8th May 2004
Branch Line Society
London & Kent
DEMU Used | 1001 (formed 60116+60529+70262+69337+60501+60118+60000) |
Route: 1Z86 throughout
DEMU | Route |
as listed | Hastings - Battle - Wadhurst - Tunbridge Wells Central - Tonbridge - Godstone - Redhill - Purley - East Croydon - Selhurst - Balham - Clapham Junction - Longhedge Jn - Stewarts Lane Jn - Grosvenor Bridge Jn - London Victoria |
as listed | London Victoria - Grosvenor Bridge Jn - Stewarts Lane Jn - Stewarts Lane RSMD (no.15 road) |
as listed | Stewarts Lane RSMD (no.15 road) - Stewarts Lane Jn - Battersea Reversible Line at 1m 23ch position |
as listed | Battersea Reversible Line at 1m 23ch position - Stewarts Lane Jn - Stewarts Lane Tarmac Topmix siding |
as listed | Stewarts Lane Tarmac Topmix siding - Stewarts Lane Jn - Battersea Loop (Arr & Dep line no.2) |
as listed | Battersea Loop (Arr & Dep line no.2) - Stewarts Lane Jn - Factory Jn - Voltaire Road Jn - Brixton - Loughborough Jn - Blackfriars Carriage Sidings No.2 |
as listed | Blackfriars Carriage Sidings No.2 - Loughborough Jn - Herne Hill - Tulse Hill - Leigham Jn - Streatham Hill - Balham - Clapham Junction - Longhedge Jn - Factory Jn - Voltaire Road Jn - Crofton Road Jn - Peckham Rye - London Bridge |
as listed | London Bridge - Bricklayers Arms Jn - Norwood Junction - Winmill Bridge Jn - East Croydon - South Croydon - Purley - Redhill - Tonbridge - Tonbridge MLO - Paddock Wood - Cranmore Down Loop - Ashford International - Dollands Moor (via Through Passenger - connections at East End to Down Goods & onto "G" Neck) |
as listed | Dollands Moor G Neck - (via Down Goods & No.5 Siding) - Sevington Loop - Ashford International |
as listed | Ashford International - Canterbury West DGL - Minster - Ramsgate |
as listed | Ramsgate - Up Siding West (14 slip) |
as listed | Up Siding West ( 14 slip) - no.3 new siding (remains of former line to Ramsgate Town station) |
as listed | no.3 new siding - Up Siding West ( 14 slip) |
as listed | Up Siding West ( 14 slip) - (via Up Main and back to Plat.1 - i.e. not direct) - Ramsgate - Margate - Herne Bay - Sittingbourne - Gillingham - Rochester Bridge Jn - Sole Street - Fawkham Jn - Swanley - St Mary Cray Jn - Beckenham Junction - Herne Hill - Brixton - Voltaire Road Jn - London Victoria |
as listed | London Victoria - (reverse of outward route) - Hastings |
Sources : various including John Clifford, Mike Holt & Martyn
Brailsford
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from various including Alan Sheppard, John Clifford, Mike
Holt & Martyn
Brailsford)
Location | Booked | Actual | Booked | Actual | |
Hastings | 07.30d | 07.31 | 22.12a | 22.14 | |
Bopeep Jn | 07/34 | 07/35 | 22/06 | 22/04 | |
Battle | 07.43a ~ 07.45d | ??.?? ~ 07.44 | 21.56a ~ 21.57d | 21.55 ~ 21.56 | |
Mountfield | 07/51 | ? | 21/52 | 21/43 | |
Robertsbridge | 07/52 | 07/50 | 21/48 | 21/46 | |
Etchingham | 07/55 | ? | ? | ? | |
Wadhurst | 08/04 | 08/02 | 21/37 | 21/35 | |
Strawberry Hill Tunnel | 08/09 | ? | 21/31 | ? | |
Tunbridge Wells Central | 08.11a ~ 08.13d | 08.09 ~ 08.13 | 21.28a ~ 21.29d | 21.25 ~ 21.28 | |
Wells Tunnel Jn | 08/14 | ? | 21/26 | ? | |
High Brooms | 08/18 | ? | 21/25 | ? | |
Tonbridge | 08.20a ~ 08.22d | 08.22 ~ 08.22 | 21.15a ~ 21.18d | 21.15 ~ 21.16 | |
Edenbridge | 08/33 | 08/34 | 21/02 | 21/02 | |
Godstone | 08/40 | 08/38 | 20/57 | ? | |
Redhill | 08/50 | 08/53 | 20/49 | 20/51 | |
Stoats Nest Jn | 09/02 | 09/04 | 20/39 | ? | |
