Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Alan Sheppard (while on board) & Real Time Trains)
15th September 2024
Branch Line Society
The Wirral Swan Song
| EMUs Used | 507003 (64407+71344+64369) + 507001 (64405+71342+64367) |
Route : 2T07 throughout
| EMUs Used | Route |
| 507003+507001 | Hooton - Chester |
| 507001+507003 | Chester - Hooton |
| 507003+507001 | Hooton - Ellesmere Port |
| 507001+507003 | Ellesmere Port - Hooton - Rock Ferry - James Street - (via Stock Interchange Line) - Paradise Jn - Liverpool Central |
| 507003+507001 | Liverpool Central - Moorfields - Sandhills - Kirkdale EMU Depot - (via Wash Road) - Kirkdale EMU Depot North Access Line |
| 507001+507003 | Kirkdale EMU Depot North Access Line - Kirkdale EMU Depot Siding 15 |
| 507003+507001 | Kirkdale EMU Depot Siding 15 - Kirkdale EMU Depot North Access Line |
| 507001+507003 | Kirkdale EMU Depot North Access Line - (via South RR Line) - Sandhills - Liverpool Central - Liverpool Central Reversing Siding |
| 507003+507001 | Liverpool Central Reversing Siding - Liverpool Central - Paradise Jn - (via Stock Interchange Line) - James Street - Hamilton Square - Birkenhead North - Bidston East Jn - New Brighton Sidings No.2 |
| 507001+507003 | New Brighton Sidings No.2 - New Brighton Signal 606 |
| 507003+507001 | New Brighton Signal 606 - New Brighton |
| 507001+507003 | New Brighton - Bidston East Jn - Birkenhead North EMU Depot Shed Road No.6 |
| 507003+507001 | Birkenhead North EMU Depot Shed Road No.6 - Bidston East Jn - Bidston - Hoylake |
| 507001+507003 | Hoylake - Bidston - Bidston Siding |
| 507003+507001 | Bidston Siding - Bidston - West Kirby Siding No.1 |
| 507001+507003 | West Kirby Siding No.1 - West Kirby Signal 597 |
| 507003+507001 | West Kirby Signal 597 + West Kirby |
| 507001+507003 | West Kirby - Birkenhead north - Hamilton Square - James Street - Liverpool Lime Street (Deep Level) |
| 507003+507001 | Liverpool Lime Street (Deep Level) - James Street - Birkenhead Central Signal 717 |
| 507001+507003 | Birkenhead Central Signal 717 - Birkenhead Central Carriage Siding |
| 507003+507001 | Birkenhead Central Carriage Siding - Rock Ferry - Hooton - Hooton South Jn |
| 507001+507003 | Hooton South Jn - Hooton |
Notes :
(1) Charity Railtour raising money for four local charities ... Centre
56, Rescue Me Animal
Sanctuary, Blackburne
House & Parkinson’s
Wirral.
(2) The first of two 'Farewell to Class 507 EMU' Tours concentrating on the
Wirral Lines. The second one, on 03/11/2024,
concentrated on the Northern Lines.
