16th February 1974

Bournemouth Rail Travel Association
The Red Dragon

Loco Used 6525
Stock Used SR allocated BSK+SO+SO+SO+RB+FK+SO+SO+BCK

Route :
1Z?? : Poole to Cardiff Central
1Z10 Cardiff Central to Poole (headcode 94)

Loco Route
6525 Poole - Bournemouth - Redbridge - Southampton Central - Eastleigh - Basingstoke - Southcote Jn - Newport - Cardiff Central
6525 Cardiff Central - (reverse of outward route) - Poole

Notes :
(1) A duplicate tour page for 15th February was also uploaded for this trip, but understood to have been in error so has been removed. One report suggests the train was 30mins late into Cardiff so the actual time given below may be incorrect.

Sources : Grahame Arnold & Chris Bracey

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Graham Arnold)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Poole 07.53d 07.58   ? ?
Bournemouth ??.??a ~ 08.15d ??.?? ~ 08.19   ? 22.53 ~ ??.??
Pokesdown ??.??a ~ 08.19d ??.?? ~ ??.??   ? ?
Christchurch ??.??a ~ 08.23d ??.?? ~ 08.23   ? ?
Hinton Admiral ??.??a ~ 08.27d ??.?? ~ ??.??   ? ?
New Milton ??.??a ~ 08.35d ??.?? ~ 08.35   ? ?
Brockenhurst ??.??a ~ 08.46d ??.?? ~ 08.46   ? ?
Southampton Central 09/04 09/04   ? ?
Winchester 09/20 09/14   ? ?
Basingstoke 09/42 ?   ? ?
Reading West 09/56 ?   ? ?
Newport 11.32a ~ ??.??d 11.52 ~ ??.??   ? ??.?? ~ 19.16
Cardiff Central 12.10a 12.10   ? 19.00


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