28th November 2009

Railway Touring Company
The Capital Christmas Express

Loco Used steam: 34067 'Tangmere'
Stock Used 35518+5222+99318+99371+99128+99127+99122+99316+99125+99350+9392

Route :
1Z82 : Swanage to London Waterloo
1Z83 : London Waterloo to Swanage

Loco Route
34067 Swanage - Worgret Jn - Wareham - Poole - Bournemouth - Redbridge - Southampton - Northam Jn - St Denys - Eastleigh - Winchester - Basingstoke - Farnborough Main - Byfleet & New Haw - Addlestone Jn - Virginia Water - Staines - Feltham - Twickenham - Richmond - Barnes - Clapham Junction - London Waterloo
34067 London Waterloo - (reverse of outward route) - Barnes - Brentford - Hounslow - Feltham - (reverse of outward route) - Swanage


34067 crossing the Avon at Christchurch on 1Z82 (photo: Nick Bartlett)

Sources : various including Neil Kearns, Nick Bartlett & John Clifford

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Neil Kearns, Nick Bartlett & John Clifford)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Swanage 08.00d 08.00   22.39a 22.51
Harmans Cross ? 08/11   ? 22/33½
Corfe Castle ? 08/16   ? 22/27½
Norden ? 08.19 ~ 09.20½   ? 22/25
Motala GF 08*30 ~ 08*44 08/27½ ~ 08.39   21*57 ~ 22*11 22.03 ~ 22.16½
Worgret Jn 08/57 08/51   21/44 21/50
Wareham 09.02a ~ 09.04d 08.57 ~ 09.04   21.38½a ~ 21.40d 21.41½ ~ 21.43
Hamworthy 09/12 09/13   ? ?
Poole 09.18a ~ 09.20d 09.17½ ~ 09.21   21.21a ~ 21.27d 21.26 ~ 21.28
Branksome 09/27 09/29½   21/15 21/16
Bournemouth 09.34a ~ 09.36d 09.36 ~ 09.37½   20.54a ~ 21.08d 20.52 ~ 21.08½
Brockenhurst 09/55 09/59   20/31 20/28
Redbridge 10/07 10/08½   20/17 20/15
Southampton 10.18a ~ 10.20d 10.15 ~ 10.20   20.06a ~ 20.11d 20.06½ ~ 20.08½
Northam Jn 10/23 10/23½   20/02 20/03
St Denys 10/25 10/27½   20/00 20/01
Eastleigh 10.31a ~ 10.33d 10.37 ~ 10.38   19.51a ~ 19.53d 19.52 ~ 19.54
Shawford 10/38½ 10/46   ? ?
Shawford Jn ? ?   19/42 19/43½
Winchester 10/43 10/49   19/39 19/40½
Worting Jn 11/00 11/05   19/23 19/23½
Basingstoke 11w04 ~ 11w19 11.10 ~ 11.28   19/18 19/21
Winchfield ? ?   18w56 ~ 19w08 18.55 ~ 19.07½
Fleet ? ?   18/51 18/50
Farnborough Main 11/35 11/42½   18/47 18/47
Pirbright Jn ? ?   18/43 18/42
Woking Jn 11/43 11/50   18/35 18/36
Woking 11/44 11/50½   18/34 18/35
Byfleet & New Haw 11/48 11/56   18/26 18/28
Addlestone Jn 11/50 11/57½   18/23 18/26
Virginia Water 12/04 12/05   18/15 18/15½
Staines 12/14 12/14½   18/04 18/05
Feltham 12/21 12/20   17/56 17/58½
Feltham Jn 12/23 12/24   17/54 17/54
Hounslow   17/51½ 17/51
Brentford   17/41  
Whitton Jn 12/24 12/25  
Twickenham Jn 12/29 12/28  
Twickenham 12/30½ 12/28½  
St Margarets 12/32½ 12/32  
Richmond 12/36 12/36½  
Barnes 12/45 12/45   17/30 17/37½
Clapham Junction 12/52½ 12/53   17/22 17/29½
West London Jn 12/55 12/54½   ? ?
Queenstown Road (Battersea) ? ?   17/19½ 17/26
Nine Elms Jn 12/58 12/56   17/17 17/24
Waterloo 13.05a [(13.00) [P19]] 13.03   17.12d 17.16


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