Six Bells Junction

EMU(s)	Route
64732 leading	Chester - Hooton
64730 leading	Hooton - Ellesmere Port
64732 leading	Ellesmere Port - Hooton P2 - Rock Ferry 722 Signal
64730 leading	Rock Ferry 722 Signal - Rock Ferry Bay P3
64732 leading	Rock Ferry Bay P3 - Birkenhead Central - James Street - Stock Interchange Line - Liverpool Central P2 - Reversing Siding
64730 leading	Liverpool Central Reversing Siding - Liverpool Central P1 - Up Southport - Leeds Street Jn - Down Southport - Sandhills - Ormskirk
64732 leading	Ormskirk - Walton Jn
64730 leading	Walton Jn - Fazakerley Jn
64732 leading	Fazakerley Jn - Kirkdale EMU Depot (North RR Line) - Sandhills P1
64730 leading	Sandhills P1 - Up Southport - Bootle Jn - Down Southport - Hall Road Wallside Siding
64732 leading	Hall Road Wallside Siding - Hall Road
64730 leading	Hall Road - Southport
64732 leading	Southport - Southport South Jn
64730 leading	Southport South Jn - Birkdale Sidings No 4 Road
64732 leading	Birkdale Sidings No 4 Road - Sandhills - Leeds Street Jn - Down Southport - Paradise Jn - Liverpool Central P1 - Hunts Cross P2
64730 leading	Hunts Cross P2 - Paradise Jn - Stock Interchange Line - Bidston
64732 leading	Bidston - Bidston Stabling Siding
64730 leading	Bidston Stabling Siding - West Kirby
64732 leading	West Kirby - Birkenhead North P1 - Birkenhead 564 Signal
64730 leading	Birkenhead 564 Signal - Birkenhead North P3 - New Brighton
64732 leading	New Brighton - New Brighton 606 Signal
64730 leading	New Brighton 606 Signal - Siding No 1
64732 leading	New Brighton Siding No 1 - Bidston East Jn - Birkenhead North T&RSMD (3)
64730 leading	Birkenhead North T&RSMD - Bidston East Jn (3)
64732 leading	Bidston East Jn - Birkenhead North P2 - Liverpool Lime Street - Birkenhead Central - Rock Ferry - Hooton - Chester

Notes:
(1) BLS in partnership with Merseyrail, marking the impending withdrawal of the Class 508 EMU after more than 44 Years service.
(2) Charity Train raising funds for KIND, SWACA, Paper Cup Project & Tam O'Shanter Cottage and Community Farm.
(3) With the Birkenhead North EMUD Arr & Dep Line being blocked with stabled units, the Tour had to travel out to Bidston East Jn, (via Up & Dn Thro Sdg), to then reverse back to Birkenhead North. Extra Mileage needs adding to the Mileage table to reflect this. The opportunity was also taken to change Birkenhead North platform from P.1 to P.2 so all three platforms were covered in full.

Sources : Alan Sheppard (on the tour throughout)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Alan Sheppard)

