21st March 2020

UK Railtours
The Cotswold Lion

Tour postponed to 27/03/21, due to COVID-19 lockdown restrictions.

Route :
1Z15 : Peterborough to Worcester Shrub Hill
1Z17 : Worcester Shrub Hill to Peterborough

Advertised Loco Advertised Route
Class 67 Peterborough - Huntingdon - Stevenage - Welwyn Garden City - Potters Bar - Finsbury Park - Holloway South Jn - Copenhagen Jn - York Way North Jn - Camden Road Jn - Gospel Oak - Kensal Green Jn - Willesden Junction HL - Acton Wells Jn - Acton Main Line - Southall - Slough - Maidenhead - Reading - Goring & Streatley - Didcot Parkway - Oxford - Wolvercote Jn - Charlbury - Moreton-in-Marsh - Evesham - Norton Jn - Worcester Shrub Hill
Class 67 Worcester Shrub Hill - Norton Jn - Abbotswood Jn - Ashchurch for Tewkesbury - Cheltenham Spa - Barnwood Jn - Gloucester Yard Jn - Standish Jn - Stroud - Kemble - Swindon - Didcot Parkway - (reverse of outward route) - Peterborough

Notes :
(1) Off tour options: visit to The Gloucester Warwickshire Railway or Elgar's Birthplace Museum and cruise on the River Severn.

Source : David Lodwick

Timings (Booked Only)
(from David Lodwick)

Location Booked (out)   Booked (rtn)
Peterborough 06.26d   23.23a
Conington South Jn 06/36   23/15
Huntingdon 06.45a ~ 06.48d   23.00a ~ 23.03d
Sandy 07/03   22/47
Biggleswade 07/06   22/45
Hitchin 07/15   22/38
Stevenage 07.21a ~ 07.24d   22.29a ~ 22.32d
Woolmer Green Jn 07/28   22/25
Welwyn Garden City 07.33a ~ 07.36d   22.19a ~ 22.22d
Potters Bar 07.45a ~ 07.48d   22.09a ~ 22.10d
Alexandra Place 07/56   21/57
Finsbury Park 08.01a ~ 08.04d   21.50a ~ 21.53d
Holloway South Jn 08/11   21/47
Copenhagen Jn 08/14   21*11 ~ 21*38
York Way North Jn 08/15   21/10
Camden Road Central Jn 08*18 ~ 08*28   21/08
Camden Road Jn 08/31   21/07
Gospel Oak 08/37   21/03
West Hampstead 08/44   20/57
Kensal Green Jn 08/51   20/50
Willesden Junction HL 08c53 ~ 08c54   20/49
Acton Wells Jn 08/57   20/45
Acton Main Line 08/59   20c35 ~ 20c42
Acton West 09/05   20/33
West Ealing 09/07   20/29
Southall 09/11   20/25
Heathrow Airport Jn 09/14   20/18
Slough 09/27   20/07
Maidenhead 09/33   20/00
Twyford 09/40   19/53
Kennet Bridge Jn 09/45   19/49
Reading 09/47   19/47
Reading West Jn 09/48   19/46
Goring & Streatley 09/55   ?
Didcot East Jn 10/03   ?
Didcot Parkway 10c05 ~ 10c08   19c29 ~ 19c31
Didcot North Jn 10/10   -
Kennington Jn 10/22   -
Oxford 10/27   -
Oxford North Jn 10/29   -
Wolvercote Jn 10*33 ~ 11*03   -
Charlbury 11/14   -
Ascott-under-Wychwood 11/17   -
Moreton-in-Marsh 11/28   -
Evesham 11.56a ~ 11.59d   -
Wantage Road -   19/22
Challow -   19/15
Uffington -   19/13
Swindon -   19/04
Rodbourne Jn -   19/02
Kemble -   18/52
St Mary's LC -   18/41
Standish Jn -   18/28
Gloucester Yard Jn -   18/20
Barnwood Jn -   18/11
Cheltenham Spa -   18.02a ~ 18.05d
Ashchurch for Tewkesbury -   17/55
Abbotswood Jn -   17/47
Norton Jn 12/13   17/46
Worcester Shrub Hill 12.19a   17.41d


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