Source : Alan Sheppard (joined at Liverpool Central, left
at Liverpool Lime Street)
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Alan Sheppard (while on board) & Real Time Trains)
| M.C | Location | Booked | Actual |
|
0.00
|
Hooton | 09.20d [P1] | 09.20d [P1] |
|
2.77
|
Capenhurst | 09*29½ ~ 09*30½ [P1] | 09.25½ ~ 09.28½ [P1] |
|
7.09
|
Bache | 09*35½ ~ 09*35½ [P1] | 09.33½ ~ 09.34 [P1] |
|
7.50
|
Chester North Jn | 09/37 | 09/35 |
|
|
Chester West Jn | ? | ? ~ 09.45 |
|
8.08
|
Chester | 09.48½a ~ 09.53d [P7A] | 09.46a ~ 09.54 [P7] |
|
|
Chester North Jn | 09/54½ | 09/56 |
|
16.16
|
Hooton | 10.04 ~ 10.09 [P3] | 10.05½ ~ 10.08 [P3] |
|
19.78
|
Ellesmere Port | 10.22 ~ 10.31 [P1] | 10.21½ ~ 10.31 [P1] |
|
23.40
|
Hooton South Jn | ? [UpC-DnC] | ? |
|
23.60
|
Hooton | 10/37 [P2] | 10/38 [P2] |
|
29.15
|
Rock Ferry | 10/49 [P2] | 10/47½ [P2] |
|
30.27
|
Birkenhead Central | 10*53 ~ 10*54 [P1] | 10/52 [P1] |
|
30.69
|
Hamilton Square | 10/58½ [P1] | 10/58 [P1] |
|
32.04
|
Liverpool James Street | 11*01 ~ 11*03 [P2] | 11.00½ ~ 11.01 [P3] |
|
32.25
|
Paradise Jn | 11/07½ | 11/07½ |
|
32.55
|
Liverpool Central (Northern) | 11.09½a ~ 11.21d [P2] | 11.09a ~ 11.22d [P2] |
|
33.30
|
Moorfields | 11/23½ [P2] | 11/24½ [P2] |
|
34.72
|
Sandhills | 11/27½ [P2] | 11/28 [P2] |
|
35.27
|
Kirkdale South Jn | ? | 11/31 |
|
35.58
|
Kirkdale C.S. | 11.30½ ~ | 11/33 [Wash] |
|
|
North Access Line | ? | 11.34 ~ 11.39½ |
|
|
Siding No.15 | ? | 11.44 ~ 12.03 [15] |
|
|
North Access Line | ? | 12.06 ~ 12.12 |
|
35.58
|
Kirkdale C.S. | ~ 12.04½ | 12/14 (South RR Line) |
|
|
Sandhills | 12/08½ [P1] | 12/19½ [P1] |
|
|
Moorfields | 12/13 [P1] | 12/23 [P1] |
|
38.32
|
Paradise Jn | ? | 12.26 ~ 12.27½ [Up-Dn] |
|
38.61
|
Liverpool Central (Northern) | 12/14½ [P2] | 12/28 [P2] |
|
38.79
|
Liverpool Central Rev Sdg | 12.15 ~ 12.20 [Sdg] | 12.30½ ~ 12.34 [Sdg] |
|
39.17
|
Liverpool Central (Northern) | 12/20½ [P1] | 12.35 ~ 12.38 [P1] |
|
39.46
|
Paradise Jn | 12/22 | 12/40 [Up-Dn] |
|
39.68
|
Liverpool James Street | 12*25½ ~ 12*40 [P2] | 12.42½ ~ 12.46 [P2] |
|
41.03
|
Hamilton Square | 12/43 [P3] | 12/49 [P3] |
|
43.10
|
Birkenhead North | 12*50 ~ 12*52 [P3] | 12.55 ~ 12.56½ [P3] |
|
43.55
|
Bidston East Jn | 12/53 | 12/58 |
|
46.33
|
New Brighton Siding No.2 | 12.59 ~ 13.03 | 13.06 ~ 13.07 [Sdg.2] |
|
46.50
|
New Brighton Sig.606 | 13.05 ~ 13.09 | 13.08 ~ 13.10 [Dn] |
|
46.67
|
New Brighton | 13.10a ~ 14.28d [P1] | 13.11½a [P1] ~ 14.29d [P2] |
|
49.45
|
Bidston East Jn | 14/35 | 14.35 ~ 14.36 |
|
50.05
|
Birkenhead North E.M.U.D. | 14.38 ~ 14.56 | 14.44½ ~ 14.56 [Shed Rd.6] |
|
50.45
|
Bidston East Jn | 14/59 | 15/03 |
|
51.00
|
Bidston | 15/00 [P2] | 15/04½ |
|
55.32
|
Hoylake | 15.06 ~ 15.11 [P2] | 15.13½ ~ 15.14½ [P2] |
|
|
Bidston | 15/19 [P1] | 15/21 [P1] |
|
60.01
|
