24th July 2004

Very Special Trains
Worcester, The Severn Valley Railway or Ironbridge Gorge

Loco Used 47703

Route:
1Z96 : Poole to Kidderminster
1Z63 : Kidderminster to Poole

Loco Route
47703 Poole - Bournemouth - Redbridge - Southampton Central - Eastleigh - Romsey - Dean - Salisbury - Warminster - Westbury - Bradford Jn - Bath Spa - Dr Days Jn - Bristol Parkway - Westerleigh Jn - Charfield - Barnwood Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Ashchurch - Worcester Shrub Hill - Droitwich Spa - Kidderminster (NR station)
47703 Kidderminster (NR station) - (reverse of outward route) - Poole

Sources : various

Timings (Booked & Actual)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Poole 06.25d 06.27   23.45a 23.50
Branksome 06/32 06/34   23/39 23/45
Bournemouth 06.36a ~ 06.40d 06.38 ~ 06.40   23.30a ~ 23.34d 23.36 ~ 23.39
Brockenhurst 06.55½a ~ 06.57d 06.55 ~ 06.57   23.12a ~ 23.14d 23.12 ~ 23.15
Redbridge 07/08½ 07/08   22/59 23/01
Southampton 07.13a ~ 07.15d 07.12 ~ 07.15   22.52a ~ 22.55d 22.54 ~ 22.57
St Denys 07/26 07/21   22/47 22/50
Eastleigh 07/30 07/27   22/42 22/46
Romsey 07.48a ~ 07.49d 07.41 ~ 07.49   22.26a ~ 22.29d 22.23 ~ 22.27
Dean 07/59 07/57   22/15 22/16
Salisbury 08.10½a ~ 08.13d 08.09 ~ 08.13   21.57a ~ 22.00d 22.01 ~ 22.03
Warminster 08/37½ 08.34a ~ ??.??d   21/34 21/36
Westbury 08.44½a ~ 08.46d 08.43 ~ 08.46   21.24a ~ 21.26d 21.24 ~ 21.27
Bradford Jn 08/55½ 08/54   21/15 21/16
Bathampton Jn 09/06½ 09/05   21/02 21/06
Bath Spa 09.11½a ~ 09.15½d 09.09 ~ 09.15   20.55a ~ 20.58d 20.55 ~ 20.57
Dr Days Jn 09/33 09/32   20/27 20/19
Stapleton Road 09/35 09/33   20/25½ 20/17
Bristol Parkway 09.41½a ~ 09.45½d 09.42 ~ 09.44   20.15½a ~ 20.18½d 20.10 ~ 20.12
Westerleigh Jn 09/51½ 09/50   20/09½ 20/04
Yate 09/54 09/54   20/04 20/00
Charfield 10/00 10/00   19/59 19/57
Standish Jn 10/11 10/08   19/49 19/47
Barnwood Jn 10/20 10/14   1943 19/41
Cheltenham Spa 10/26 10/23   19/37 19/36
Ashchurch 10/33 10/30   19/28 19/28
Abbotswood Jn 10/42½ 10/39   19/18 19/19
Worcester Shrub Hill 10.52½a ~ 10.55½d 10.50 ~ 10.55   19.00a ~ 19.12d 19.02 ~ 19.12
Droitwich Spa 11/03 11/05   18/48 18/52
Hartlebury 11/08 ?   18/40 ?
Kidderminster 11.13a 11.16   18.32d 18.32


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