29th July 1967

R.C.T.S.
Ten Counties Scenic Rail Tour

DMU Used 50168+59285+50715 & 50730+59289+50677

Route :

DMU Route
as listed London Paddington - Park Royal - Drayton Green - Southall - Maidenhead - Bourne End - Princes Risborough - Thame - Oxford - Moreton-in-the-Marsh - Honeybourne - Stratford-upon-Avon
as listed Stratford-upon-Avon - Honeybourne - Gloucester Central
as listed Gloucester Central - Cheltenham Lansdown - Ashchurch
as listed Ashchurch - Gloucester Central - Chepstow - Severn Tunnel Junction
as listed Severn Tunnel Junction - Patchway - Filton Jn - Stapleton Road - Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol West Jn
as listed Bristol West Jn - St Philips Marsh - Marsh Jn - Bath Spa - Bathampton - Trowbridge - Hawkeridge - Heywood Road spur - Newbury - Reading - Maidenhead - Slough - London Paddington

Notes :
 (1) On the return leg over the West of England main line the final 94½ miles was covered in as many minutes. Ashchurch was visited to see the five locomotives and other rolling stock owned by the Dowty Railway Preservation Society.


From The John Debens Ticket Collection.

Sources : David Hills (compiled from contemporary reports) & John Broderick

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from John Broderick)

M.C Location Booked Actual
0.00 Paddington 08.40d ?
1.20 Westbourne Park 08/44 ?
3.22 Old Oak Common West 08/47 ?
7.21 Greenford East Loop 08/54 ?
7.44 Greenford South Loop 08/56 ?
9.06 Drayton Green 09/01 ?
9.48 Hanwell 09/03 RL ?
11.26 Southall 09/05 ?
20.56 Slough 09/15 ?
26.39 Maidenhead 09.23a ~ 09.25d ?
29.33 Cookham 09/31 ?
30.72 Bourne End 09/35 ?
33.59 Loudwater 09/41 ?
36.27 High Wycombe 09.49a ~ 09.51d ?
44.37 Princes Risborough 10.04a ~ 10.05d ?
50.10 Thame 10/20 ?
57.50 Wheatley 10/40 ?
60.47 Morris Cowley 10/48 ?
63.05 Kennington Jn 10.56a ~ 10.57d ?
65.33 Oxford 11.02a ~ 11.04d ??.?? ~ 10.56
68.25 Wolvercot Jn 11/08½ 11/00
86.52 Kingham 11/30 11/18
93.54 Moreton-in-Marsh 11/38 11.26 ~ 11.27½
103.55 Honeybourne 11.50a ~ 11.58d 11.44 ~ 11.53
104.58 Honeybourne East 12/00 11/56
? Racecourse Jn 12/10 12/03
112.59 Stratford-upon-Avon 12.12a ~ 12.20d 12.06 ~ 12.10½
? Racecourse Jn 12/22 12/13
120.60 Honeybourne East 12/30 12/22
121.20 Honeybourne West 12/31 12/23
142.24 Lansdown Jn 12/56 12/55
148.24 Tramway Jn 13/04 ?
148.55 Gloucester Central 13.05a ~ 14.05d 13.06 ~ 14.07½
149.06 Tramway Jn 14/07 ?
155.06 Lansdown Jn 14/16 ?
155.23 Cheltenham Lansdown 14/17 14/22
162.43 Ashchurch 14.30a ~ 15.55d 14.32 ~ 15.55
169.63 Cheltenham Lansdown 16/05 16/07
170.00 Lansdown Jn 16/06 16/07½
176.00 Tramway Jn 16/15 ?
176.31 Gloucester Central 16.17a ~ 16.20d 16.17 ~ 16.18
202.13 Beachley Jn 16/47 ?
203.57 Chepstow 16/50 16/45
211.03 Severn Tunnel Junction 17.08a ~ 17.10d 16.55 ~ 17.07
211.72 Severn Tunnel West 17/14½ ?
221.45 Patchway 17/25½ 17/26
222.58 Filton Jn 17/27 RL 17/28½
225.72 Stapleton Road 17/31 17/33
227.15 Bristol East 17/38½ 17/37
227.42 Bristol Temple Meads 17.40a ~ 18.30d 17.39 ~ 18.42
227.72 Bristol West 18.32a ~ 18.40d 18.45½ ~ 18.47
228.39 St Philips Marsh 18/43 18/50
228.63 Marsh Jn 18/45 ?
229.32 East Depot ML 18/47 18/55
239.35 Bath Spa 18/59 19/06½
241.56 Bathampton 19/04 19/11
252.12 Trowbridge 19/24 19/29
255.52 Hawkeridge 19.30a ~ 19.31d ?
256.37 Heywood Road Jn 19/34 19/39½
264.10 Lavington 19/45 ?
284.49 Bedwyn 20/06 ?
297.75 Newbury 20/19 20.20 ~ 20.21
313.74 Southcote Jn 20/34 20/36
315.04 Reading General 20.37a ~ 20.39d 20.39½ ~ 20.40½
320.01 Twyford 20/45½ 20/47
326.63 Maidenhead 20/52 20/52½
332.46 Slough 20/57 20/57½
341.76 Southall 21/05 21/05
349.62 Westbourne Park 21/15 21/13
351.02 Paddington 21.20a 21.17


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