19th November 1967

Branch Line Society
East Kent Railtour

Locos Used D6585 & D6595

Route :

Loco(s) Route
D6595

London Victoria - Canterbury Road Jn - Loughborough Junction - Blackfriars - Holborn Viaduct
D6585

Holborn Viaduct - Blackfriars Jn - Metropolitan Jn - London Bridge - Lewisham - Eltham Well Hall - Dartford - Gravesend - Strood - Rochester - Chatham - Western Jn - Sheerness
D6585

Sheerness - Queenborough - Kemsley - Eastern Jn - Faversham - Herne Bay - Ramsgate - Minster East Jn - Minster B Jn - Deal - Martin Mill - Kearsney - Shepherds Well
D6595 (1) Shepherds Well - Tilmanstone Colliery
D6585 (2) Tilmanstone Colliery - Shepherds Well
D6595 Shepherds Well - Kearsney - Dover Priory - Archcliffe Jn
D6585 (2)

Archcliffe Jn - Dover Marine
D6595 Dover Marine - Archcliffe Jn - Folkestone East Yard
D6595 (1) Folkestone East Yard - Folkestone Harbour
D6585 (2) Folkestone Harbour - Folkestone East Yard
D6595

Folkestone East Yard - Ashford - Maidstone East - Otford - Swanley - St. Mary Cray - Chislehurst - Grove Park - Hither Green 'A' Jn - Lee Curve - Sidcup - Crayford 'A' Jn -  Crayford 'B' Jn - Slade Green - Woolwich Arsenal - North Kent East Jn - North Kent West Jn - Willow Walk Sidings
D6595

Willow Walk Sidings - Bricklayers Arms Jn - New Cross Gate - Sydenham - Crystal Palace - West Norwood - Streatham Hill - Balham - London Victoria

Notes:
(1) D6585 on rear.
(2) D6595 on rear.
(3) Originally advertised to run on an earlier date (confirmation of when is required).


From The John Debens Ticket Collection
(originally supplied by Andrew Fairholm)

Sources : Terry Jackson & John Debens

Timings (Booked Only)
(from Terry Jackson)

M.C Location Booked
0.00 Victoria Eastern 10.02d
2.26 Shepherds Lane 10.06 [R]
?.?? Brixton 10/07½
3.16 Loughborough Junction 10/09½
6.27 Blackfriars 10/16½
6.55 Holborn Viaduct 10.19a ~ 10.26d [L]
7.05 Blackfriars Jn 10/31 [A]
7.69 Metropolitan Jn 10/34
8.08 Borough Market Jn 10/34½
8.27 London Bridge 10/35
10.62 North Kent East Jn 10/39
12.26 New Cross 10/40 [L]
15.39 Eltham Well Hall 10/50
??.?? Barnehurst 10/58
21.26 Perry Street Fork SB 10/58½
21.64 Crayford Creek Jn 10/59
23.38 Dartford 11/04
30.22 Gravesend 11/14
37.38 Strood 11/24
37.62 Rochester Bridge Jn 11/25
49.50 Western Jn 11/37½
49.73 Middle Jn 11/38½
55.03 Queenborough 11/46½
57.00 Sheerness-on-Sea 11.50a ~ 12.12d
64.07 Middle Jn 12/24
64.71 Sittingbourne 12/25½
72.05 Faversham 12/34
82.73 Herne Bay 12/45
94.04 Margate 12/57
99.35 Ramsgate 13/05
111.72 Deal 13/22
120.01 Kearsney Loop Jn 13/34
120.25 Deal Jn 13/36
124.46 Shepherds Well 13.42a ~ 14.00d [D]
127.35 Tilmanstone Colliery 14.20a ~ 14.30d
130.24 Shepherds Well 14.50a ~ 15.12d [D]
134.72 Buckland Jn 15/17
???.?? Dover Priory 15/19
???.?? Archway Jn 15.21 ~ 15.24 [L]
136.74 Dover Marine 15.27a ~ 15.38d
142.72 Folkestone East 15.48 ~ 15.58 [H]
144.11 Folkestone Harbour 16.03a ~ 16.09d
145.30 Folkestone East 16.14 ~ 16.18 [H]
160.15 Ashford 16/33
179.39 Maidstone East 16/55
202.04 Swanley 17/22½
206.06 St. Mary Cray Jn 17/27
206.59 Chislehurst Jn 17/29 [S]
210.69 Hither Green Jn 17/35
211.26 Lee Jn 17/37
219.53 Crayford Spur 'B' 17/53
220.02 Crayford Spur 'A' 17/57
222.24 Erith 18/03½
???.?? Woolwich Arsenal 18/13
228.79 Charlton 18/17
231.07 Greenwich 18/21
232.19 North Kent East Jn 18/23½
233.09 North Kent West Jn 18/26
234.20 Willow Walk Sidings 18.36a ~ 18.55d
???.?? North Kent West Jn 19/06
236.04 Bricklayers Arms Jn 19/10 [L]
239.34 Forest Hill 19/16 [L]
241.36 Crystal Palace LL 19.22a ~ 19.24½d [L]
244.33 Streatham Hill 19/30½ [L]
245.37 Balham Jn 19/32½ [L]
250.10 Victoria  19.43a

Key;
A: Run local line avoiding Blackfriars station
D: Shunt to or from East Kent branch
H: Shunt to or from Junction Carriage Sidings
F: Fast line
L: Local line
S: Slow line
R: Relief line

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