Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Alan Sheppard (while on board) & Real Time Trains)
3rd November 2024
Branch Line Society
The Sefton Sparkler
| EMUs Used | 507001 (64405+71342+64367) + 507023 (64389+71364+64427) |
Route : 1T07 throughout
| EMUs Used | Route |
| 507001+507023 | Southport - Birkdale - Formby - Hall Road - Sandhills - Liverpool Central - Liverpool South Parkway - Hunts Cross |
| 507023+507001 | Hunts Cross - Liverpool South Parkway - Liverpool Central - Sandhills - Kirkdale - Walton Jn - Fazakerley - Fazakerley Jn |
| 507001+507023 | Fazakerley Jn - Fazakerley - Walton Jn - Kirkdale - Sandhills - Sandhills Reversing Siding |
| 507023+507001 | Sandhills Reversing Siding - Sandhills - Kirkdale - Walton Jn - Aintree - Maghull - Ormskirk |
| 507001+507023 | Ormskirk - Maghull - Aintree North |
| 507023+507001 | Aintree North - Maghull |
| 507001+507023 | Maghull - Aintree - Walton Jn - Kirkdale EMU Depot No.25 Road |
| 507023+507001 | Kirkdale EMU Depot No.25 Road - North Access Line |
| 507001+507023 | Kirkdale EMU Depot North Access Line - South RR Line |
| 507023+507001 | Kirkdale EMU Depot South RR Line - Rifkins Sidings |
| 507001+507023 | Kirkdale EMU Depot Rifkins Sidings - (via South RR Line) - Kirkdale South Jn - Sandhills - Liverpool Central Reversing Siding |
| 507023+507001 | Liverpool Central Reversing Siding - Sandhills - Hall Road - Formby - Birkdale - Southport |
| 507001+507023 | Southport - Southport Signal 112 |
| 507023+507001 | Southport Signal 112 - Southport Wall Siding |
| 507001+507023 | Southport Wall Siding - Southport Signal 112 |
| 507023+507001 | Southport Signal 112 - Birkdale Siding No.3 |
| 507001+507023 | Birkdale Siding No.3 - Birkdale - Formby - Hall Road - Marsh Lane Crossover |
| 507023+507001 | Marsh Lane Crossover - Marsh Lane Jn - Hall Road - Formby - Formby Signal 97 |
| 507003+507001 | Formby Signal 97 - Formby - Hall Road - Sandhills - Liverpool Central - Liverpool South Parkway - Hunts Cross |
| 507001+507003 | Hunts Cross - Liverpool South Parkway - Liverpool Central - Sandhills - Hall Road - Hall Road Wall Siding |
| 507003+507001 | Hall Road Wall Siding - Hall Road |
| 507001+507003 | Hall Road - Formby - Birkdale - Southport |
Notes :
(1) Charity Railtour raising money for four local charities ... Centre
56, Rescue Me Animal
Sanctuary, Blackburne
House & Parkinson’s
Wirral.
(2) The second of two 'Farewell to Class 507 EMU' Tours concentrating on the
Northern Lines. The first one, on 15/09/2024,
concentrated on the Wirral Lines.
