30th June 2024

Vintage Trains
The Shakespeare Express (2 trains)

Loco Used 47773 & steam: 5043 'Earl of Mount Edgcumbe'
Stock Used 35470+99349+99361+99971+9101+5177+5157+5212

Route :
1Z65 : Worcester Shrub Hill to Stratford-upon-Avon
1Z66 : Stratford-upon-Avon to Birmingham Snow Hill
1Z67 : Birmingham Snow Hill to Stratford-upon-Avon
1Z68 : Stratford-upon-Avon to Worcester Shrub Hill

Loco Route
5043 (1) Worcester Shrub Hill - Droitwich Spa - Stoke Works Jn - Bromsgrove - Barnt Green - Kings Norton - Selly Oak - Birmingham New Street - Proof House Jn - St Andrews Jn - Bordesley Jn - Small Heath South Jn - Tyseley - Solihull - Dorridge - Hatton
47773 (2) Hatton - Hatton West Jn - Bearley Jn - Stratford-upon-Avon
5043 (1) Stratford-upon-Avon - Bearley Jn - Hatton West Jn - Hatton North Jn - Dorridge - Solihull - Tyseley - Birmingham Moor Street - Birmingham Snow Hill
5043 + 47773 Birmingham Snow Hill - (reverse of outward route) - Stratford-upon-Avon
5043 (1) Stratford-upon-Avon - Bearley Jn - Henley-in-Arden - Shirley - Tyseley - Small Heath South Jn - Birmingham Moor Street - Birmingham Snow Hill - Smethwick Jn - Rowley Regis - Stourbridge Junction - Kidderminster - Droitwich Spa - Worcester Shrub Hill

Notes :
(1) 47773 on rear.
(2) 5043 on rear.

Source : Nick Bartlett

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Realtime Trains)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Worcester Shrub Hill 10.19d [P2] 10.25   18.52a [P2] 18.54
Tunnel Jn 10/21 10/27   18/50 18/50
Droitwich Spa 10.29a ~ 10.31d 10.36 ~ 10.38   18.39a ~ 18.43d 18.36 ~ 18.42
Stoke Works Jn 10/37 10/46   - -
Bromsgrove 10*41 ~ 10*51 [P1] 10/48   - -
Barnt Green 11/00 [P1] [UGF] 10/54 [P1]   - -
Longbridge 11/03 10/57   - -
Kings Norton 11/06 11/03   - -
Selly Oak 11/11 11/10   - -
Five Ways 11/15 [P1] 11/16   - -
Birmingham New Street 11.18a ~ 11.26d [P9] [DEL] 11.19 ~ 11.25   - -
Proof House Jn 11/29 11/28   - -
St Andrews Jn 11/33 11/31   - -
Bordesley Jn 11/34 [ML] 11/32   - -
Hartlebury - -   18*22 ~ 18*31 18/18
Kidderminster - -   18/18 [P2] 18/15
Blakedown - -   18/15 18/12
Stourbridge Junction - -   18/12 [P3] 18/07
Rowley Regis - -   18/02 17/57
Smethwick Jn - -   17/57 17/52
Birmingham Snow Hill - -   17.43a ~ 17.47d [P1] 17.34 ~ 17.43
Birmingham Moor Street - -   17/39 [P2] 17/33
Small Heath South Jn 11*38 ~ 11*44 [FL] ? ~ 11.45   17/30 [SH] 17/27
Tyseley 11.45a ~ 11.49d [P1] 11.47 ~ 11.48   17.22a ~ 17.27d [P4] [SL] 17.17 ~ 17.26
Solihull 11/52½ 11/54   - -
Bentley Heath LC 11/55 11/57   - -
Dorridge 11/57 [P3] 11/59   - -
Hatton 12.07 ~ 12.17 [P3] 12.08 ~ 12.17   - -
Hatton West Jn 12/19 12/20   - -
Shirley - -   17/14 17/08
Whitlocks End - -   17/12 17/07
Wood End - -   17/06 17/03
Henley-in-Arden - -   17/00 16/56
Bearley Jn 12/27 12/27   16/52 16/50
Stratford-upon-Avon 12.36a [P1] 12.33   16.44d [P1] 16.43

 

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Stratford-upon-Avon 13.36d [P1] 13.36   15.36a [P1] 15.40
Bearley Jn 13/44 13/43   15/27 15/35
Hatton West Jn 13/52 13/50   15/19 15/28
Hatton North Jn 13/54 13/52   15/17 15/26
Dorridge 14/03 [P2] 13/58   15/10 [P3] 15/16
Bentley Heath LC 14/05 13/59   15/08 15/15
Solihull 14/08½ 14/01   15/05 15/10
Tyseley 14.14a ~ 14.16d [P2] [FL] 14.07 ~ 14.15   14.58a ~ 15.01d [P1] 15.02 ~ 15.03
Small Heath South Jn 14/19½ [SH] 14/17   14/57 [FL] 15/01
Birmingham Moor Street 14.23a ~ 14.26d [P2] 14.23 ~ 14.27   14.51a ~ 14.54d [P1] [SH] 14.54 ~ 14.56
Birmingham Snow Hill 14.29a [P2] 14.29   14.49d [P2] 14.52


Associated E.C.S. Workings

3Z65 : (47773 with 5043 on rear) : Tyseley to Worcester Shrub Hill

Location Booked
Tyseley Steam Trust 08.58d
Small Heath South Jn 09/05
Birmingham Moor Street 09/11
Birmingham Snow Hill 09/14
Smethwick Jn 09/26
Rowley Regis 09/30
Stourbridge Junction 09/38
Blakedown 09/42
Kidderminster 09/46
Hartlebury 09/51
Droitwich Spa 10/00
Tunnel Jn 10/09
Worcester Shrub Hill 10.11a [P2]

5Z68 : (47773 with 5043 on rear) : Worcester Shrub Hill to Tyseley

Location Booked
Worcester Shrub Hill 19.09d [P2]
Tunnel Jn 19/11
Droitwich Spa 19/18
Stoke Works Jn 19/24
Bromsgrove 19*28 ~ 19*36
Barnt Green 19/44
Longbridge 19/48
Kings Norton 19/52
Selly Oaks 19/58
Five Ways 20/04
Birmingham New Street 20/09 [P9]
Proof House Jn 20/12
St Andrews Jn 20/18
Bordesley Jn 20/20
Small Heath South Jn 20/27
Tyseley Steam Trust 20.33a


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