Purley | 09/03 | 09/06 | 20/38 | 20/38 | |
East Croydon | 09.06a ~ 09.07d | 09.10 ~ 09.11 | 20.30a ~ 20.31d | 20.27 ~ 20.28 | |
Windmill Bridge Jn | 09/09 | 09/12 | 20/28 | 20/25 | |
Selhurst | 09/10 | 09/13 | 20/26 | 20/24 | |
Streatham Common | 09/13 | 09/16 | ? | ? | |
Balham | 09/15 | 09/17 | 20/14 | 20/14 | |
Clapham Junction | 09/19 | 09/19 | 20/10 | 20/11 | |
Pouparts Jn | 09/20 | 09/21 | 20/08 | 20/08 | |
Longhedge Jn | 09/21 | 09/22 | 20/06 | 20/06 | |
Stewarts Lane | 09/26 | 09/23 | 20/01 | 20/04 | |
Battersea Pier Jn | 09/31 | 09/25 | 19/58 | 20/02 | |
Victoria | 09.34a ~ 09.39d | 09.28 ~ 09.38 | 19.46a ~ 19.55d | 19.48 ~ 19.59 |
Location | Booked | Actual |
Battersea Pier Jn | 09/42 | 09/42 |
Stewarts Lane | 09/45 | 09.44a ~ 09.44d |
Stewarts Lane RSMD | 09.55a ~ 10.07d | 09.56 ~ 09.59 |
Stewarts Lane | 10.14a ~ 10.19d | 10.10 ~ 10.13 |
Stewarts Lane Topmix Siding | 10.29a ~ 10.37d | 10.18 ~ 10.20 |
Stewarts Lane | 10/44 | 10.24 ~ 10.26 |
Battersea Loop | 10.49a ~ 10.55d | 10.33 ~ 10.38 |
Stewarts Lane | 10/58 | 10.40a ~ 10.53d |
Factory Jn | 10/59 | 10.57a ~ 10.58d |
Voltaire Road Jn | 10/59 | 11/00 |
Brixton | 11/01 | 11/03 |
Loughborough Jn | 11/02 | 11/05 |
Blackfriars Carriage Sidings | 11.09a ~ 11.19d | 11.13 ~ 11.16 |
Loughborough Jn | 11/24 | 11/25 |
Herne Hill | 11/36 | 11/35 |
Tulse Hill | 11/42 | 11/39 |
Leigham Jn | 11/43 | 11/40 |
Streatham Hill | 11/44 | 11/41 |
Balham | 11/46 | 11/45 |
Clapham Junction | 11/50 | 11/48 |
Pouparts Jn | 11/51 | 11/50 |
Longhedge Jn | 11/52 | 11/52 |
Factory Jn | 11/54 | 11.53a ~ 12.03d |
Voltaire Road Jn | 11/54 | 12/04 |
Crofton Road Jn | 11/58 | 12/11 |
Peckham Rye | 12/00 | 12/15 |
South Bermondsey | 12/07 | 12/19 |
London Bridge | 12.10a ~ 13.01d | 12.23 ~ 13.01 |
Bricklayers Arms Jn | 13/05 | 13/04 |
Norwood Junction | 13/12 | 13/11 |
Norwood Fork Jn | 13/15 | 13.14a ~ 13.15d |
Windmill Bridge Jn | 13/16 | 13/17 |
East Croydon | 13/17 | 13/18 |
South Croydon | 13/19 | 13/20 |
Purley | 13/22 | 13/25 |
Stoats Nest Jn | 13/25 | 13/27 |
Redhill | 13/33 | 13/34 |
Godstone | 13/40 | 13/40 |
Edenbridge | 13/46 | 13/44 |
Tonbridge | 13.59a ~ 14.05d | 13/55 |
Tonbridge MLO | 14.09a ~ 14.19d | 13.58 ~ 14.07 |
Paddock Wood | 14/25 | 17/12 |
Cranmore Down Loop | 14/38 | 14.22a ~ 14.25d |
Headcorn | 14/41 | 14/27 |
Ashford International | 14/55 | 14/37 |
Saltwood Jn | 15/04 | 14/47 |
Dollands Moor | 15.06a ~ 15.36d | 14.55 ~ 15.12 |
Saltwood Jn | 15/38 | 15.21a ~ 15.38d |
Sevington Loop | 15.50a ~ 15.06d | 15.52 ~ 16.08 |
Ashford International | 16.11a ~ 16.16d | 16.12 ~ 16.16 |
Wye | 16/22 | 16/22 |
Chilham | 16/27 | 16/26 |
Chartham | 16/30 | 16/28 |
Canterbury West DGL | 16.36a ~ 16.40d | 16.36 ~ 16.40 |
Minster | 16/55 | 16/54 |
Ramsgate | 17.01a ~ | 17.02 ~ 17.10 |
14 slip | ? | 17.13a ~ 17.19d |
no.3 new siding | ? | 17.23a ~ 17.28d |
14 slip | ? | 17.32a ~ 17.48d |
Ramsgate | ~ 17.46d | 17/50 |
Margate | 17/55 | 18/00 |
Herne Bay | 18/07 | 18/11 |
Faversham | 18/18 | 18/22 |
Sittingbourne | 18/29 | 18/30 |
Gillingham | 18/42 | 18/43 |
Rochester Bridge Jn | 18/51 | 18/52 |
Sole Street | 19/00 | 19/02 |
Fawkham Jn | 19/07 | 19/07 |
Swanley | 19/15 | 19/15 |
St Mary Cray Jn | 19/19 | 19/19 |
Bickley Jn | 19/20 | 19/20 |
Shortlands Jn | 19/24 | 19/24 |
Beckenham Junction | 19/25 | 19/26 |
Herne Hill | 19/37 | 19/37 |
Brixton | 19/39 | 19/40 |
Voltaire Road Jn | 19/41 | 19/42 |
Timings continue in first table.
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