28th June 2014

UK Railtours
The Torbay and Dart

DMUs Used 159004 & 159020 (formed: 52876 'Basingstoke and Deane'+58721+57876, 52892+58737+57892)

Route : 
1Z61 : London Waterloo to Exeter St Davids
1Z74 : Exeter St Davids to Kingswear
1Z75 : Kingswear to Exeter St Davids
1Z62 : Exeter St Davids to London Waterloo

DMU Route
159020 + 159004 London Waterloo - Clapham Junction - Wimbledon - Surbiton - Woking - Farnborough Main - Basingstoke - Worting Jn - Andover - Salisbury - Gillingham - Templecombe - Sherborne - Yeovil Junction - Axminster - Honiton - Exeter Central - Exeter St Davids
159004 + 159020 Exeter St Davids - Dawlish - Newton Abbot - Paignton - Kingswear
159020 + 159004 Kingswear - (reverse of outward route) - Exeter St Davids
159004 + 159020 Exeter St Davids - (reverse of outward route) - London Waterloo

Notes: 
(1) John Clifford comments; The outward leg was delayed at Paignton, so arrived at Kingswear late. I was hoping to do a return trip on the steam railway to Paignton and back. However as the tour was arriving at Kingswear, the Paignton train hauled by 7827 'Lydham Manor' was leaving. I therefore spent the afternoon in an increasingly wet Dartmouth. Laurence Hynes adds: The fare included the passenger ferry to and from Dartmouth 'station', which led to the ferry being completely full both ways, which was not much fun for those who had to travel outside in the heavy rain on the way back!

Sources : John Clifford (on the tour throughout) & Laurence Hynes

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from John Clifford & Laurence Hynes)

