22nd March 2003

Hertfordshire Rail Tours
The Eden Project / Bodmin and Wenford Railway
(Merrymaker series)

Locos Used 67008 & 67014
Stock Used 5482+4986+1832+4925+3146+1698+3097+3120+3141+3147+1680+3149+2834

Route:
1Z27 : Paddington to Par
1Z28 : Par to Paddington

Loco Route (1)
67008 London Paddington - Slough - Reading - Swindon - Wootton Basset Jn - Bristol Parkway - Filton Jn - Stapleton Road - Bristol Temple Meads - Worle Jn - (direct route) - Uphill Jn - Bridgwater - Exeter St Davids - Newton Abbot - Plymouth - Bodmin Parkway - Par
67014 Par - (reverse of outward route) - Bristol Temple Meads - Bath Spa - Chippenham - Wootton Bassett Jn - (reverse of outward route) - London Paddington

Notes:
(1) Route confirmation required (above is from the booked timings).

Tour also ran with an option called "Bodmin & Wenford Railway" - alighting at Bodmin Parkway for some four hours on that preserved railway.

Sources : Terry Jackson, Scott Spencer & "Selby"

Timings (Booked only)

Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn)
Paddington 06.58d 22.38a
Ladbroke Grove 07/00 22/33
Acton West 07/05 22/29
Southall 07/14 22/26
Airport Jn 07/16 22/24
Slough 07.25a ~ 07.27d 22.14a ~ 22.17d
Maidenhead 07/33 22/09
Twyford 07/39 22/03
Reading 07.46a ~ 07.50d 21.56a ~ 21.58d
Didcot Parkway 08/06 21/42
Challow 08/14 21/33
Uffington 08/16 21/31
Swindon 08.27a ~ 08.30d 21/24
Wotton Bassett Jn 08/37 21/19
Hullavington 08/45 -
Westerleigh Jn 08/56 -
Bristol Parkway 09/02 -
Filton Jn 09/03 -
Stapleton Road 09/08 -
Dr Days Jn 09/09 -
Chippenham - 21/10
Thingley Jn - 21/08
Bathampton Jn - 21/00
Bath Spa - 20/57
North Somerset Jn - 20/47
Bristol East Jn 09/11 20/46
Bristol Temple Meads 09.12a ~ 09.14d 20.40a ~ 20.45d
Yatton 09.27a ~ 09.34d ??/??
Worle Jn 09/40 20/23
Uphill Jn 09/42 20/15
Highbridge & Burnham 09/47 20/08
Bridgwater 09/52 20/02
Cogload Jn 09/58 19/55
Taunton 10/01 19/52
Tiverton Parkway 10/13 19/40
Cowley Bridge Jn 10/25 19/27
Exeter St Davids 10.27a ~ 10.32d 19.22a ~ 19.25d
Dawlish Warren 10.43a ~ 10.58d 19.01a ~ 19.10d
Newton Abbot 11/11 18/45
Totnes 11/26 18/32
Ivybridge 11/41 18/19
Hemerdon 11/46 18/14
Lipson Jn 11/51 18/07
Plymouth 11.53a ~ 11.55d 18.01a ~ 18.04d
Saltash 12/04 17/52
St Germans 12/10 17/45
Liskeard 12/20 17/36
Largin 12/26 17/30
Bodmin Parkway 12.31a ~ 12.33d 17.21a ~ 17.24d
Lostwithiel 12/38 17/17
Par 12.45a 17.01d

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

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