1st April 1972
R.C.T.S.
Brighton Belle Commemorative
EMU Used | "5BEL" no. 3053 |
Route :
EMU | Route |
3053 | London Waterloo - Clapham Junction - Brentford Central - Staines Central - Chertsey - Byfleet Junc. - Woking - Guildford - Haslemere - Havant - Portsmouth Harbour |
3053 | Portsmouth Harbour - Havant - Chichester - Barnham |
3053 | Barnham - Bognor Regis |
3053 | Bognor Regis - Barnham - Littlehampton |
3053 | Littlehampton - Arundel - Pulborough - Horsham - Crawley - Three Bridges |
3053 | Three Bridges - Haywards Heath - Plumpton - Lewes - Polegate - Eastbourne |
3053 | Eastbourne - Bexhill Central - Hastings - Ore |
3053 | Ore - Hastings - Bexhill Central - Eastbourne |
3053 | Eastbourne - Polegate - Lewes |
3053 | Lewes (- Newhaven Town - Seaford |
3053 | Seaford - Newhaven Harbour |
3053 | Newhaven Harbour - Newhaven Harbour (Quayside platform) (1) |
3053 | Newhaven Harbour (Quayside platform) (1) - Newhaven Town - Lewes - Falmer - Brighton |
3053 | Brighton - Haywards Heath - Three Bridges - Quarry line - East Croydon - Selhurst - Clapham Junction - Battersea Park - London Victoria |
Notes :
(1) Booked route omitted the Quayside branch.
This tour was repeated one week later in exactly the same format.
Source : John Clifford (on the train throughout)
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from John Clifford)
Location | Booked | Actual |
Waterloo | 10.10d | 10.09½ |
Queens Road | 10/14½ | 10/14½ |
Point Pleasant Jn | 10/18½ | 10/18 |
Barnes | 10/21 | 10/20½ |
Hounslow | 10/30 | 10/29 |
Feltham Jn | 10/32 | 10/31 |
Staines Central | 10/40 | 10/38 |
Virginia Water | 10/47 | 10/45 |
Addlestone Jn | 10/55 | 10/53 |
Byfleet Jn | 10/58 | 10/55 |
Woking Jn | 11/03½ | 11.01a ~ 11.01½d |
Guildford | 11/12 | 11/10½ |
Haslemere | 11/30 | 11.29a ~ 11.35d |
Petersfield | 11/46 | 11/47 |
Havant | 12/01 | 12/01 |
Portcreek Jn | 12/07½ | 12/05 |
Porstmouth & Southsea (HL) | 12/13 | 12/11 |
Portsmouth Harbour | 12.17a ~ 12.23d | 12.13 ~ 12.23 |
Porstmouth & Southsea (HL) | 12/26 | 12/25 |
Portcreek Jn | 12/31½ | 12/30 |
Havant | 12/36 | 12/34 |
Chichester | 12/50 | 12/49 |
Barnham | 12.58a ~ 13.04d | 12.59 ~ 13.03 |
Bognor Regis | 13.11a ~ 13.31d | 13.10 ~ 13.31½ |
Barnham | 13/36½ | 13/36½ |
Ford | 13/40 | 13/40 |
Littlehampton | 13.44a ~ 13.49d | 13.44 ~ 13.49 |
Arundel Jn | 13/53 | 13/55½ |
Arundel | 13/55½ | 13/57½ |
Pulborough | 14/05 | 14/07½ |
Christs Hospital | 14.16a ~ 14.24d | 14.18 ~ 14.25 |
Horsham | 14/28 | 14/29 |
Three Bridges | 14.40a ~ 14.48d | 14.40 ~ 14.48 |
Balcombe Tunnel 'Box | 14/42 | 14/53 |
Haywards Heath | 14/58 | 14/58½ |
Keymer Jn | 15/02½ | 15/02 |
Lewes | 15/14½ | 15.13a ~ 15.14d |
Southerham Jn | 15/17 | 15/16 |
Polegate | 15/29 | 15/27 |
Eastbourne | 15.35a ~ 16.07d | 15.33 ~ 16.07 |
Hampden Park | 16/10½ | 16/10½ |
Pevensey | 16/15 | 16/15 |
Bexhill Central | 16/23 | 16/21½ |
Bopeep Jn | 16/27 | 16/25½ |
Hastings | 16/31 | 16/29 |
Ore | 16.33a ~ 16.43d | 16.32 ~ 16.43½ |
Hastings | 16/47 | 16.47a ~ 16.47d |
Bopeep Jn | 16/50½ | 16/52 |
Bexhill Central | 16/55 | 16/56 |
Pevensey | 17/06½ | 17/02 |
Hampden Park | 17/11 | 17/08 |
Eastbourne | 17.14a ~ 17.18d | 17.11 ~ 17.18 |
Hampden Park | 17/21 | 17/21½ |
Polegate | 17/24 | 17/24 |
Southerham Jn | 17/36 | 17/36 |
Lewes | 17.41a ~ 17.45d | 17.38½ ~ 17.45 |
Southerham Jn | 17/48 | 17/47½ |
Seaford | 18.00a ~ 18.10d | 17.59½ ~ 18.10 |
Newhaven Harbour | 18.15a | 18.14a ~ 18.17d |
Newhaven Quayside | - | 18.18a ~ 18.27d |
Newhaven Harbour | 18.28d | 18.28 ~ 18.29½ |
Southerham Jn | 18/36 | 18/37 |
Lewes | 18/38 | 18/38½ |
Brighton | 18.51a ~ 19.21d | 18.50 ~ 19.21 |
Keymer Jn | 19/32½ | 19/32 |
Haywards Heath | 19/35½ | 19/35 |
Balcombe Tunnel 'Box | 19/41½ | 19/40½ |
Three Bridges | 19/44 | 19/42½ |
Earlswood | 19/51 | 19/50 |
Coulsdon North | 19/58 | 19/59 |
Windmill Bridge Jn | 20/03 | 20/05 |
Streatham Jn | 20/07½ | 20/08 |
Balham Jn | 20/09 | 20/10 |
Victoria | 20.16a | 20.18d |