14th August 2024
Pathfinder Railtours
The Dorset Coast Explorer
Tour cancelled, due to unacceptable timings.
Route :
| Advertised Loco | Advertised Route |
| D1015 'Western Champion' | Tame Bridge Parkway - Perry Bar North Jn - Perry Barr West Jn - Soho East Jn - Soho North Jn - Galton Jn - Rowley Regis - Stourbridge Junction - Kidderminster - Droitwich Spa - Worcester Shrub Hill - Norton Jn - Abbotswood Jn - Ashchurch for Tewkesbury - Cheltenham Spa - Barnwood Jn - Gloucester Yard Jn - Standish Jn - Stroud - Kemble - Swindon - Didcot Parkway - Goring & Streatley - Reading West Jn - Oxford Road Jn - Southcote Jn - Bramley - Basingstoke - Worting Jn - Winchester - Eastleigh - St Denys - Southampton Central - Redbridge - Brockenhurst - Bournemouth - Poole - Wareham - Dorchester South - Weymouth |
| D1015 'Western Champion' | Weymouth - (reverse of outward route) - Tame Bridge Parkway |
Source : Keith Gardiner
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Timings (Advertised Only)
(from Pathfinder's brochure)
| Location | Advertised (out) | Advertised (rtn) |
| Tame Bridge Parkway | 06.30d | 22.55a |
| Stourbridge Junction | 07.10d | 22.25a |
| Kidderminster | 07.25d | 22.10a |
| Worcester Shrub Hill | 07.50d | 21.45a |
| Cheltenham Spa | 08.20d | 21.10a |
| Stroud | 08.50d | 20.40a |
| Swindon | 09.35d | 20.00a |
| Bournemouth | ?a | ?d |
| Poole | ?a | ?d |
| Weymouth | ?a | ?d |