6th March 2004

Hertfordshire Rail Tours
The Grand Slam

EMU's Used 312718 & 312721

Route:
1Z12 : Liverpool Street to Southend Victoria
1Z13 : Southend Victoria to Shenfield
1Z14 : Shenfield to Walton-on-Naze
1Z15 : Walton-on-Naze to Thorpe-le-Soken
1Z16 : Thorpe-le-Soken to Clacton
1Z17 :  Clacton to Colchester
1Z18 : Colchester to Ipswich
1Z19 : Ipswich to Harwich Town
1Z21 : Harwich Town to Liverpool Street

EMU's Route
312721 + 312718 London Liverpool Street (P10) - Stratford - Manor Park - (down passenger avoiding line) - Ilford - Shenfield - Wickford - Southend Victoria
312718 + 312721 Southend Victoria - Wickford (P3) - Shenfield
312721 + 312718 Shenfield - Chelmsford - Colchester - Colchester Town
312718 + 312721 Colchester Town - Hythe - Thorpe-le-Soken - Walton-on-Naze
312721 + 312718 Walton-on-Naze - Thorpe-le-Soken
312718 + 312721 Thorpe-le-Soken - Clacton
312721 + 312718 Clacton - Thorpe-le-Soken - Hythe - Colchester
312718 + 312721 Colchester - Manningtree - Ipswich
312721 + 312718 Ipswich - Manningtree North Jn - Manningtree East Jn - Harwich Town
312718 + 312721 Harwich Town - Manningtree East Jn - Manningtree South Jn - Colchester (via Up Goods) - (via Witham Up Loop) - Chelmsford - Shenfield - Ilford - (up passenger avoiding line) - Manor Park - Stratford - London Liverpool Street

Sources : various including Mark Herriott

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from various including John Clifford)

M.C Location Booked Actual
0.00 Liverpool Street 09.05d 09.05
1.10 Bethnal Green 09/08 09/09
2.69 Bow Jn 09/09 09/11
4.03 Stratford 09/11 09/12
5.63 Forest Gate Jn 09/13 09/14
6.19 Manor Park 09/15 09/17
7.28 Ilford 09/18 09/21
13.41 Gidea Park 09/31 09/32
14.15 Gidea Park (Country End Jn) 09/33 09/32
20.16 Shenfield 09/40 09/42
21.32 Mountnessing Jn 09/42 09/45
29.02 Wickford 09/49 09/54
36.10 Hockley 09/55 10/01
41.39 Southend Victoria 10.02a ~ 10.24d 10.07 ~ 10.24
46.68 Hockley 10/29 10/31
53.78 Wickford 10/35 10/36
61.46 Mountnessing Jn 10/43 10/44
62.62 Shenfield 10.46a ~ 10.53d 10.45 ~ 10.53
72.31 Chelmsford 11/02 11/02
81.14 Witham 11/09 11/09
89.15 Marks Tey 11/22 11/15
94.18 Colchester 11.29a ~ 11.32d 11.20 ~ 11.32
96.42 Colchester Town 11.38a ~ 11.55d 11.41 ~ 11.55
97.40 Hythe 11/58 11/58
109.00 Thorpe-le-Soken 12/09 12/13
111.44 Kirby Cross 12.13a ~ 12.27d 12.18 ~ 12.28
114.02 Walton-on-Naze 12.34a ~ 12.57d 12.31 ~ 12.57
116.40 Kirby Cross 13.02a ~ 13.07d 13.03 ~ 13.06
119.04 Thorpe-le-Soken 13.13a ~ 13.20d 13.11 ~ 13.15
123.52 Clacton 13.28a ~ 14.50d 13.22 ~ 14.49
128.20 Thorpe-le-Soken 14/56½ 15/02
139.60 Hythe 15/08 15/15
141.56 Colchester 15.14a ~ 15.37d 15.22 ~ 15.37
149.39 Manningtree 15/45 15/45
157.50 Halifax Jn 15/55 15/53
158.63 Ipswich 15.57a ~ 16.05d 15.54 ~ 16.02
159.76 Halifax Jn 16/07 16/03
167.53 Manningtree North Jn 16/14 16/12
167.77 Manningtree East Jn 16/15 16/14
? Mistley 16/18 ?
177.03 Harwich International 16/28½ 16/27
178.71 Harwich Town 16.34a ~ 16.53d 16.30 ~ 16.53
180.59 Harwich International 16/58 16/58
190.17 Manningtree 17/12 17/13
198.00 Colchester 17/23 17/23
203.03 Marks Tey 17/28 17/32
211.04 Witham 17.35a ~ 17.44d 17.41 ~ 17.44
219.67 Chelmsford 17/53 17/52
229.36 Shenfield 18/03 18/00
236.11 Gidea Park 18/10 18/06
242.24 Ilford 18/16 18/13
243.69 Forest Gate Jn 18/20 18/21
245.49 Stratford 18/23½ 18/24
246.63 Bow Jn 18/27 18/25
248.42 Bethnal Green 18/29 18/28
249.52 Liverpool Street 18.32a 18.32


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