5th December 1965

Locomotive Club of Great Britain
The Steyning Line Rail Tour

Locos Used 31866 & 82006

Route :

Loco Route
31866 London Waterloo - Clapham Junction - Raynes Park - Epsom - Horsham - Shoreham - Brighton
31866 Brighton - Shoreham-by-Sea - Steyning - Christ's Hospital - Horsham - Epsom - Sutton - Mitcham Junction - Streatham
82006

Streatham - Streatham Common - Selhurst - West Croydon - Wallington - Sutton - St Helier - Wimbledon - Tooting - Streatham South Jn - Balham Jn - Clapham Junction - London Victoria

Source : Terry Jackson

Photo Review


31866 arriving back into Streatham (photo: The Bob Mitchell Collection)


A tour ticket (courtesy: Rob Fraser)


Timings (Booked Only)
(from Terry Jackson)

M.C Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn) M.C
0.00 Waterloo 09.52d  
3.71 Clapham Junction 09/59  
8.50 Raynes Park 10/07  
- Victoria - 16.22a 140.36
- Balham Jn - 16/11 (LL) 135.47
- Streatham Jn - 16/08 (LL) 133.72
- Wimbledon - 16/01 133.66
- St Helier - 15/52 131.14
- Sutton - 15/42 128.32
- West Croydon - 15/26 123.72
- Selhurst - 15*18a ~ 15*22d
(emergency spur)
122.57
- Streatham Common - 15/11 (LL) 119.73
- Streatham - 15L00a ~ 15L09d 119.26
- Streatham Jn - 14/59 118.60
- Mitcham Junction - 14/54 116.44
- Sutton - 14/46 113.19
14.19 Epsom 10.17a ~ 10.18d 14/38 109.23
18.05 Leatherhead 10/25 14/31 105.37
22.09 Dorking North 10/32 14/24 101.33
35.51 Horsham 10.53a ~ 10.55d 13.57a ~ 14.02d 87.71
38.47 Itchingfield Jn 11/00 13/52½ 84.75
45.43 Partridge Green 11.13a ~ 11.25d - -
- Steyning - 13p21a ~ 13p31d 72.31
55.71 Shoreham-by-Sea 11/50 13/11 67.51
60.25 Hove 11/58 13/02 63.17
61.61 Brighton 12.02a 12.58d 61.61

The mileages shown above are taken from the tour itinerary but there is an obvious error on the distances from Wimbledon on the return journey to Victoria.

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