14th February 2018

West Coast Railways
The Stratford Express

Locos Used 57313 & 57316
Stock Used 99680+6103+6724+3313+3431+99679+3395+3392

Route :
1Z97 : Chester-le-Street to Stratford-upon-Avon
1Z98 : Stratford-upon-Avon to Chester-le-Street

Loco(s) Route
57316 (1) Chester-le-Street - (via ECML) - Colton Jn - Church Fenton - Milford Jn - Pontefract Baghill - Moorthorpe - Swinton - Aldwarke Jn - Masborough Jn - Treeton Jn - Beighton Jn - Barrow Hill North Jn - Tapton Jn - Chesterfield - Clay Cross North Jn - Alfreton - Codnor Park Jn - Trowell Jn - Toton Jn - Sheet Stores Jn - Castle Donnington - Stenson Jn - North Stafford Jn - Burton-on-Trent - Wichnor Jn - Tamworth - Kingsbury Jn - Water Orton - Landor Street Jn - St Andrews Jn - Bordesley Jn - Small Heath - Tyseley - Shirley - Henley-in-Arden - Bearley Jn - Wilmcote - Stratford-upon-Avon
57313 (2) Stratford-upon-Avon - Wilmcote - Bearley Jn - Hatton West Jn - Hatton North Jn - Dorridge - Solihull - Tyseley - (reverse of outward route) - Chester-le-Street

Notes : 
(1) 57313 on rear.
(2) 57316 on rear.

