Timings (Booked & actual)
(from Realtime Trains)
19th October 2013
Vintage Trains
The Cotswold Explorer
| Loco Used | steam: 5043 'Earl of Mount Edgcumbe' |
| Stock Used | 96100+9101+5157+5191+5198+99349?+99361+99353?+35470 |
Route :
1Z53 : Tyseley Warwick Road to Oxford
1Z54 : Oxford to Tyseley Warwick Road
| Loco | Route |
| 5043 | Tyseley Warwick Road - Small Heath South Jn - Birmingham Moor Street - Birmingham Snow Hill - Smethwick Galton Bridge - Rowley Regis - Stourbridge Junction - Kidderminster - Droitwich Spa - Worcester Shrub Hill - Norton Jn - Abbotswood Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Barnwood Jn - Gloucester Yard Jn - Standish Jn - Kemble - Swindon - Foxhall Jn - Didcot North Jn - Oxford U&DPL - Oxford |
| 5043 | Oxford - Ascott-under-Wychwood - Moreton-in-Marsh - Evesham - Norton Jn - Worcester Shrub Hill - (reverse of outward route) - Tyseley Warwick Road |
Notes :
(1) Tour postponed from 12/10/13, for reason unknown.
Source : Nick Bartlett
Timings (Booked & actual)
(from Realtime Trains)
| Location | Booked | Actual |
| Tyseley Warwick Road | 07.40d | 07.40 |
| Small Heath South Jn | 07/47 | 07/46 |
| Birmingham Moor Street | 07/52 [P2] | 07/52 |
| Birmingham Snow Hill | 07.54a ~ 07.58d [P2] | 07.54 ~ 07.57 |
| Jewellery Quarter | 08/01 [P1] | 07/59 |
| Smethwick Galton Bridge | 08/07 [P1] | 08/07 |
| Smethwick Jn | 08/08 | 08/08 |
| Rowley Regis | 08/14 | 08/13 |
| Stourbridge Junction | 08.24a ~ 08.29d [P3] | 08.22 ~ 08.27 |
| Blakedown | 08/36 | 08/32 |
| Kidderminster | 08/39 [P2] | 08/35 |
| Hartlebury | 08/43 | 08/39 |
| Droitwich Spa | 08/50 | 08/47 |
| Tunnel Jn | 09/04½ | 08/57 |
| Worcester Shrub Hill | 09w07a ~ 09w21d [P2] | 09.05 ~ 09.21 |
| Norton Jn | 09/27 | 09/28 |
| Abbotswood Jn | 09/28 | 09/28 |
| Ashchurch for Tewkesbury | 09/39 [P2] | 09/39 |
| Cheltenham Spa | 09/46 [P1] | 09/44 |
| Barnwood Jn | 09/53 | 09/51 |
| Gloucester Yard Jn | 09.55 ~ 10.01 | ? ~ 10.00 |
| Standish Jn | 10/11 | 10/09 |
| St Mary's LC | 10/22 | 10/19 |
| Kemble | 10/33 [P1] | 10/28 |
| Loco Yard Jn | 10/47 | 10/47 |
| Swindon | 10/49 [P1] | 10/49 [P1] |
| Uffington | 11/00 | 11/00 |
| Challow | 11/03 | 11/01 |
| Wantage Road | 11/07 | 11/05 |
| Foxhall Jn | 11/15 | 11/11 |
| Didcot North Jn | 11/18 | 11/20 |
| Kennington Jn | 11/25 | 11/29 |
| Oxford U&DPL | 11.29 ~ 11.46 | ? |
| Oxford | 11.48a [P1] ~ 15.26d [P1] | 11.45 [P?] ~ 15.26 [P1] |
| Oxford North Jn | 15.30 ~ 15.43 | ? ~ 15.40 |
| Wolvercote Jn | 15/50 | 15/44 |
| Charlbury | 16/02 | ? |
| Ascott-under-Wychwod | 16/06 [P1] | 16/00 |
| Moreton-in-Marsh | 16/19 [P1] | 16/14 |
| Honeybourne | 16/30 [P1] | ? |
| Evesham | 16/39 | 16/39 |
| Norton Jn | 16/51 | 16/51 |
| Worcester Shrub Hill | 16.57a ~ 17.00d [P1] | 16.57 ~ 17.00 |
| Tunnel Jn | 17/02 | 17/02 |
| Droitwich Spa | 17/10 | 17/09 |
| Hartlebury | 17/16 | 17/14 |
| Kidderminster | 17/20 [P1] | 17/18 |
| Blakedown | 17/24 | 17/21 |
| Stourbridge Junction | 17.29a ~ 17.32d [P2] | 17.27 ~ 17.28 [P2] |
| Rowley Regis | 17/44 | 17/45 |
| Smethwick Jn | 17/49 | 17/50 |
| Smethwick Galton Bridge | 17/50 [P2] | 17/50½ |
| Jewellery Quarter | 17/56 [P2] | 17/57 |
| Birmingham Snow Hill | 18.00a ~ 18.02d [P3] | 18.00 ~ 18.02 |
| Birmingham Moor Street | 18/04 [P1] | 18/04 [P1] |
| Small Heath South Jn | 18/10 | 18/10 |
| Tyseley Warwick Road | 18.17a | 18.15 |
5Z53 : (5043) : Oxford to Oxford U&DPL
5Z54 : (5043) : Oxford U&DPL to Oxford
| Location | Booked (out) | Booked (rtn) |
| Oxford | 11.56d [P1] | 15.22a [P1] |
| Oxford U&DPL | 11.59a | 15.19d |
