30th April 1972
Southern Electric Group
Southern Belle
EMU Used | "5BEL" 3051 |
Route :
EMU | Route |
3051 | Brighton - Haywards Heath - Three Bridges |
3051 | Three Bridges - Crawley - Horsham - Pulborough - Arundel - Littlehampton |
3051 | Littlehampton - Ford - Barnham - Bognor Regis |
3051 | Bognor Regis - Barnham - Arundel - Pulborough - Horsham - Crawley - Three Bridges |
3051 | Three Bridges - Haywards Heath - Plumpton - Lewes - Newhaven Harbour (Quayside) |
3051 | Newhaven Harbour (Quayside) - Lewes - Falmer - Brighton |
This was a short afternoon tour to mark the end of the Brighton Belle which finished that day. The original plan had been to run to Littlehampton via Worthing but this had to abandoned due to engineering work.
Source : John Clifford (on the train throughout)
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from John Clifford)
Location | Booked | Actual |
Brighton | 12.20d | 12.21 |
Keymer Jn | 12/32 | 12/34 |
Haywards Heath | 12/34 | 12/36 |
Balcombe Tunnel 'Box | 12/40½ | 12/43 |
Three Bridges | 12.43½a ~ 12.48d | 12.45½ ~ 12.50 |
Horsham | 12/59 | 13/03 |
Pulborough | 13/13 | 13.17a ~ 13.19d |
Arundel Jn | 13/27 | 13/34½ |
Littlehampton | 13.31a ~ 13.40d | 13.38 ~ 13.44 |
Ford | 13/44 | 13/47 |
Barnham | 13/48 | 13/51½ |
Bognor Regis | 13.54a ~ 14.07d | 13.57 ~ 14.07 |
Barnham | 14/13 | 14/13 |
Arundel Jn | 14/18 | 14/17½ |
Christs Hospital | 14.44a ~ 14.57d | 14.48 ~ 14.57 |
Horsham | 15/01 | 15/01½ |
Three Bridges | 15.12a ~ 15.24d | 15.13½ ~ 15.22 |
Balcombe Tunnel 'Box | 15/27½ | 15/26½ |
Haywards Heath | 15/34 | 15/33 |
Keymer Jn | 15/38 | 15/37 |
Lewes | 15/50 | 15/53½ |
Southerham Jn | 15/52 | 15/56 |
Newhaven Harbour (Quayside) | 16.00a ~ 16.24d | 16.04 ~ 16.24 |
Southerham Jn | 16/33 | 16/32 |
Lewes | 16/35 | 16/34½ |
Brighton | 16.48a | 16.47 |