Source : Alan Sheppard (joined/left the train at Liverpool
South Parkway)
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Alan Sheppard (while on board) & Real Time Trains)
| M.C | Location | Booked | Actual |
|
0.00
|
Southport | 08.20d [P1] | 08.20d [P1] |
|
1.13
|
Birkdale | 08/23 [P1] | 08/24½ [P1] |
|
7.21
|
Formby | 08/29½ [P1] | 08/33½ [P1] |
|
11.21
|
Hall Road | 08.35½a ~ 08.37d [P1] | 08.38½a ~ 08.39½d [P1] |
|
13.15
|
Waterloo (Merseyside) | 08/39½ [P1] | 08/43 [P1] |
|
17.02
|
Sandhills | 08/49 [P1] | 08/49½ [P1] |
|
18.44
|
Moorfields | 08/53½ [P1] | 08/52 [P1] |
|
19.12
|
Liverpool Central (Northern) | 08.57a ~ 08.59d [P2] | 08.57½a ~ 09.00d [P2] |
|
24.57
|
Liverpool South Parkway | 09.07a ~ 09.09d [P5] | 09.09½a ~ 09.11½d [P5] |
|
25.21
|
Hunts Cross West Jn | 09/12 [UDE] | 09/13 |
|
26.17
|
Hunts Cross | 09.14½a ~ 09.22d [P2] | 09.16½a ~ 09.23d [P2] |
|
|
Hunts Cross West Jn | 09/24 | 09/25½ |
|
27.57
|
Liverpool South Parkway | 09.25a ~ 09.26d [P6] | 09.27½a ~ 09.28½d [P6] |
|
33.22
|
Liverpool Central (Northern) | 09.37½a ~ 09.39d [P2] | 09.39a ~ 09.41½d [P2] |
|
|
Moorfields | 09/40½ [P2] | 09/43½ [P2] |
|
|
Sandhills | 09.45 ~ 09.46½ [P2] | 09/46 [P2] |
|
36.21
|
Kirkdale | 09/48½ [P2] | 09/48 [P2] |
|
37.19
|
Walton Jn | 09/50 | 09/50½ |
|
39.04
|
Fazakerley | 09/55 [P2] | 09.56 ~ 09.57 [P2] |
|
39.43
|
Fazakerley Jn | 09.58a ~ 10.04d | 09.59 ~ 10.01 [Sgl Line] |
|
|
Fazakerley | 10/06 [P1] | 10/02½ [P1] |
|
|
Rice Lane | 10.08 ~ 10.08 [P1] | 10/04½ [P1] |
|
41.67
|
Walton Jn | 10/10 | 10/05 |
|
|
Kirkdale | 10/11 [P1] | 10/06½ [P1] |
|
43.54
|
Sandhills | 10/12½ [P1] | 10/09 [P1] |
|
43.65
|
Sandhills Reversing Siding | 10.13½ ~ 10.18½ [Sdg] | 10.10 ~ 10.12½ [Sdg] |
|
|
Sandhills | 10/19½ [P2] | 10.14 ~ 10.14½ [P2] |
|
|
Kirkdale | 10/21½ [P2] | 10/17 [P2] |
|
45.63
|
Walton Jn | 10/23 | 10/18 |
|
54.56
|
Ormskirk | 10.39a ~ 10.56d [P1] | 10.40½a ~ 10.56d [P1] |
|
|
Aughton Park | 10.58½ ~ 10.58½ [P1] | 10/58½ [P1] |
|
|
Town Green | 11.00½ ~ 11.00½ [P1] | 10/59½ [P1] |
|
|
Maghull North | 11.04 ~ 11.04 [P2] | 11/02 [P1] |
|
|
Maghull | 11.06 ~ 11.06 [P1] | 11/04 [P1] |
|
62.00
|
Aintree | 11.09½ ~ 11.16 [P1] | 11.08 ~ 11.15 [Aintree North] |
|
|
Old Roan | 11.17½ ~ 11.17½ [P2] | 11/17 [P2] |
|
64.40
|
Maghull | 11.22 ~ 11.27½ [P2] | 11p22a ~ 11p28½d [P2] |
|
|
Old Roan | 11.30 ~ 11.30 [P1] | 11/31½ [P1] |
|
|
Aintree | 11.31½ ~ 11.31½ [P1] | 11/33 [P1] |
|
68.49
|
Walton Jn | 11/35½ | 11/35½ |
|
