47 Ramsgate 21.08a -

Key;
a : arrival time
d : departure time
/ : passing time

No timing sheet was provided.

All distances, in miles and chains (M & C), are calculated by John Clifford.
No attempt has been made to verify the mileages given.

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