20th July 1985
British Rail
Bournemouth Centenary Express
EMUs Used | 417 & 3001 |
Route :
1Z20 : London Waterloo to Bournemouth
1Z23 : Bournemouth to London Waterloo
EMUs | Route |
as listed | London Waterloo - Clapham Junction - Surbiton - Woking - Basingstoke - Winchester - Eastleigh - Southampton - Brockenhurst - Bournemouth |
as listed | Bournemouth - (reverse of outward route) - London Waterloo |
Notes :
(1) This was a special non-stop run to celebrate the centenary of Bournemouth
Central Station, which opened on 20/07/1885. The run from Waterloo to
Bournemouth took 83 minutes 25 seconds.
Driver Peter Guy, Guard A.E. King. A gala was held in the upside station car
park, which included Trolley Buses, Traction Engines and Vintage vehicles.
Source : Nick Bartlett (on the train from Waterloo
to Bournemouth) & Chris Ellis
Timings (Booked Only)
(from Chris Ellis)
Location | Booked (out) | Booked (rtn) | |
London Waterloo | 09.30d | 18.36a | |
Clapham Junction | 09/36½ | 18/29 | |
Surbiton | 09/44 | 18/21 | |
Woking | 09/52½ | 18/11 | |
Basingstoke | 10/09 | 17/51½ | |
Worting Jn | 10/11½ | 17/49½ [UF] | |
Winchester | 10/23 | 17/33½ | |
Eastleigh | 10/28 [DF] | 17/27 | |
Northam Jn | 10/32 [DF] | 17/21½ | |
Southampton | 10/34½ [DF] | 17/18½ | |
Redbridge | 10/37½ | 17/15½ | |
Brockenhurst | 10/46½ | 17/06 | |
Bournemouth | 11.00a | 16.50d |