69.36
|
Kirkdale North Jn | ? | 11.38 ~ 11.39 |
|
|
Kirkdale North Access Line | ? | 11.41 ~ 11.43½ |
|
69.58
|
Kirkdale C.S. | 11.43½ ~ | No.25 Rd : 11.46 ~ 11.51 |
|
|
Kirkdale North Access Line | ? | 11.54 ~ 11.55 |
|
|
Kirkdale C.S. | ? | 11.58 ~ 12.00 [SRRL] |
|
|
Kirkdale C.S. | ~ 12.08½ [NRRL] | 12.01 ~ 12.07½ [Rifkins Sdg] |
|
|
Kirkdale C.S. | ? | 12/11 [SRRL] |
|
70.01
|
Kirkdale South Jn | ? | 12/12 |
|
70.36
|
Sandhills | 12/11 [P1] | 12.14 ~ 12.15 [P1] |
|
|
Moorfields | 12/14½ [P1] | 12/18 [P1] |
|
72.46
|
Liverpool Central (Northern) | 12/16 [P1] | 12/20 [P1] |
|
72.64
|
Liverpool Central Revs Sdg | 12.16½ ~ 12.21 [Sdg] | 12.22 ~ 12.26 [Sdg] |
|
73.02
|
Liverpool Central (Northern) | 12/21½ [P2] | 12/27 [P2] |
|
|
Moorfields | 12/23 [P2] | 12/29½ [P2] |
|
75.12
|
Sandhills | 12/25½ [P2] | 12/33 [P2] |
|
78.79
|
Waterloo (Merseyside) | 12/32½ [P2] | 12/39 [P2] |
|
|
Hall Road | 12/35 [P2] | 12/41 [P2] |
|
|
Formby | 12/40½ [P2] | 12/45½ [P2] |
|
|
Birkdale | 12/53 [P2] | 12/52½ [P2] |
|
92.14
|
Southport | 12.56a ~ 14.26d [P2] | 12.56a ~ 14.37d [P3] |
|
92.36
|
Southport Signal 112 | 14.28 ~ 14.32 | 14.38½ ~ 14.39 |
|
92.58
|
Southport Wall Siding | 14.34 ~ 14.40 [Wall Sdg] | 14.41 ~ 14.44 [Wall Sdg] |
|
93.00
|
Southport Signal 112 | 14.42 ~ 14.47 | 14.46 ~ 14.49 |
|
93.22
|
Southport C.H.S. | 14.48 ~ 14.56 | 14.52 ~ 14.56½ [Birkdale Sdg 3] |
|
|
Birkdale | 14/59 [P1] | 15.00 ~ 15.00½ [P1] |
|
|
Formby | 15/05½ [P1] | 15/07 [P1] |
|
|
Hall Road | 15/11 [P1] | 15/12 [P1] |
|
|
Waterloo (Merseyside) | 15.13½ ~ 15.13½ [P1] | 15/14 [P1] |
|
|
Seaforth & Litherland | 15.15½ ~ 15.15½ [P1] | 15/16 [P1] |
|
108.42
|
Bootle New Strand | 15.17½ ~ 15.22½ [P1] | DIV |
|
108.79
|
Marsh Lane Jn | ? | 15.18 ~ 15.21 |
|
|
Seaforth & Litherland | 15.24 ~ 15.24 [P2] | 15.23½ ~ 15.24 [P2] |
|
|
Waterloo (Merseyside) | 15.26 ~ 15.26 [P2] | 15/26 [P2] |
|
112.41
|
Hall Road | 15/28½ [P2] | 15.30½ ~ 15.31½ [P2] |
|
116.41
|
Formby | 15/35 [P2] | 15/38 [P2] |
|
116.52
|
Formby Signal 97 | 15.36 ~ 15.40 | 15.39 ~ 15.40½ |
|
116.63
|
Formby | 15/41½ [P1] | 15/41½ [P1] |
|
|
Hall Road | 15/47 [P1] | 15.47½ ~ 15.48 [P1] |
|
|
Waterloo (Merseyside) | 15/49½ [P1] | 15/50½ [P1] |
|
126.44
|
Sandhills | 15/57½ [P1] | 15/59½ [P1] |
|
|
Moorfields | 16/01 [P1] | 16/02½ [P1] |
|
128.54
|
Liverpool Central (Northern) | 16/05 [P1] | 16/04½ [P1] |
|
|
Liverpool South Parkway | 16/12½ [P5] | 16.13½ ~ 16.14½ [P5] |
|
134.63
|
Hunts Cross West Jn | 16/15½ [UDE] | 16/16 |
