1st March 1969
R.C.T.S.
London Suburban Rail Tour
DEMUs Used | 1001 & 1006 |
Route :
DEMU | Route |
as listed | Clapham Junction (Central) - Kensington Olympia - Old Oak Common - Greenford East loop - West Ealing - Acton Main Line - Acton Wells Jn |
as listed | Acton Wells Jn - New Kew Jn - Hounslow loop - Clapham Junction (Western) |
as listed | Clapham Junction (Western)- Longhedge Jn - Brixton - Loughborough Junction -Blackfriars Bridge - Snow Hill Tunnel - Farringdon - Kings Cross - Kentish Town - Finchley Road - Cricklewood Jn - Dudding Hill Jn |
as listed | Dudding Hill Jn - Brent Jn No 2 |
as listed | Brent Jn No 2 - Carlton Road Jn - Junction Road Jn - Temple Mills yard - Stratford - North London Line - Willesden Junction HL - North Pole Jn - Latchmere Jn - Longhedge Jn - Stewarts Lane Jn - London Victoria (Eastern) |
Notes :
This tour of the central London area included the
restricted Metropolitan Widened Lines, which dictated the use of
'short' coaches, in this case a pair of the SR Hastings line
units. Train was delayed at Holborn LL due to a lack of pilotman.
From Andrew Fairholm's ticket collection.
Sources : David Hills (compiled from contemporary
reports),
John Clifford (on the train throughout) & John Broderick
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from John Broderick & John Clifford)
M.C | Location | Booked | Actual |
0.00 | Clapham Junction (Central) | 10.30d | 10.30 |
0.45 | Latchmere Jn | 10/33 | 10/33 |
3.33 | Kensington Olympia | 10.42a ~ 10.43d | 10.39 ~ 10.43 |
5.23 | North Pole Jn | 10/51 | 10/50 |
5.59 | Old Oak Common East | 10/53 | 10/52 |
6.16 | Old Oak Common West | 10/55 | 10/53 |
10.15 | Greenford East Loop | 11/01 | 10/59 |
10.41 | Greenford South Loop | 11/03 | 11/00 |
12.48 | West Ealing | 11/09 | 11/05½ |
14.68 | Acton Main Line | 11.14a ~ 11.15d | 11.09 ~ 11.11 |
15.54 | Acton Wells Jn | 11.17a ~ 11.21d | 11.18 ~ 11.25 |
17.43 | South Acton | 11/25 | 11/29 |
18.19 | Kew East Jn | 11/29 | 11/32½ |
18.43 | New Kew Jn | 11.31a ~ 11.35d | 11/33½ |
21.01 | Barnes | 11/43 | 11/43½ |
24.14 | Clapham Junction (Western) | 11.48a ~ 12.47d | 11.48 ~ 12.47 |
25.20 | Longhedge Jn | 12/50 | 12/50 |
25.65 | Factory Jn | 12/53 | 12/54 |
27.13 | Brixton | 12/57 | 12/57½ |
27.60 | Loughborough Junction | 12/59 | 12/59 |
30.69 | Blackfriars | 13/05 | 13/07½ |
31.04 | Holborn LL | 13/07 | 13/09 |
31.30 | Farringdon | 13/09 | 13/54 |
32.25 | Kings Cross (Suburban) | 13/12 | 13/57 |
34.07 | Kentish Town | 13.18a ~ 13.21d | 14/04 |
36.02 | Finchley Road | 13/27 | 14/23½ |
37.63 | Cricklewood Jn | 13/34 | 14/27 |
38.46 | Dudding Hill Jn | 13.38a ~ 13.41d | 14.29 ~ 14.43 |
39.49 | Brent No.2 Jn | 13.46a ~ 13.49d | 14.38½ ~ 14.44 |
41.79 | Finchley Road | 13/53 | 14/49 |
43.42 | Carlton Road Jn | 13/56 | 14/51 |
44.14 | Junction Road Jn | 14/00 | 14/55 |
44.44 | Upper Holloway | 14/04 | 14/59 |
47.33 | South Tottenham | 14/10 | 15/07 |
50.65 | Temple Mills East | 14.19a ~ 14.22d | 15/16 |
51.46 | Stratford | 14/25 | 15.18a ~ 15.21d |
51.74 | Channelsea Jn | 14/27 | 15/24 |
54.38 | Dalston Eastern Jn | 14/34 | 15/30 |
54.69 | Dalston Western Jn | 14/35 | 15.31a ~ 15.31d |
57.62 | Camden Road Jn | 14/49 | 15/36½ |
63.32 | Willesden Junction HL | 15/05 | 15/50 |
63.67 | Mitre Bridge Jn | 15/07 | 15/51 |
64.24 | North Pole Jn | 15/08 | 15/52 |
66.15 | Kensington Olympia | 15.12a ~ 15.15d | 15.59 ~ 15.59½ |
69.03 | Latchmere Jn | 15/23 | 16/05 |
69.68 | Longhedge JN | 15/26 | 16/09 |
70.18 | Stewarts Lane Jn | 15/29 | 16/10½ |
71.38 | Victoria (Eastern) | 15.35a | 16.18 |