3rd July 2021
Pathfinder Railtours
The Man of kent
Tour postponed to 15/09/21, due to reason(s) unknown
1Z?? : Newport to Margate
1Z?? : Margate to Newport
| Advertised Loco(s) | Advertised Route |
| DB Cargo diesel loco | Newport - Severn Tunnel Junction - Chepwtow - Gloucester - Standish Jn - Stroud - Swindon - Didcot Parkway - Reading - Maidenhead - Slough - Acton West - Acton Main Line - Acton Wells Jn - Willesden SWS - Willesden WL Jn - Mitre Bridge Jn - North Pole Jn - Kensington Olympia - Latchmere Jn - Longhedge Jn - Stewarts Lane Jn - Battersea Loop |
| steam: 35028 | Battersea Loop - Stewarts Lane Jn - Factory Jn - Voltaire Road Jn - Shepherds Lane Jn - Brixton - Herne Hill - Sydenham Hill - Beckenham Junction - Shortlands - Bromley South - Bickley Jn - St Mary Cray Jn - Sanley - Meopham - Rochester - Gillingham - Sittingbourne - Faversham - Herne Bay - Margate - Ramsgate - Deal - Dover Priory - Folkeston West - Ashford International - Headcorn - Paddock Wood - Tonbridge - Sevenoaks - Orpington - Bickley Jn - (reverse of outward route) - Factory Jn - Longhedge Jn - (reverse of outward route) - Acton Wells Jn - Acton T.C. |
| DB Cargo diesel loco | Acton T.C - Acton West - - (reverse of outward route) - Newport |
Sources : Stuart Hicks & Gary Thornton
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Timings (Booked Only)
(from Realtime Trains)
| M.C | Location | Booked (out) | Booked (rtn) |
| 0.00 | Newport | 05.40d | 23.43a |
| 0.34 | Maindee West Jn | 05/42 | 23/40 |
| 0.56 | Maindee East Jn | 05/42½ | 23/39½ |
| 1.48 | East Usk Jn | 05/43 | 23/38½ |
| 2.39 | Llanwern West Jn | 05/44 | 23/37 |
| 7.45 | Magor | 05/49½ | ? |
| 9.70 | Severn Tunnel Junction | 05/52 | 23/31 |
| 10.49 | Caldicot | 05/53 | 23/30 |
| 17.28 | Chepstow | 06.00½a ~ 06.03d | 23.19a ~ 23.22d |
| 25.24 | Lydney | 06.13a ~ 06.16d | 23.05a ~ 23.08d |
| 30.39 | Awre | 06/23 | 22/59 |
| 44.57 | Gloucester | 06.38a ~ 06.41d | 22.42a ~ 22.45d |
| 45.00 | Horton Road Jn | 06/43 | 22/38½ |
| 45.53 | Gloucester Yard Jn | 06/44 | 22/36½ |
| 46.69 | Tuffley Jn | 06/45½ | ? |
| 50.57 | Haresfield Loop | 06/50 | ? |
| 51.64 | Standish Jn | 06/51 | 22/31½ |
| 53.64 | Stonehouse | 06.55a ~ 06.58d | 22.23a ~ 22.26d |
| 56.45 | Stroud | 07.04a ~ 07.07d | 22.14a ~ 22.17d |
| 67.59 | Kemble | 07.23a ~ 07.26d | 21.54a ~ 21.57d |
| 80.25 | Rodbourne Jn | 07/39 | 21/41 |
| 81.35 | Swindon | 07.42a ~ 07.44d | 21.24a ~ 21.36d |
| 82.26 | Highworth Jn | 07/45½ | 21/22½ |
| 92.19 | Uffington | 07/55 | 21/14 |
| 94.58 | Challow | 07/57 | 21/12 |
| 98.36 | Wantage Road | 07/59½ | 21/09 |
| 103.39 | Milton Jn | 08/03½ | 21/03½ |
| 105.03 | Foxhall Jn | 08/05 | 21/02 |
| 105.48 | Didcot Parkway | 08.06a ~ 08.08d | 20.59a ~ 21.01d |
| 105.72 | Didcot East Jn | 08/09 | 20/58 |
| 110.21 | Cholsey | 08/14½ | 20/53 |
| 113.78 | Goring & Sreatley | 08/18½ | 20/49 |
| 117.15 | Pangbourne | 08/21½ | 20/46 |
| 120.06 | Tilehurst | 08/24 | 20/43½ |
| 121.38 | Reading West Jn | 08/25 | ? |
| 122.58 | Reading | 08.27a ~ 08.29d | 20.39a ~ 20.41d |
| 127.57 | Twyford | 08/35½ | 20/32½ |