Source : Gareth Kelly

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from John Clifford & Realtime Trains)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Chester-le-Street 08.00d 07.59   22.58½a 23.09
Durham sig. Ty358 08.03½ ~ 08.25 ??.?? ~ 08.24  
Durham 08.27a ~ 08.31d 08.25½ ~ 08.31   22.49½a ~ 22.51½d 22.39 ~ 22.41
Tursdale Jn 08/40½ 08/40   22/43 22/32
Ferryhill South Jn 08.45½ ~ 09.04 ??.?? ~ 09.03½   22/41 22/30
Darlington North Jn 09/16½ ?   22/29½ ?
Darlington 09.17½a ~ 09.20½d 09.17 ~ 09.19½   22.26½a ~ 22.28½d 22.16½ ~ 22.19
Darlington South Jn 09/21½ ?   ? ?
Darlington South DPL   21.55 ~ 22.24½ 21.52 ~ 22.14
Northallerton 09/33½ 09/33   21.38½ ~ 21.40 21/40
Longlands Jn 09/34½ ?   21/35½ ?
Thirsk 09.41a ~ 09.42½ 09.40 ~ 09.43   21/21 21/31
Pilmoor 09/50½ ?   21/15 ?
Tollerton Jn 09/57 09/55½   21/10 21/16
Skelton Bridge Jn 10/02½ ?   21/02½ ?
Skelton Jn 10/04 10/03   21/01 21/06
York 10.07a ~ 10.10d 10.06 ~ 10.14   20.55½a ~ 20.58½d 20.56 ~ 21.03½
Holgate Jn 10/11 ?   20/54½ ?
Colton Jn 10/17 10/21   20/49 20/50
Ulleskelf 10/20 ?   20/39 ?
Church Fenton 10.22a ~ 10.23½d 10.26½ ~ 10.27   20.29a ~ 20.33d 20.29 ~ 20.31
Sherburn-in-Elmet 10/30 ?   20/26 ?
Sherburn Jn 10/31 ?   20/25½ ?
Milford Jn 10/36 10/36   20/23½ 20/22
Ferrybridge North Jn 10/49 10/44   20/14½ 20/15
Pontefract Baghill 10/52 10/47   20/12 20/13½
Moorthorpe 11/02½ 11/01   20/04½ 20/07
Thurnscoe 11/08½ 11/05   19/55½ 20/03
Goldthorpe 11/09½ ?   19/53½ 20/01½
Bolton-on-Dearne 11/11½ ?   19/50½ ?
Swinton 11/15½ 11/13½   19/44½ 19/50½
Aldwarke Jn 11/18½ 11/18   19/41½ 19/46
Masborough Jn 11/22½ ?   19/36 ?
Masborough S.S. Jn 11/25 ?   19/34 ?
Canklow Loop 11/25½ ?   19/33 ?
Treeton Jn 11/27½ ?   19/31½ ?
Beighton Jn 11/32½ 11/28   19/27 19/26
Renishaw Park 11/39 ?   19/23½ ?
Foxlow Jn 11/40½ ?   19/22½ ?
Barrow Hill North Jn 11/42½ ?   19/21½ ?
Barrow Hill South Jn 11/43½ ?   19/21 ?
Tapton Jn 11/47½ 11/39   19/18½ 19/17
Chesterfield 11.48a ~ 11.49½ 11.40 ~ 11.49½   19.12a ~ 19.16½d 19.12½ ~ 19.16
Chesterfield South Jn 11/51½ 11/52   19/10 19/10
Hasland 11/52½ 11/53   19/09 19/07½
Clay Cross North Jn 11/53½ 11/55   19/08 19/05
Morton 11/56½ 11/59   19/04½ 19/02
Blackwell South Jn 11/58½ 12/00½   19/02½ 18/59½
Alfreton 11/59 12/01   19/02 18/58½
Ironville Jn 12/01½ 12/03   18/59 18/56
Codnor Park Jn 12/01½ ?   18/59 ?
Langley Mill 12/04 12/07   18/56 ?
Ilkeston 12.07a ~ 12.08½d 12.10 ~ 12.11   18.50a ~ 18.52d 18.48 ~ ??.??
Ilkeston Jn 12/11 ?   18/49 ?
Trowell Jn 12/12 12/13½   18/48½ 18/47
Stapleford & Sandiacre 12/15½ ?   18/44½ ?
Toton Centre 12/16½ 12/17   18/43½ 18/44
Toton Jn 12/18½ 12/18   18/42½ 18/43½
Long Eaton Town L.C. 12/20½ 12/19½   18/41½ 18/42
Trent East Jn 12/23 12/22   18/40½ 18/41
Sheet Stores Jn 12/25 12/24   1838 18/39
Castle Donnington 12/33 12/30½   18/24½ 18/20
Stenson Jn 12/52½ 12/52   18/11 18/08½
North Stafford Jn 12/53½ 12/53   18/10 18/06
Willington 12/55 12/55   18/09 18/05
Clay Mills Jn 12/59 12/58   18/06½ 18/03
Burton Wetmore Jn 13/06 ?   18/05½ ?
Horninglow Bridge Jn 13/12½ ?   18/05 ?
Burton-on-Trent 13/16 13/01   18/04½ 18/00½
Leicester Jn 13/16½ ?   18/04 18/00
Branston Jn 13/17½ 13/03   18/03½ 17/59
Barton-under-Needwood North Jn 13/21 ?   18/01½ ?
Barton-under-Needwood South Jn 13/22½ ?   18/01 ?
Wichnor Jn 13/23 13/07   18/00½ 17/56
Elford 13/26½ ?   17/58½ ?
Tamworth 13/31 13/23   17/55½ 17/51½
Wilnecote 13/32½ 13/25   17/54 17/50
Kingsbury Branch Jn 13/34½ ?   17/52 17/47½
Kingsbury Jn 13/35½ ?   17/51 17/47
Water Orton 13/40 13/37   17/46 17/44½
Water Orton West Jn 13/40½ ?   17/45½ ?
Castle Bromwich Jn 13/41½ ?   17/44 ?
Bromford Bridge 13/44 ?   17/41½ ?
Washwood Heath East Jn 13/44 ?   17/41 ?
Washwood Heath West Jn 13/45½ 13/43   17/39½ 17/40
Duddeston Jn 13/46 ?   17/38½ ?
Landor Street Jn 13/46½ 13/45   17.24½ ~ 17.37½ 17.25 ~ 17.37
St Andrews Jn 13/50½ 13/53   17/21½ 17/23
Bordesley Jn 13/51½ 13/54   17/20½ 17/22
Bordesley South Jn 13/53 ?   17/19 ?
Small Heath 13/54½ ?   17/17 ?
Small Heath South Jn 13/55½ 13/59   17/16 17/15½
Tyseley 13/57 14/01   17/15 17/15
Tyseley South Jn 13/57½ ?   17/14½ ?
Spring Road 14/00 14/04  
Hall Green 14/02 14/05½  
Yardley Wood 14/06½ 14/08  
Shirley 14/10½ 14/11  
Whitlocks End 14/13½ 14/16  
Wythall 14/14½ 14/18  
Earlswood 14/15½ ?  
The Lakes 14/16½ 14/19  
Wood End 14/17½ 14/21½  
Danzey 14/19½ ?  
Henley-in-Arden 14/22½ 14/26  
Wootton Wawen 14/24 14/28½  
Acocks Green   17/13½ 17/14
Olton   17/12 17/13
Solihull   17/08½ 17/11
Widney Manor   17/06 17/09½
Bentley Heath Crossing   17/04 17/07½
Dorridge   17/03½ 17/06
Lapworth   17/01 17/02
Hatton North Jn   16/57 16/57
Hatton West Jn   16/53½ 16/54½
Claverdon   16/51½ ?
Bearley   16/47½ ?
Bearley Jn 14/26½ 14/31   16/46½ 16/47½
Wilmcote 14/28½ 14/33   16/45 16/45½
Stratford Parkway 14/32½ ?   16/42½ ?
Stratford-upon-Avon 14.35a 14.36½   16.40d 16.40

 
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