7th July 2012

Hastings Diesels Ltd
Channel Two

DEMU Used 1001 (formed: 60116 'Mountfield'+60529+70262+69337+60501+60118 'Tunbridge Wells')

Route :
1Z51 : Hastings to Weston-super-Mare
1Z52 : Weston-super-Mare to Hastings

DEMU Route
as listed Hastings - St Leonards Warrior Square - Battle - Etchingham - Tunbridge Wells - Tonbridge - Sevenoaks - Orpington - Bromley South - Bellingham - Nunhead - Denmark Hill - Factory Jn - Longhedge Jn - Clapham Junction - Barnes - Richmond - Twickenham - Feltham - Staines - Virginia Water - Ascot - Wokingham - Reading - Didcot Parkway - Swindon - Chippenham - Bathampton Jn - Bath Spa - Bristol Temple Meads - Worle Jn - Weston-super-Mare
as listed Weston-super-Mare - (reverse of outward route) - Hastings


1001 passing Bathampton Jn on the outward leg (photo: Guy Vincent)

Source : John Clifford (joined the outward leg at Bromley South / left the return leg at Clapham Junction) & Guy Vincent

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from John Clifford & Guy Vincent)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Hastings 07.05d [P4] 07.05   21.55a [P2] 21.54
St. Leonards Warrior Square 07.07a ~ 07.10d [P1] ?   21.50a ~ 21.52d [P2] 21.49 ~ 21.51
Bopeep Jn 07/12 07/11   21/48 21/47
Battle 07.20a ~ 07.23d [P1] ?   21.38a ~ 21.40d [P2] 21.37 ~ 21.39
Mountfield Tunnel 07/28 ?   21/33 21/32
Robertsbridge 07/31 [P1] 07.32 ~ 07.32   21/31 [P2] 21/30
Etchingham 07.34a ~ 07.37d [P1] ?   21.25a ~ 21.27d [P2] 21.23 ~ 21.25
Wadhurst 07/48 [P1] 07/49   21/17 [P2] 21/15
Strawberry Hill Tunnel 07/53 ?   21/11  
Tunbridge Wells Central 07.55a ~ 08.02d [P1] 07.55 ~ 08.03   21.07a ~ 21.09d [P2] 21.07 ~ 21.08
Wells Tunnel Jn 08/04 ?   21/05  
Somerhill Tunnel 08/08 ?   21/00  
Tonbridge 08.13a ~ 08.15d [P2] 08.12 ~ 08.15   20.56a ~ 20.58d [P3] 20.55 ~ 20.58
Sevenoaks 08/22 [P1] 08/26   20/47 [P3] 20/46
Orpington 08/30 [P2] [UF] 08/34   20.34a ~ 20.37d [P5] 20.36 ~ 20.37
Petts Wood Jn 08/32 [UFV] 08/37   20/32 [DS] 20/33
Bickley Jn 08/34 [UF] ?   20/30 [DSV]  
Bromley South 08.38a ~ 08.40d [P1] [UF] 08.40 ~ 08.41 [P1] [UF]   20.24a ~ 20.27d [P2] [DF] 20.25 ~ 20.26
Shortlands Jn 08/42 08/43½   20/22 [DF]  
Bellingham 08/45 [P1] 08/45½ [P1]   20/19 [P2] 20/15
Nunhead 08/51 [P1] 08/51 [P1]   20/13 [P2] 20/11
Crofton Road Jn 08/55 [AL] 08.55 ~ 08.56 [AL]   20/10  
Denmark Hill 08/57 [P1] [AL] 08/58 [P1] [AL]   19.57 ~ 20.09 [P2] [AL] ?
Voltaire Road Jn 09/02 [AL] 09/02 [AL]   19/52 [AL]  
Factory Jn 09/03 09/03   19/51 [AL] 19/58
Longhedge Jn 09/05 09/04½   19/49 19/57
Clapham Junction 09.09a ~ 09.11d [P5] [DF] 09.09 ~ 09.12 [P5] [DF]   19.42a ~ 19.46d [P4] 19.52½ ~ 19.54 [P4]