Bidston Siding | 15.21 ~ 15.26 | 15.24 ~ 15.25 [Sdg] |
|
60.10
|
Bidston | 15/27½ [P2] | 15/26½ [P2] |
|
64.42
|
Hoylake | ? | 15/35½ [P2] |
|
65.61
|
West Kirby Siding No.1 | 15.42 ~ 15.47 | 15.40½ ~ 15.41 [Sdg.1] |
|
65.73
|
West Kirby Sig.597 | 15.49 ~ 15.54 | 15.44½ ~ 15.45 |
|
66.05
|
West Kirby | 15.56a ~ 16.25d [P2] | 15.47a ~ 16.25d [P2] |
|
71.56
|
Bidston | 16/35 [P1] | 16/35 [P1] |
|
|
Bidston East Jn | 16/36 | 16/36 |
|
72.56
|
Birkenhead North | 16*37½ ~ 16*40½ [P1] | 16.39 ~ 16.40 [P1] |
|
|
Hamilton Square | 16/45½ [P1] | 16/46 [P1] |
|
75.78
|
Liverpool James Street | 16/47½ [P1] | 16/48½ [P1] |
|
76.21
|
Moorfields (DeepLevel) | 16/49 [P3] | 16/49 [P3] |
|
76.68
|
Liverpool Lime Street L.L. | 16.50½a ~ 16.52½d [PA] | 16.51a ~ 16.53d [PA] |
|
77.30
|
Liverpool Central (Wirral) | 16/54 [P3] | 16/54 [P3] |
|
77.67
|
Liverpool James Street | 16/55 [P3] | 16/55½ [P3] |
|
79.02
|
Hamilton Square | 16/58 [P2] | 16/58½ [P2] |
|
79.44
|
Birkenhead Central | 16.59½ ~ 17.00½ [P2] | 17/00 [P2] |
|
79.64
|
Birkenhead Central Sig.717 | 17.01½ ~ 17.05½ | ?? ~ ?? |
|
80.04
|
Birkenhead Central C.S. | 17.07½ ~ 17.12½ | 17.03 ~ 17.17 [Sdg] |
|
81.16
|
Rock Ferry | 17/17½ [P2] | 17/23 [P2] |
|
86.51
|
Hooton | 17/31½ [P3] | 17/32 [P3] |
|
86.71
|
Hooton South Jn | 17.32½ ~ 17.48 [DnH] | ?? ~ ?? |
|
87.11
|
Hooton | 17.50a [P1] | 17.50a [P1] |
Mileages taken from tour brochure.
Associated Light Engine & E.C.S. Workings
5T07 : New Brighton Sdg.No.2 to Hooton
5B77 : Hooton to Birkenhead North E.M.U.D
| Location | Booked | Actual (from RTT) | Booked | Actual (from RTT) | |
| New Brighton Siding No.2 | 08+03 | 08+02 [Sdg.2] | - | ||
| Bidston East Jn | 08/09 | 08/09 | - | ||
| Birkenhead North E.M.U.D | - | 19+08 | ? | ||
| Birkenhead North Sig.577 | - | 18+53½ ~ 19+05 | 18+52 ~ 18+53 | ||
| Birkenhead North | 08/12 [P1] | 08/12 [P1] | 18/52½ [P3] | 18/51 [P3] | |
| Hamilton Square | 08/18½ [P1] | 08/18 [P1] | 18/43½ [P3] | 18/45 [P3] | |
| Liverpool James Street | 08/22 [P1] | 08/22 [P1] | 18/40½ [P3] | ?? ~ 18.41½ [P2] | |
| Liverpool Central (Wirral) | - | ? | 18/38½ [P3] | ? | |
| Liverpool Lime Street L.L. | - | ? | 18/36½ [PA] | ? | |
| Moorfields (Deep Level) | - | ? | 18/34½ [P3] | ? | |
| Liverpool James Street | - | ? [P3] | 18/32½ [P1] | ? | |
| Hamilton Square | 08/28 [P2] | 08/30 [P2] | 18/29½ [P1] | 18/28 [P1] | |
| Birkenhead Central | 08/31½ [P2] | 08/31½ [P2] | 18+22½ ~ 18+26½ [P1] | 18+21½ ~ 18+22 [P1] | |
| Rock Ferry | 08/34½ [P1] | 08/35½ [P1] | 18/17½ [P2] | 18/17 [P2] | |
| Hooton | 08+47 ~ 08+48 [P2] | 08+46½ ~ 09+02 [P2] | 18/07½ [P3] | 18/07½ [P3] | |
| Hooton South Jn | 08+48 ~ 08+52 | ?? ~ ?? | 18+02 ~ 18+06 | ?? ~ ?? | |
| Hooton | 08+54 [P1] | 09+06 [P1] | 18+00 [P1] | 18+02 [P1] | |
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