M.C Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
0.00 London Waterloo 07.32d [P8] [DMF] 07.34 [P8] [DMF]   21.14a [P8] 21.13 [P8]
3.74 Clapham Junction 07/38 [P9] [DF] 07/40 [P9] [DF]   21/07 [P8] [UMF] 21/06½ [P8] [UMF]
7.19 Wimbledon 07/41½ [P7] 07/43½ [P7] [DF]   21/03 [P6] 21/03 [P6] [UF]
9.62 New Malden 07/43½  07/45½ [P3] [DF]   21/00½ 21/01 [P2] [UF]
12.03 Surbiton 07/45½ [DF] 07/47½ [DF]   20/58½ [P2] [UF] 20/59 [P2] [UF]
13.27 Hampton Court Jn 07/46½ [DS] 07/48½ [DF]   20/57½ 20/58½ [UF]
? Weybridge 07/52 [DS] 07/54 [P3] [DS]   ? ?
? Byfleet & New Haw 07/53½ 07/55½ [DS]   ? ?
24.27 Woking 08.02a ~ 08.04d [P5] 08.03 ~ 08.06 [P5] [DF]   20.44a ~ 20.46d [P1] 20.41 ~ 20.46 [P1] [UF]
24.62 Woking Jn 08/05½ 08/07½ [DF]   20/43½ 20/39½ [US]
? Brookwood 08/11 [DF] 08/11 [DF]   ? ?
33.17 Farnborough Main 08/15½ 08/14½ [DF]   20/36 20/32 [UF]
47.61 Basingstoke 08.28a ~ 08.29d [P2] [DF] 08.26 ~ 08.29 [P2] [DF]   20.20a ~ 20.22d [P3] [UF] 20.19½ ~ 20.21 [P3] [UF]
50.21 Worting Jn 08/32 08/32   20/16 [UF] 20.10½ ~ 20.13 [UF]
66.19 Andover 08/44½ [P2] 08/49 [P2]   20/00½ [P1] 19/57½ [P1]
82.36 Tunnel Jn 08/56½ 08.58 ~ 09.00   19/46½ 19/45½
83.43 Salisbury 08.59a ~ 09.06d [P3]  09.04 ~ 09.06 [P3]   19.41a ~ 19.43d [P2] 19.39 ~ 19.42½ [P4]
85.37 Wilton Jn 09/09½ 09/09   19/38½ 19/36
? Wilton South 09/13½ 09.11 ~ 09.13½   19/37 19/35
95.74 Tisbury Loop 09/21½ 09/22½ [ML]   19/28 19/28 [ML]
105.23 Gillingham 09/29 [P1] 09/29½ [P1]   19.06½ ~ 19.18 [P2] 19.02½ ~ 19.18 [P2]
112.02 Templecombe 09/34 [ML] 09/35 [ML]   18/58½ 18/55
118.04 Sherborne 09/39½ [P2] 09/40½ [P2]   18/52½ [P1] 18/47 [P1]
122.48 Yeovil Junction 09/49 [P2] 09.48 ~ 09.50 [P2]   18/46½ [P1] 18/42 [P1]
139.02 Chard Jn 10/02½ 10/04½ [ML]   18/32½ 18/29½ [ML]
143.21 Axminster East Jn 10/05½ [UM] 10/07 [DM]   18/28½ 18/26
144.41 Axminster 10/06½ [P1] 10/09 [P2]   18/27 [P1] 18/25 [P1]
146.11 Axminster West Jn 10/17 10.13 ~ 10.17   18/25½ [UM] 18/24 [UM]
154.60 Honiton 10.25 ~ 10.52 [P1] 10.28½ ~ 10.52 [P1]   18.05 ~ 18.16½ [P2] 18.02½ ~ 18.15½ [P2]
168.40 Pinhoe 11/03½ 11/04 [P2]   17/48 17.43 ~ 17.49 [P1]
170.21 Exmouth Jn 11/20 11.06½ ~ 11.21   17/40 17/40
171.30 Exeter Central 11.21a ~ 11.29d [P2] 11.25 ~ 11.29 [P2]   17/38 [P3] 17/38 [P3]
172.12 Exeter St Davids 11.32a ~ 11.37d [P3] 11.31½ ~ 11.38 [P3]   17.30a ~ 17.35d [P1] 17.32½ ~ 17.35½ [P1]
182.54 Dawlish Warren 11/47 11/48 [DM]   17/16 17/19½
184.27 Dawlish 11/48½ 11/49½ [P1]   17/14 17/18 [P2]
187.18 Teignmouth 11/51½ 11/52 [P1]   17/08½ 17/15 [P2]
192.26 Newton Abbot 11/56½ [P2] 11/58 [P2]   17/00 [P3] 17/10 [P3]
? Newton Abbot West Jn 11/57 11/59   16/59½ 17/09½
200.32 Paignton 12.18a ~ 12.22d [P1] 12.24 ~ 12.40 [P1]   16.45a ~ 16.48d [P2] 16.56 ~ 16.59 [P2]
200.42 Paignton Crossing 12/24 12/41   16/42 16.45 ~ 16.53
203.20 Churston 12/44 12/54 [P1]   16/26 16.30 ~ 16.34 [P2]
207.04 Kingswear 12.54a 13.11 [P2]   16.15d 16.15½ [P2]


Associated E.C.S. Workings

5Z61 : (159020 & 159004) : Fratton Depot to Portsmouth & Southsea [Back Road]
5Z61 : (159004 & 159020) : Portsmouth & Southsea [Back Road] to London Waterloo
5Z62 : (159020 & 159004) : London Waterloo to Portsmouth & Southsea [Back Road]
5Z62 : (159004 & 159020) : Portsmouth & Southsea [Back Road] to Fratton Depot

Location Booked (out)   Booked (rtn)
Fratton Depot 05.38d   23.02a
Portsmouth & Southsea 05.45 ~ 05.52 [BKR]   22.50 ~ 22.55 [BKR]
Fratton East Jn 05/55   22/46
Havant 06/02   22/33
Petersfield 06/12   22/21
Haslemere 06/22   22/12
Farncombe 06/31   22/04
Guildford 06.36 ~ 06.38   21.59 ~ 22.00
Woking 06/54   21.51 ~ 21.52
Surbiton 07/03   21/41
Wimbledon 07/07   21/37
Clapham Junction 07/10   21/34
London Waterloo 07.19a   21.28d


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