M.C	Location	Booked	Actual
0.00	Chester	08.50d [P7A]	08.53 [P7B]
0.19	Chester West Jn	?	08/54
0.40	Chester North Jn	08/51½	08/54½
8.10	Hooton	09.04a ~ 09.16d [P1]	09.08 ~ 09.15 [P1]
11.72	Ellesmere Port	09.22 ~ 09.27	09.22½ ~ 09.28½
15.54	Hooton	09.33 ~ 09.38 [P2]	09/37 [P2]
21.09	Rock Ferry	09/48 [P2]	09/48 [P2]
21.20	Rock Ferry Sig.722	09.49½ ~ 09.53½	09.49½ ~ 09.50
21.31	Rock Ferry	09.55a ~ 10.09d [P3]	09.52 ~ 10.08½ [P3]
22.09	Green Lane	10/11 [P1]	10/11
22.43	Birkenhead Central	10.12½a ~ 10.14½d [P1]	10.12½ ~ 10.13½
23.05	Hamilton Square	10/16 [P1]	10/15½ [P1]
24.20	Liverpool James Street	10.18½ ~ 10.20½ [P2]	10/19½ [P2]
24.41	Paradise Jn	10/26 [DnS]	10.22 ~ 10.26 [DnS]
24.71	Liverpool Central	10.28a ~ 10.30d [P2]	10.29 ~ 10.32 [P2]
25.09	Liverpool Central Reversing Sdg	10.30½ ~ 10.45	10.33½ ~ 10.44
25.27	Liverpool Central	10/45½ [P1] [UpS]	10/45 [P1] [UpS]
26.02	Moorfields	10/47 [P1] [UpS]	10/47½ [UpS]
26.55	Leeds Street Jn	? [UpS-DnS]	10/50 [UpS-DnS]
27.44	Sandhills	10/50½ [P2]	10/52 [P2]
28.33	Kirkdale	10/52½ [P2]	10/53
29.31	Walton Jn	10/54	10/54
?	Maghull	?	11.00 ~ 11.03 [P1]
38.24	Ormskirk	11p11a ~ 11p19d [P1]	11p11 ~ 11p17 [P1]
47.17	Walton Jn	11.30½ ~ 11.34½	11.32½ ~ 11.33
47.53	Rice Lane	11.36 ~ 11.37 [P2]	11/35½
?	Fazakerley	?	11/37 [P2]
49.41	Fazakerley Jn	11.39 ~ 11.43	11.38½ ~ 11.39½
?	Fazakerley	?	11/41 [P1]
51.65	Walton Jn	11/46½	11/44
52.52	Kirkdale North Jn	?	11.45½ ~ 11.46½
52.74	Kirkdale C.S.	11.51½ ~ 12.13½	11.51½ ~ 12.13½ [NRR]
53.17	Kirkdale South Jn	?	12/15
53.52	Sandhills	12.16½ ~ 12.20½ [P1] [UpS]	12.17 ~ 12.18½ [P1] [UpS]
54.50	Bootle Jn	? [UpS-DnS]	12/21½ [UpS-DnS]
57.39	Waterloo (Merseyside)	12/28½ [P2]	12/26
59.33	Hall Road	12/31 [P2]	12p30 ~ 12p33½ [P2]
59.61	Hall Road Wallside Siding	12.32 ~ 12.47	12.38 ~ 12.46½
60.09	Hall Road	12.48 ~ 12.52 [P2]	12.50 ~ 12.51½ [P2]
64.09	Formby	12/58 [P2]	12/57
?	Freshfield	?	12p59 ~ 13p02½ [P2]
70.17	Birkdale	13/10 [P2]	13/10 [P2]
71.30	Southport	13.13a ~ 13.50d [P1]	13.14 ~ 13.56 [P2]
71.52	Southport Sig.112	13.52 ~ 13.57	13.58 ~ 13.58½
71.67	Southport C.S.	13.58 ~ 14.03 [Birkdale No.4 Sdg]	14.02 ~ 14.05½ [Birkdale No.4 Sdg]
?	Birkdale	14/12 [P1]	14.09½ ~ 14.10 [P1]
?	Formby	14/19½ [P1]	14/18 [P1]
?	Hall Road	14/27½ [P1]	14.23½ ~ 14.24 [P1]
?	Waterloo (Merseyside)	14/30 [P1]	14/27
?	Bootle Jn	?	14/33
?	Bank Hall	?	14.34½ ~ 14.36
88.54	Sandhills Jn	?	14/38
?	Sandhills	14/40½ [P1] [UpS]	14/38½ [P1] [UpS]
?	Leeds Street Jn	? [UpS-DnS]	14/41 [UpS-DnS]
?	Moorfields	14/43 [P2] [DnS]	14/43 [P2] [DnS]
?	Paradise Jn	? [DnS-UpS]	14.44 ~ 14.45 [DnS-UpS]
90.13	Liverpool Central	14.44½ ~ 14.58½ [P1]	14.47 ~ 14.57½ [P1]
95.58	Liverpool South Parkway	15.06½ ~ 15.11½ [P5]	15/07 [P5]
96.22	Hunts Cross West Jn	15/12 [UDE]	15.08 ~ 15.09
97.18	Hunts Cross	15.14½ ~ 15.24 [P2]	15.13 ~ 15.24 [P2]
?	Hunts Cross West Jn	15/26	15/26
?	Liverpool South Parkway	15/26½ [P6]	15/28 [P6]
104.23	Liverpool Central	15.34½ ~ 15.35½ [P2]	15.38 ~ 15.40 [P2]
104.52	Paradise Jn	15/37	15/41½
104.74	Liverpool James Street	15.40½ ~ 15.41½ [P2]	15/45½ [P2]
106.09	Hamilton Square	15/43½ [P3]	15/49 [P3]
108.16	Birkenhead North	15/47½ [P3]	15/54 [P3]
108.61	Bidston East Jn	15/51½	15/55
109.16	Bidston	15.52½ ~ 15.57 [P2]	15.56 ~ 15.59½ [P2]
109.25	Bidston Siding	15.59 ~ 16.03	16.02½ ~ 16.04
109.34	Bidston	16/04½ [P2]	16/06 [P2]
115.05	West Kirkby	16.14a ~ 16.24d [P2]	16.17 ~ 16.24 [P2]
?	Bidston	16/32 [P1]	16/33½ [P1]
?	Bidston East Jn	16/32½	16.34 ~ 16.35
121.56	Birkenhead North	16.36 ~ 16.37 [P1]	16.38½ ~ 16.39 [P1]
121.61	Birkenhead North Sig.564	16.38 ~ 16.42	16.40 ~ 16.41 [UpWK-DnWK]
121.66	Birkenhead North	16/43 [P3]	16/42 [P3]
122.31	Bidston East Jn	16/44	16/43
125.09	New Brighton	16.50½a ~ 17.14½ [P2]	16.50 ~ 17.27½ [P2]
125.26	New Brighton Sig.606	17.15½ ~ 17.21½	17.29 ~ 17.29½
125.43	New Brighton Siding No.1	17.23½ ~ 17.29½	17.32 ~ 17.33 [Sdg.1]
128.21	Bidston East Jn	17/35½	17/41
128.41	Birkenhead North EMUD	17.38½ ~ 18.08½	17.46½ ~ 18.01 [½ way in Shed Rd.5]
add	Depot Exit (Bidston End)	?	18.04½ ~ 18.07
add	Bidston East Jn	DIV	18.09 ~ 18.10½ [DnWK]
128.66	Birkenhead North	18/10½ [P1]	18/12½ [P2]
?	Hamilton Square	18/15 [P1]	18/18 [P1]
132.08	Liverpool James Street	18/18 [P1]	18/20½ [P1]
132.31	Moorfields (Deep Level)	18/20 [P3]	18/21 [P3]
132.78	Liverpool Lime Street (Deep Level)	18.21½a ~ 18.22½d [PA]	18.24½ ~ 18.25½ [PA]
133.40	Liverpool Central (Deep Level)	18/24 [P3]	18.27½ ~ 18.28 [P3]
133.77	Liverpool James Street	18/26 [P3]	18/30 [P3]
135.12	Hamilton Square	18/28 [P2]	18/33 [P2]
135.54	Birkenhead Central	18.29½a ~ 18.31½d [P2]	18.35 ~ 18.36 [P2]
?	Rock Ferry North Jn	? [DnC-UpC]	18.40 ~ 18.42½ [DnC-UpC]
136.66	Rock Ferry	18/34½ [P2]	18/44 [P2] [UpC-DnC]
?	Hooton North Jn	? [DnC-UpC]	18.54½ ~ 18.55 [DnC-UpC]
142.12	Hooton	18.44½a ~ 18.46d [P3]	18.57 ~ 18.58½ [P3] [UpC-DnC]
?	Chester North Jn	18/55½	19/08
150.12	Chester West Jn	?	19.09 ~ 19.14
150.31	Chester	19.08a [P7A]	19.16 [P7A]

