27th September 2012

Railway Touring Company
The
Dorset Coast Express

Tour cancelled due to reasons unknown.

Route :
1Z94 : London Victoria to Weymouth
1Z95 : Weymouth to London Waterloo

Advertised Loco(s) Advertised Route
steam :  34067 'Tangmere' or 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' London Victoria - Stewarts Lane Jn - Longhedge Jn - Clapham Junction - Barnes - Brentford - Hounslow - Feltham - Staines - Virginia Water - Addlestone Jn - Byfleet & New Haw - Woking - Basingstoke - Worting Jn - Winchester - Eastleigh - Northam Jn - Southampton Central - Redbridge - Brockenhurst - Bournemouth - Poole - Wareham - Dorchester South - Weymouth
steam :  34067 'Tangmere' or 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' (1) Weymouth - Dorchester South
steam :  34067 'Tangmere' or 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' Dorchester South - (reverse of outward route) - Byfleet & New Haw - Surbiton - Wimbledon - Clapham Junction - London Waterloo

Notes :
(1) Steam loco on rear to bank from Weymouth to Dorchester South / Wareham.
(2) This would have been the last 'Dorset Coast Express' of the 2012 season.

Source : Nick Bartlett

Timings (Booked Only)
(from Nick Bartlett)

Location Booked (out)   Booked (rtn)
London Victoria 08.44d [P2]   -
Grosvenor Bridge Jn 08/49   -
Stewarts Lane Jn 08/53 [RVL]   -
Longhedge Jn 08/57   -
London Waterloo -   20.47a [P16]
Clapham Junction 09/01 [P5]   20/39 [P8]
Barnes 09/08 [P3]   -
Brentford 09/15   -
Hounslow 09/21   -
Feltham Jn 09/23   -
Feltham 09/25 [P2]   -
Staines 09.32a ~ 09.34d [P2]   -
Virginia Water 09/45 [P4]   -
Addlestone Jn 09/53   -
Wimbledon -   20/34 [P6]
New Malden -   20/31 [UF]
Surbiton -   20/29 [P2]
Hampton Court Jn -   20/27 [UF]
Weybridge -   20/21 [P2]
Byfleet & New Haw 09/56 [DS]   20/19
Woking 10.03a ~ 10.06d [P5]   20.08a ~ 20.12d [P1]
Woking Jn 10/07   20/07
Pirbright Jn 10/13   20/00
Farnborough (Main) 10/17 [P2]   19/55 [P1]
Fleet 10/21   19/51
Winchfield 10w26a ~ 10w39d [P2]   ?
Basingstoke 10.52a ~ 10.55d [P2]   19w28a ~ 19w39d [P4]
Worting Jn 11/00 [DF]   19/21 [US]
Winchester 11/16 [P2]   19/03 [P1]
Shawford Jn // Shawford 11/19 [DS]   18/58
Eastleigh 11/33 [P2]   18w36a ~ 18w47d [P1]
St Denys 11/40 [P2]   18/30 [P1]
Northam Jn 11/43 [DF]   18/28 [UF]
Southampton Central 11.46a ~ 11.48d [P3]   18/26 [P1]
Redbridge 12/03   18/21
Beaulieu Road 12w11a ~ 12w21d [P2]   ?
Brockenhurst 12/28 [P3]   18/09 [P2]
Bournemouth Central 12.48a ~ 12.51d [P3]   17.47a ~ 17.49d [P2]
Branksome 12/56   17/38
Poole 13/01 [P2]   17/24 [P1]
Wareham 13/13 [P2]   17L08a ~ 17L14d [P1]
Wool 13/22 [P2]   17/01 [P1]
Moreton 13/28   16/57
Dorchester South 13/35 [P1]   16/50 [P1]
Dorchester Jn 13/37   16/49
Weymouth 13.45a   16.35d [P2]


Associated E.C.S. Workings

5Z93 : (DL with 34067 or 70013 on rear) : Southall to Victoria
5Z97 : (DL with 34067 or 70013 on rear) : Waterloo to Southall

Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn)
Southall Depot 06.20d 23.45a
Southall Yard 06.30a ~ 06.45d 23.22a ~ 23.35d
Southall East Jn 06/46 23/21 [GL]
West Ealing 06/49 [UR] ?
Acton West 06/53 [UR] 23/15 [DR]
Acton Main Line 06/56 [UR] 23/12 [DR]
Acton Wells Jn 07/02 23/10
Willesden SW Sdgs 07.05a ~ 07.34d 22.18a ~ 23.08d
Mitre Bridge Jn 07/38 22/14
North Pole Jn 07/39 22/12
Kensington Olympia 07.44a ~ 07.48d 22.05a ~ 22.07d [P2]
Latchmere Jn 07/55 21.30a ~ 21.58d
Longhedge Jn 07/58 -
Stewarts Lane Jn 07/59 [RVL] -
Grosvenor Bridge Jn 08/01 -
Victoria 08.04a [P2] -
West London Jn - 21/27
Nine Elms Jn - 21/23
Waterloo - 21.18d [P16]

5Z95 : (34067 with 35518 or 70013 with 14099) : Yeovil Junction to Jersey Sidings
5Z96 : (34067 with 35518 or 70013 with 14099) :  Jersey Sidings to Yeovil Junction

Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn)
Yeovil Junction 14.00d 20.45a
Yeovil Pen Mill 14.09a ~ 14.29d 20.13a ~ 20.38d
Maiden Newton 14.56a ~ 15.02d 19.26a ~ 19.45d
Dorchester West 15/14 19/10
Dorchester Jn 15/15 19/09
Weymouth 15.23a ~ 15.26d 18.57a ~ 19.00d
Jersey Sidings 15.29a 18.55d

0Z94 : (34067 or 70013) : Wareham - Poole Sidings - Weymouth

Location Booked
Wareham 17.21d
Poole Sidings 17.30a ~ 17.44d
Wareham 17/57
Wool 18/02
Moreton 18/07
Dorchester South 18/13
Dorchester Jn 18/14
Weymouth 18.22 ~ 18.27 [P1]
Jersey Sidings 18.30a


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