|
135.59
|
Hunts Cross | 16.18a ~ 16.23½d [P3] | 16.20a ~ 16.25d [P3] |
|
|
Hunts Cross West Jn | 16/25½ | 16/27½ |
|
137.19
|
Liverpool South Parkway | 16.26½a ~ 16.28½d [P6] | 16.29a ~ 16.30d [P6] |
|
142.64
|
Liverpool Central (Northern) | 16.40a ~ 16.50d [P2] | 16.40½a ~ 16.49d [P2] |
|
|
Moorfields | 16/51½ [P2] | 16/51 [P2] |
|
144.74
|
Sandhills | 16/54 [P2] | 16/54 [P2] |
|
|
Waterloo (Merseyside) | 17/01 [P2] | 17/01 [P2] |
|
150.55
|
Hall Road | 17.05 ~ 17.06 [P2] | 17.04 ~ 17.05 [P2] |
|
151.03
|
Hall Road Wall Siding | 17.07 ~ 17.15 [Wall Sdg] | ?? ~ 17.19 [½ of Wall Sdg] |
|
151.31
|
Hall Road | 17.16 ~ 17.20 [P2] | ?? ~ 17.20 [P2] |
|
161.39
|
Birkdale | 17/38 [P2] | 17/33 [P2] |
|
162.52
|
Southport | 17.43a [P3] | 17.37½ [P2] |
Mileages taken from tour brochure.
Associated Light Engine & E.C.S. Workings
02/11/2024: 5S07 : Kirkdale C.S. to Southport
| Location | Booked | Actual (from RTT) |
| Kirkdale C.S. | 15+54 | 15/53 |
| Sandhills | 15/58 [P1] | 15/57 [P1] |
| Sandhills Reversing Siding | 15+59 ~ 16+04 | ?? ~ ?? |
| Sandhills | 16/05 [P2] | 16/04½ [P2] |
| Bootle Jn | 16/07 | 16/07 |
| Waterloo (Merseyside) | 16/12 [P2] | 16/11½ [P2] |
| Hall Road | 16/14½ [P2] | 16/14½ [P2] |
| Formby | 16/24 [P2] | 16/19½ [P2] |
| Birkdale | 16/35 [P2] | 16/32½ [P2] |
| Southport | 16+41 ~ ?? [P1] | 16+37 ~ ?? [P1] |
| Southport Signal 112 | ?? ~ ?? | ?? ~ ?? |
| Southport Wall Siding | ? | ? |
03/11/2024: 5?07 : Southport to Southport
| Location | Booked | Actual |
| Southport | ? [P2] | 13+47 [P3] |
| Southport C.S. | ?? ~ ?? [Sdg.10] | 13+48½ ~ 14+16 [Sdg.10] |
| Southport | ? [P2] | 14+19 [P3] |
03/11/2024: 5B07 : Southport to Birkenhead North E.M.U.D
| Location | Booked | Actual (from RTT) |
| Southport | 18+28 [P3] | 18+27 [P2] |
| Birkdale | 18/31 [P1] | 18/32 [P1] |
| Formby | 18/37½ [P1] | 18/40 [P1] |
| Hall Road | 18/43 [P1] | 18/44½ [P1] |
| Waterloo (Merseyside) | 18/52 [P1] | 18/47 [P1] |
| Sandhills | 19+00 ~ 19+02 [P1] | 18/57½ [P1] |
| Moorfields | 19/05½ [P1] | 19/01½ [P1] |
| Liverpool Central | 19+07 ~ 19+11 [P1] | 19+05 ~ 19+08½ [P1] |
| Paradise Jn | 19/12½ | 19/10 |
| Liverpool James Street | 19+16 ~ 19+26 [P2] | 19+12½ ~ 19+14 [P2] |
| Hamilton Square | 19/28 [P3] | 19/17 [P3] |
| Birkenhead North | 19/37 [P3] | 19/22½ [P3] |
| Birkenhead North Sig.577 | 19+38 ~ 19+42 | ?? ~ 19+25 |
| Birkenhead North E.M.U.D | 19+45 | 19+27 |
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