21st March 1970

R.C.T.S.
London & North Kent No.2

DEMU's Used 1033 & 1119

Route :

DEMU's Used Route
as listed Clapham Junction - Tulse Hill (1)
as listed Tulse Hill - Streatham Common - Selhurst - West Croydon (Goods Line) - Beddington Lane - Mitcham - Wimbledon
as listed Wimbledon - Merton Park - Merton Abbey
as listed Merton Abbey - Wimbledon - Tooting - Tulse Hill - Herne Hill - Walworth Rd - Blackfriars - Holborn Viaduct
as listed Holborn Viaduct - Metropolitan Jn - Cannon Street
as listed Cannon Street - Lewisham - Woolwich - Dartford - Northfleet - Hoo Jn - Grain
as listed Grain - Hoo Jn
as listed Hoo Jn - Strood - (2) Rochester
as listed Rochester - Rochester Bridge Jn - Sole Street - Farningham Road
as listed Farningham Road - Southfleet
as listed Southfleet - Farningham Rd - Swanley - Bromley South - Beckenham Junction - Lower Sydenham - Lewisham - Nunhead - Brixton - Factory Jn - Stewarts Lane - London Victoria

Notes:
(1) At Tulse Hill the reversal was via the emergency crossover just outside Knights Hill tunnel.
(20 Tour timing sheet showed reversal at Chatham Goods but was made at Rochester station instead, for reason(s) unknown.


From Andrew Fairholm's ticket collection.

Sources : David Hills (from contemporary sources) & John Clifford (on the train throughout)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from John Clifford & The Six Bells Junction Collection)

M.C Location Booked Actual
0.00 Clapham Junction 09.38d [Local Line] 09.39½
1.76 Balham Jn 09/42 09/45
3.00 Streatham Hill 09/44 09/49
4.07 Tulse Hill 09.47a ~ 09.54d 09.51½ ~ 10.00
5.49 Streatham 09/57 10/04
6.15 Streatham Common 09/59 10/05½
9.00 Selhurst 10/04½ [Emergency Spur] 10.10½a ~ 10.12d
10.15 West Croydon 10/08 [Goods Line] 10.15½a ~ 10.18d
11.29 Waddon Marsh Halt 10/11½ 10/21
12.52 Beddington Lane Halt 10*14 ~ 10*16 10/46½
13.28 Mitcham Junction 10/18 10/48½
15.58 Merton Park 10/24½ 10.53½a ~ 10.54d
16.37 Wimbledon 10.27½a ~ 10.35d [P9] 10.57 ~ 11.04
17.16 Merton Park 10x38 ~ 10x40 ?
18.12 Merton Abbey 10.50a ~ 11.05d 11.20 ~ 11.26
19.08 Merton Park 11*16 ~ 11*18 11.30 ~ 11.34
19.67 Wimbledon 11*21 ~ 11*23 11.41½ ~ 11.42
22.70 Streatham Jn 11/30 11/47
24.79 Tulse Hill 11/35 11/51
26.05 Herne Hill 11*38 ~ 11*39 11.54 ~ 11.54
26.75 Loughborough Junction 11/41 11/56
30.13 Blackfriars 11/48 ?
30.43 Holborn Viaduct 11.51 ~ 11.58 12.08 ~ 12.13
30.73 Blackfriars 11/59½ 12/15
31.57 Metropolitan Jn 12/03 12/18½
32.19 Cannon Street 12.06a ~ 12.14d 12.23½ ~ 12.30
32.56 Borough Market Jn 12/15½ 12/32
32.75 London Bridge 12/16½ [P1] 12/32½
35.74 New Cross 12/21 12/39
37.09 Lewisham 12/23½ 12/41
38.01 Blackheath 12/25½ 12/43
39.76 Charlton 12/29½ 12/46
41.65 Woolwich Arsenal 12/33 12/49
49.63 Dartford 12/46 13/09
56.47 Gravesend Central 13/01 13/21
59.70 Hoo Jn Staff Halt 13*06 ~ 13*08 13.25 ~ 13.26½
71.29 Grain 13.57a ~ 14.20d 14.03 ~ 14.25½
82.58 Hoo Jn Yard 15.10a ~ 15.17d 15.15½ ~ 15.19
86.64 Strood 15*24 ~ 15*25 15.27 ~ 15.28
87.46 Chatham Goods 15.29a ~ 15.36d DIV
? Rochester DIV 15.31½ ~ 15.39
[88.05] Rochester Bridge Jn 15/37½ 15/42
[94.10] Sole Street 15/46 15/53
[100.43] Farningham Road 15.54a ~ 16.00d 16.00 ~ 16.11
[102.40] Fawkham Jn 16/04 16.15a ~ 16.20d
[105.02] Southfleet 16.14a ~ 16.21d 16.31 ~ 16.44½
[112.52] Swanley 16*37 ~ 16*38 17.02½ ~ 17.03
[117.45] Bickley Jn 16/44 17/09
[120.19] Shortlands 16/47½ 17/13
[121.31] Beckenham Junction 16/49 17/16
[122.02] New Beckenham 16/51½ 17/18
[125.43] Lewisham 17/01½ 17/23
[127.28] Nunhead 17/07 17/27
[129.34] Cambria Jn 17/11 17/30½
[130.08] Brixton 17/12½ ?
[131.60] Factory Jn 17/16 17.35a ~ 17.35d
[132.05] Stewarts Lane Jn 17/18 17/37
[133.24] Victoria (Eastern) 17.24a 17.43

Note: Mileages in tour brochure showed reversal at Chatham Goods but this reversal was made at Rochester instead. Mileages from there per the tour brochure are still shown above, but likely to be slightly inaccurate (hence in square brackets).


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