Barnes 09/17 [P3] 09/17 [P3]   19/35 [P2] UF] 19/36½ [P2] [UF]
Richmond 09/21 [P1] 09/21 [P1]   19/31 [P2] 19/32 [P2]
St Margarets ? ?   19/29 [P2] 19/30 [P2]
Twickenham 09/25 [P5] 09/24 [P5]   19/28½ [P4] [UF] 19/29 [P4] [UF]
Whitton Jn 09/29 09/29   19/24 19/24
Feltham Jn 09/30 09/30   19/21½ 19/23
Feltham 09/32½ [P2] 09/32½ [P2]   19/20 [P1] 19/20 [P1]
Staines 09/40½ [P2] 09/41 [P2]   19/12 [P1] 19/13 [P1]
Virginia Water 09/47 [P2] 09/48 [P2]   19/03 [P1] 19/07 [P1]
Ascot 09/54 [P2] 09/55 [P2]   18/56 [P1] 19/01 [P1]
Wokingham 10/02 [P2] 10/05½ [P2]   18/47 [P1] 18/50 [P1]
Earley 10/09 [P1] 10/10 [P1]   18/42 [P2] 18/44½ [P2]
Reading Spur Jn 10/11 10/13   18/39 18.37 ~ 18.40
Reading New Jn 10/13 [DM] 10/14½ [DM]   18/36 18/35
Reading 10.15a ~ 10.18d [P7] [DM] 10.16 ~ 10.18 [P7] [DM]   18.30a ~ 18.34d [P8] [UM] 18.29 ~ 18.33 [P8] [UM]
Reading West Jn 10/20 [DM] 10/22 [DM]   18/28 [UM] 18/26½ [UM]
Didcot Parkway 10/34 [P1] 10/37½ [P1]   18/14 [P2] [UM] 18/11 [P2] [UM]
Wantage Road 10/40 [DR] 10/44 [DR]   18/05 18/04
Challow 10.45a ~ 10.47d 10/48   18/02 18/01
Uffington 10/52 10/51½   17/59 17/58
Swindon 11/01 [P4] 11/01 [P4]   17/49 [UM] 17/50 [UM]
Wootton Bassett Jn 11/07 11/06   17/43 17/45
Chippenham 11/17 [P1] 11/14½ [P1]   17/33 [P2] 17/34 [P2]
Thingley East Jn 11/18 11/16   17/31 17/32
Thingley Jn 11/19 11/16½   ? ?
Bathampton Jn 11/35 11/28   17/23 17/24
Bath Spa 11.40a ~ 11.42d [P1] 11.31 ~ 11.35 [P1]   17.17a ~ 17.20d [P2] 17.19 ~ 17.20 [P2]
North Somerset Jn 11/53 11/47   17/06 17/06
Bristol Temple Meads 11.59a ~ 12.21d [P8] [DM] 11.50 ~ 12.35 [P6] [ML]   16.53a ~ 17.04d [P11] [UM] 16.48½ ~ 17.04 [P3] [UM]
Bristol West Jn 12/23 12/36½   16/50 [UM] 16/47 [UM]
Parson Street ? ?   16/44 [ML] 16/43 [ML]
Worle Jn 12/44 12/58½   16/29 16/29
Weston-super-Mare 12.48a [P1] 13.04 [P1]   16.25d [P1] 16.25 [P1]


Associated E.C.S. Workings

5Z51 : (1001) : St Leonards Depot to Hastings
5Z52 : (1001) : Hastings to St Leonards Depot

Location Booked   Booked
St Leonards Depot 06.30d   22.15a
Bopeep Jn 06/35   22/09
Hastings 06.40a [P4]   22.05d [P2]

5Z51 : (1001) : Weston-super-Mare to Bishops Lydeard
5Z52 : (1001) : Bishops Lydeard to Weston-super-Mare

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Weston-super-Mare 12.53d [P1] 13.07   16.07a [P1] 16.06
Uphill Jn 13/02 13/10   16/03 16/01
Bridgwater 13/16 13/22   15/49 15/48
Cogload Jn 13/30 13/28   15/43 15/42
Taunton 13.36 ~ 13.38 [P2] 13.33 ~ 13.35   15.35 ~ 15.37 [P2] ??.?? ~ 15.35
Norton Fitzwarren 13/41 13/39   15/30 ?
Bishops Lydeard 13.55a 13.53   15.15d ?


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