| 134.39 | Maidenhead | 08/41 | 20/27 |
| 140.22 | Slough | 08/48 | 20/22½ |
| 141.40 | Dolphin Jn | 08/50 | ? |
| 145.41 | West Drayton | 08/56½ | ? |
| 147.44 | Heathrow Airport Jn | 08/59½ | 20/17½ |
| 149.52 | Southall | 09/05 | 20/16 |
| 152.12 | West Ealing | 09/07½ | 20/14 |
| 153.02 | Ealing Broadway | 09/09½ | 20/13 |
| 158.58 | Acton West | 09/11½ | 20/12½ |
| - | Acton T.C. | - | 19L43 ~ 10L09½ |
| 154.37 | Acton Main Line | 09.13 ~ 09.15 | - |
| 155.12 | Acton Wells Jn | 09/20 | 19/38 |
| 155.63 | Willesden SWS | 09/22 | 19/34 |
| 156.06 | Willesden WL Jn | 09/23 | 19/33 |
| 156.38 | Mitre Bridge Jn | 09/24½ | 19/31 |
| 156.69 | North Pole Jn | 09/25½ | 19/29½ |
| 158.62 | Kensington Olympia | 09.32½a ~ 09.34½d | 19.22a ~ 19.25d |
| 159.61 | West Brompton | 09/37½ | 19/18 |
| 160.33 | Imperial Wharf | 09/38½ | 19/16½ |
| 161.33 | Latchmere Jn | 09/40½ | 19/14 |
| 162.07 | Longhedge Jn | 09/44 | 19/12 |
| 162.37 | Stewarts Lane Jn | 09/46 | - |
| 162.55 | Battersea Loop | 09L50 ~ 10L15 | - |
| 162.73 | Stewarts Lane Jn | 10/18 | - |
| 163.34 | Factory Jn | 10/20 | 19/10 |
| 163.39 | Wandsworth Road | 10/20½ | 19/09½ |
| 163.59 | Voltaire Road Jn | 10/21 | 19/09 |
| 163.69 | Clapham High Street | 10/21½ | 19/08½ |
| 164.34 | Shepherds Lane Jn | 10/22½ | 19/07 |
| 164.58 | Brixton | 10/23 | 19/06 |
| 165.40 | Herne Hill | 10/25 | 19/04 |
| 166.46 | West Dulwich | 10/27 | 19/02½ |
| 167.21 | Sydenham Hill | 10/28½ | 19/01½ |
| 168.59 | Penge East | 10/31½ | 18/59½ |
| 169.30 | Kent House | 10/33 | 18/58½ |
| 170.17 | Beckenham Junction | 10/34½ | 18/57 |
| 171.21 | Shortlands Jn | 10/36½ | 18/55 |
| 171.47 | Shortlands | 10/37½ | 18/54 |
| 172.35 | Bromley South | 10.40a ~ 10.44d | 18.41a ~ 18.50d |
| 174.02 | Bickley Jn | 10/47 | 18/37½ |
| M.C | Location | Booked |
| 174.61 | St Mary Cray Jn | 10/49 |
| 178.75 | Swanley | 10/55½ |
| 184.14 | Fawkham Jn | 11/01½ |
| 187.40 | Meopham | 11/08½ |
| 188.35 | Sole Street | 11/10½ |
| 194.45 | Rochester Bridge Jn | 11/19½ |
| 194.8 | Rochester | 11/20½ |
| 195.69 | Chatham | 11/22½ |
| 197.39 | Gillingham | 11/26 |
| 20038 | Rainham | 11/31 |
| 205.34 | Western Jn | 11/37 |
| 205.62 | Eastern Jn | 11/38 |
| 206.23 | Sittingbourne | 11/40 |
| 213.41 | faversham | 11/49 |
| 220.50 | Whitstable | 11/58½ |
| 224.22 | Herne Bay | 12/03 |
| 235.33 | Margate | 12.15a ~ 15.22d |
| ? | Broadstairs | 15/27½ |
| ? | Ramsgate | 15/31 |
| ? | Minster East Jn | 15/40 |
| ? | Minster South Jn | 15/40½ |
| ? | Sandwich | 15/48 |
| ? | Deal | 15/54 |
| ? | Buckland Jn | 16/07 |
| ? | Dover Priory | 16/09 |
| ? | Folkestone East | 16/22 |
| ? | Folkestone Central | 16/24 |
| ? | Folkestone West | 16w25 ~ 16w53 |
| ? | Saltwood Jn | 16/56 |
| ? | Sandling | 16/57 |
| ? | estenhanger | 16/58½ |
| ? | Sevington Loop | 17/06½ |
| ? | Ashford International | 17/08 |
| ? | Headcorn | 17/20 |
| ? | Paddock Wood | 17.33 ~ 17.51 |
| ? | Tonbridge | 18/00 |
| ? | Sevenoaks | 18/11 |
| ? | Orpington | 18/21½ |
| ? | Petts Wood | 18/30 |
Timings continue in first table.
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