25th February 2006

Hertfordshire Rail Tours
The Longueau Winding Road

Eurostar Used 3017 + 3018

Route:
9076 : London Waterloo to Paris Nord
9047 : Paris Nord to London Waterloo

Eurostar Route
3017 + 3018 London Waterloo - Linford Street Jn - Nine Elms Jn - Brixton - Herne Hill - Swanley - Fawkham Jn - Southfleet Jn - Ashford West Jn - Ashford International - Ashford East Jn - Channel Tunnel - Les Fontinettes - Calais Ville
3018 + 3017 Calais Ville - Les Fontinettes - St Omer - Hazebrouck - Noeux les Mines - Lens - Avion - Arras - Arras bif. de Croisilles (1) - Albert - Corbie - Longueau - St Just en Chaussée - Creil - Pierrefitte-Stains - St Denis - Paris Nord
3017 + 3018 Paris Nord - St Denis - TGV Haute Picardie - Lille Europe - Calais Frethun - Channel Tunnel - (reverse of outward route) - London Waterloo

Notes :
(1) Delay at Arras bifurcation de Croisilles due to incorrect signal. Was signalled onto TGV Line.
(2) Delay at Ashford International on return due to door failure on coach 18, and Network Rail rulings on emergency exits meant ALL passengers had to vacate coaches 17 & 18 and move to other coaches.
(3) As the coaches are labelled with coach 1 always at the London end those that sat in 3017 from London, via Calais Ville, to Paris were then sat in 3018 from Paris to London, and vice-versa. It had been thought that a different set would be used on the return, but it was the same set which appeared from the sidings.

Sources : Alan Sheppard & Nick Lawford

Timings (Booked & Actual)
 (from Alan Sheppard)

Km Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual Km
0.0 London Waterloo 07.09d 07.09d [P20]   18.56a 19.10a [P20] 982.1
3.2 Nine Elms Jn 07/14 07/15   18/51 19/05 979.0
? Linford Street Jn ? ?   18/50 19/04 978.0
4.7 Voltaire Road Jn 07/16 07/17   18/49 19/03 977.4
5.8 Brixton 07/17 07/18   18/46 19/01 976.3
6.6 Herne Hill 07/18 07/19   18/45 19/00 975.6
? Beckenham Junction ? ?   18/41 18/53 970.8
12.4 Shortlands Jn 07/25 07/27   18/40 18/52 969.8
15.1 Bickley Jn 07/28 07/29   18/37 18/49 967.0
15.9 Swanley 07/32 07/33   18/32 18/45 962.1
25.4 Fawkham Jn 07/38 07/38   18/27 18/40 956.8
30.0 Southfleet Jn 07/42 07/41   18/23 18/36 952.1
42.8 Nashenden Crossover 07/46 07/45   18/19 18/32 939.4
56.4 Crismill Crossover 07/49 07/48   18/16 18/29 925.8
65.5 Lenham Crossover 07/51 07/50   18/14 18/27 916.6
78.1 Ashford West Jn 07/54 07/54   18/10 18/23 904.0
80.1 Ashford International 07.57a ~ 07.59d 07.56a ~ 08.00d   18.07a ~ 18.08d 18.11a ~ 18.21d 902.0
82.6 Ashford East Jn 08/01 08/02   18/04 18/06 899.6
93.2 Westenhanger 08/04 08/05   18/01 18/03 888.9
99.8 CTRL/ET Boundary 09/06 09/08   18/59 19/01 882.4
101.7 Tunnel English Portal 09/08 09/09   18/58 18/57 880.5
118.8 English Crossover 09/15 09/15   18/50 18/49 863.4
136.4 French Crossover 09/22 09/22   18/42 18/42 845.8
152.2 Tunnel French Portal 09/29 09/29   18/34 18/36 830.0
152.7 ET/SNCF Boundary 09/30 09/30   18/34 18/35½ 829.5

 

Km Location Booked Actual
? Line 2C ? 09.33 ~ 09.36
158.0 Les Fontinettes 09/35 09/41
160.1 Calais Ville 09p38a ~ 10p20d 09.45a ~ 10.25d
(Auto Train Bay Platform)
162.2 Les Fontinettes 10/23 10/30
180.1 Audrique 10/32 10/38
191.5 Watten-Eperleques 10/38 10/42
200.6 St Omer 10/42 10/47
220.8 Hazebrouck 10/54 10/58 ~ 11.00
236.1 Isbergues 11/02 11/09
242.4 Lillers 11/06 11/13
252.6 Fouquereuil 11/10 11/17
255.1 Bethune 11/12 11/18
260.2 Noeux les Mines 11/14 11/21
266.2 Bully-Grenay 11/18 11/24
273.7 Lens 11/23 11/26
276.3 Avion 11/25 11/31
292.9 Arras 11/37 11/42
297.0 Arras bif. de Croisilles 11/40 11.46 ~ 11.51
311.0 Achiet 11/46 11/57
329.7 Albert 11/55 12/05
345.6 Corbie 12/02 12/10
359.0 Longueau 12/09 12/16
405.5 St Just en Chaussée 12/30 12/35
427.7 Clermont de l'Oise 12/37 12/40
450.1 Creil 12/44 12/46
459.5 Chantilly-Gouvieux 12/48 12/50
465.4 Orry-la-Ville Coye 12/50 12/53
485.6 Villiers-le-Bel-Gonesse 12/59 13/00
490.3 Pierrefitte-Stains 13/01 13/04
494.3 St Denis Poste 2 13/03 13/06
497.3 Paris Nord Poste 7 13/05 13/08
500.4 Paris Nord 13.08a ~ 17.10d [P3] 13.11a ~ 17.10d [P4]
506.5 St Denis Poste 2 17/15 17/16
515.1 Bif. le-Bel-Gonesse 17/19 17/21
530.0 Bif. de Moussey Nord 17/23 17/24
591.2 Ressons 17/37 17/38
626.9 TGV Haute Picardie 17/44 17/46
664.1 Croisilles bif. Sud 17/53 17/54
678.1 Roeux 17/59 17/57
698.6 Oignies 18/02 18/01
717.6 Sainghin bif. Frethun 18/05 18/05
725.8 Lille Europe 18/08 18/11
770.3 Hondeghem 18/19 18/19
814.2 Rodelingham 18/30 18/27
826.7 Calais Frethun 18/33 18/35

Timings continue in first table.
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