11th October 1975
British Rail
The Sussex Coast Express
Loco Used | 47174 |
Route :
Loco | Route |
47174 | Barnsley - Sheffield - Chesterfield - Pye Bridge Jn - Alfreton - Toton Centre - Trent - Loughborough - Leicester - Market Harborough - Lamport - Northampton - (via WCML) - Willesden WL Jn - Mitre Bridge Jn - Kensington Olympia - Clapham Junction - balham - Streatham Common - Selhurst - East Croydon - Purley - Coulsdon North - Earlswood - Gatwick Airport - Three bridges - Haywards Heath - Hassocks - Brighton |
47174 | Brighton - (reverse of outward route) - Mitre Bridge Jn - Willesden Junction HL - Camden Road Jn - Dalston East Jn - Temple Mills East Jn - Bishops Stortford - Cambridge - Ely - March - Peterborough - Grantham - Nottingham - Trowell Jn - Alfreton - Pye Bridge Jn - Chesterfield - Sheffield - Barnsley |
Notes :
(1) There was an option to alight at Haywards Heath for a visit to the Bluebell
Railway.
Sources : David Hills & John A. Thickitt
Timings (Booked Only)
(from John A. Thickitt)
Location | Booked (out) | Booked (rtn) |
Barnsley | 07.40d | 00.10a |
Sheffield | 08.14a ~ 08.20d | 23.39a ~ 23.44d |
Chesterfield | 08.41a ~ 08.43d | 23.18a ~ 23.20d |
Clay Cross South Jn | 08/49 | 23/13 |
Pye Bridge Jn | 08/59 | 23/05 |
Trowell Jn | 09/06 | 22/51 |
Trent | 09/16 | - |
Loughborough | 09/24 | - |
Leicester | 09c35 ~ 09c40 | - |
Market Harborough | 09/58 | - |
Lamport | 10/18 | - |
Northampton | 10c38 ~ 10c40 | - |
Hanslope Jn | 10/51 | - |
Bletchley | 10/59 | - |
Tring | 11/10 | - |
Watford Junction | 11/22 | - |
Willesden WL Jn | 11/34 | - |
Radford Jn | - | 22/44 |
Nottingham | - | 22c36 ~ 22c38 |
Aslockton | - | 22/16 |
Grantham | - | 21c58 ~ 22c00 |
Stoke | - | 21/50 |
Peterborough | - | 21c27 ~ 221c29 |
March | - | 21c03 ~ 21c05 |
Ely | - | 20/45 |
Cambridge | - | 20c25 ~ 20c27 |
Bishops Stortford | - | 19/52 |
Temple Mills East Jn | - | 16c16 ~ 19c18 |
Dalston Eastern Jn | - | 19/05 |
Camden Road Jn | - | 18/57 |
Willesden Junction HL | - | 18/46 |
Mitre Bridge Jn | 11/36 | 18/40 |
North Pole Jn | 11/38 | 18/38 |
Kensington Olympia | 11c42 ~ 11c48 | 18c32 ~ 18c34 |
Latchmere Jn | 11/56 | 18/24 |
Clapham Junction | 11/59 | 18/21 |
Windmill Bridge Jn | 12/10 | 18/09 |
Coulsdon North | 12/22 | 18/02 |
Earlswood | 12/30 | 17/54 |
Three Bridges | 12/38 | 17/46 |
Haywards Heath | 12.48a ~ 12.52d | 17.32a ~ 17.35d |
Keymer Jn | 12/56 | 17/28 |
Brighton | 13.09a | 17.15d |