30th March 2011

Railway Touring Company
The Sussex Belle

Locos Used 47500 & steam: 34067 'Tangmere'
Stock Used 35518+4905+99311+99350+99348+99371+99316+99128+99127+9104

Route :
1Z88 : London Victoria to Hastings
1Z89 : Hastings to London Victoria

Loco(s) Route
34067 (1) London Victoria - Voltaire Road Jn - Brixton - Denmark Hill - Nunhead - Bellingham - Shortlands Jn - Bickley Jn - St Mary Cray Jn - Swanley - Otford - Maidstone East - Charing - Ashford International - Appledore - Rye - Hastings - Bopeep Jn - Robertsbridge - Tunbridge Wells Central - Tonbridge - Sevenoaks - Orpington - Petts Wood Jn - Bickley Jn - (reverse of outward route) - London Victoria

Notes :
(1) 47500 on rear.

Source : John Clifford

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Neil Kearns & John Clifford)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Victoria 10.44d [P2] [FL] 10.44 [P2] [FL]   16.15a [P2] 16.12½ [P2]
Battersea Pier Jn 10/48 [FL] 10/47 [FL]   16/12 [FL] 16/08½ [FL]
Voltaire Road Jn 10/50 10/49   16/09 [FL] 16/06½ [FL]
Brixton 10/52 10/52   16/06 16.02 ~ 16.02½
Cambria Jn 10/54 10/54   16/02 16/00
Denmark Hill 10/55 [P4] 10/55 [P4]   16/01 [P3] 15/59 [P3]
Crofton Road Jn 10/57 10/56   16/00 15/58
Nunhead 11/00 [P2] 11.00 ~ 11.01 [P2]   15/57 [P1] 15/56½ [P1]
Bellingham 11/08 [P2] 11/09 [P2]   15/53 [P1] 15/50½ [P1]
Shortlands Jn 11/14 [FL] 11/16 [FL]   15/50 15/45
Bickley Jn 11/21 [FL] 11/23 [FL]   15/41 [FL] 15/39 [FL]

 

Location Booked Actual
St Mary Cray Jn 11/22 [FL] 11/24 [FL]
Swanley 11/29 [P2] 11/31 [P2]
Otford Jn 11/40 11/41½
Maidstone East 11/57 [P2] 11/59½ [P2]
Lenham Down Loop 12w10 ~ 12w25 12.15½ ~ 12.27½
Lenham 12/26 [P2] 12/28½ [P2]
Charing 12/34 [P2] 12/34 [P2]
Ashford International 12/41 [P2] 12/42 [P1]
Appledore 13/06½ [P2] 13/09 [P2]
Rye 13/17 [P2] 13/20 [P2]
Ore 13/37 [P2] 13/50 [P2]
Hastings 13w41 ~ 13w55 [P2] 13.54 ~ 14.06½
Bopeep Jn 14/00 14/12
Mountfield Tunnel 14/16 14/28
Robertsbridge 14/19 [P1] 14/30 [P1]
Wadhurst 14/40 [P1] 14/40½ [P1]
Strawberry Hill Tunnel 14/52 14.45 ~ 14.45½
Tunbridge Wells Central 14/57 [P1] 14/56 [P1]
Wells Tunnel Jn 15/00 14/58½
Somerhill Tunnel 15/07 15/05½
Tonbridge 15/16 15/12 [FL]
Sevenoaks 15/26 [P1] 15/26½ [P1]
Orpington 15/36 [P2] [FL] 15/35 [P2] [FL]
Petts Wood Jn 15/38 [UFV] 15/37½ [UFV]

Timings continue in first table.

Associated E.C.S. Movements

Headcode 5Z88 5Z89
Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn)
Southall Depot 08.45d [GL] 20.10a
Southall West Loop 08.55 ~ 09.04 19.47 ~ 19.59
Southall East Jn 09/05 [RL] 19/46
West Ealing 09/07 ?
Acton West 09/12 [GL] 19/36 [RL]
Acton Main Line 09/22 19/32 [GL]
Acton Wells Jn 09/25 19/27
Willesden SW Sidings 09/27 [REV] 17.20 ~ 19.25
Mitre Bridge Jn 09/31 17/16 [REV]
North Pole Jn 09/32 17/15
Kensington Olympia 09.37 ~ 09.39 17.07 ~ 17.12
Latchmere Jn 09/47 17/00
Longhedge Jn 10/06 [REV] 16/55
Stewarts Lane Jn 10/09 16/48 [REV]
Grosvenor Bridge Jn 10/11 [SL] 16/46
Victoria 10.13a 16.44d [P2] [FL]


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