Location	Booked	Actual
Birkenhead North EMUD	07+30d	?
Bidston East Jn Sig.1541/574	07+33 ~ 07+37	?
Birkenhead North	07+39 ~ 07+41 [P1]	?
Hamilton Square	07/46 [P1]	?
Liverpool James Street	07+48½ ~ 07+59½ [P2]	?
Hamilton Square	08/01½ [P2]	?
Birkenhead Central	08c03 ~ 08c05 [P2]	?
Rock Ferry	08/08 [P1]	?
Hooton	08+15½ ~ 08+20½ [P2]	08+14½ ~ 08+19 [P2]
Chester North Jn	08/34½	08/26
Chester West Jn	?	08+27 ~ 08+43½
Chester	08+36a [P7A]	08+45 [P7B]

Location	Booked	Actual
Chester	19+22d [P7A]	19+20½ [P7A]
Chester West Jn	?	19/21½
Chester North Jn	19/23½	19+24 ~ 19+26
Hooton	19/34 [P3]	19+41 ~ 19+44 [P3]
Rock Ferry	19/48 [P2]	?
Birkenhead Central	19c53 ~ 19c54 [P1]	?
Hamilton Square	19/58½ [P1]	?
Liverpool James Street	20/02½ [P1]	?
Moorfields	20/03½ [P3]	?
Liverpool Lime Street	20/05½ [PA]	?
Liverpool Central	20/07½ [P3]	?
Liverpool James Street	20/09½ [P3]	?
Hamilton Square	20/12½ [P3]	?
Birkenhead North	20+20½ ~ 20+22½ [P3]	?
Bidston East Jn Sig.577/1536	20+23½ ~ 20+34	?
Birkenhead North EMUD	20+37a	?