7th July 1957

L.C.G.B.
The South Western Limited
(Diamond Jubilee Special)

Did this tour run? Details taken from a pristine condition tour brochure.

Route :

Booked Loco Booked Route
Class M7 London Waterloo - Clapham Junction - Barnes - Brentford Central - Hounslow - Feltham - Staines Central - Virginia Water - Ascot - Frimley - Ash Vale - Aldershot - Bentley - Alton - Alresford - Winchester City - Eastleigh (1)
Class 0395 Goods Eastleigh - St Denys - Northam Jn - Southampton Central - Redbridge - Brockenhurst - Ringwood - Wimbourne - Broadstone
Class 700 Broadstone - Wimbourne - Fordingbridge - Salisbury
Greyhound Class Salisbury - Andover Junction - Worting Jn - Basingstoke - Fleet - Woking - Esher - Surbiton - Wimbledon - Clapham Junction - London Waterloo

Notes :
(1) A guided tour of Eastleigh Works was due to be made during the train layover.
(2) Train was booked to be formed using SR 'Surrey Warner' designed corridor coaches plus a buffet car. Six of the coaches to be used were anticipated to be taken from: S723, S725, S747, S758, S3195, S3196 or S7181.

Source : John Debens

Timings (Booked Only)
(from John Debens)

M.C Location Booked
0.00 Waterloo 09.46d
2.50 Queens Road (Battersea) 09/52
7.04 Barnes 10/01
10.52 Brentford Central 10/08
13.41 Hounslow 10/15
14.40 Feltham Jn 10/18
20.09 Staines Central 10.29a ~ 10.34d
24.23 Virginia Water 10/43
30.03 Ascot 10.55 ~ 11.03
38.59 Frimley 11/24
39.47 Frimley Jn 11/26
41.76 Ash Vale 11/30
44.39 Aldershot 11/36
47.44 Farnham 11/43
56.24 Alton 12.01 ~ 12.19
73.20 Winchester Jn 12/56
82.25 Eastleigh 13L10a ~ 15L30d
88.09 Southampton Central 15/41
102.50 Brockenhurst 16.00 ~ 16.10
103.55 Lymington Jn 16/13
135.49 Broadstone 16L50 ~ 17L00
142.52 West Moors 17/22
161.33 Alderbury Jn 17/55
165.43 Tunnel Jn 18/02
166.51 Salisbury 18L05 ~ 18L34
200.04 Worting Jn 19/10
226.01 Woking Jn 19/33
237.01 Hampton Court Jn 19/43
246.36 Clapham Junction 19/53
250.26 Waterloo 20.00a


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