31st March 2010

Railway Touring Company
The Kentish Belle

Tour cancelled owing to the unavailability of booked traction (34067 'Tangmere') which was still undergoing overhaul, and also unavailability the alternative loco, 70013 'Oliver Cromwell'.

Route :
1Z84 : Victoria to Dover Priory
1Z85 : Dover Priory to Victoria

Booked Loco(s) Booked Route
Steam: 34067 'Tangmere'

London Victoria - Brixton - Cambria Jn - Nunhead - Bellingham - Shortlands Jn - Bickey Jn - Swanley - Sole Street - Rochester - Sittingbourne - Faversham - Herne Bay - Margate - Ramsgate - Sandwich - Deal - Dover Priory - Folkestone Central - Ashford International - Pacddock Wood - Sevenoaks - Tonbridge - Petts Wood Jn - Bickley Jn - (reverse of outward route) - London Victoria

Notes :
(1) Originally advertised route was: London Victoria - ??? - Dartford - Gravesend - Chatham - Faversham - Margate - Ramsgate - Deal - Dover Priory - Ashford - Tonbridge - Redhill - ??? - London Victoria

Source : John Clifford

Timings (Booked Only)
(from John Clifford)

Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn)
Victoria 10.48d 16.44a
Battersea Pier Jn 10/51 16/41
Voltaire Road Jn 10/53 16/38
Brixton 10/55 16/37
Cambria Jn 10/57 16/36
Denmark Hill 10/59 16/35
Crofton Road Jn 11/03 16/34
Nunhead 11/05 16/29
Bellingham 11/09 16/24
Shortlands Jn 11/13 16/20
Bickley Jn 11/17 15.41 ~ 16.14

 

Location Booked
St Mary Cray Jn 11/18
Swanley 11/22
Fawkham Jn 11/28
Sole Street 11/35
Rochester Bridge Jn 11/44
Rochester 11/47
Gillingham 11/52
Eastern Jn 12/03
Sittingbourne 12/04
Faversham 12/16
Whitstable 12.26 ~ 12.41
Herne Bay 12/48
Margate 13/01
Ramsgate 13/11
Minster East Jn 13/17
Sandwich 13/24
Deal 13/30
Buckland Jn 13/42
Dover Priory 13.47 ~ 13.51
Folkestone Central 14/02
Saltwood Jn 14/06
Ashford International 14/17
Headcorn 14.29 ~ 14.42
Paddock Wood 14.54 ~ 15.04
Tonbridge 15/12
Sevenoaks 15/24
Orpington 15/34
Petts Wood Jn 15/39

Timings continue in first table.

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