26th October 1985
Monmouthshire Railway Society
Sharpness Shunter
DMU's Used | 51397+59507+51355 & 51065+59424+51319 |
Route :
DMU's | Route |
as listed | Cardiff Central - Pengam Jn |
as listed | Pengam Jn - Tidal Sidings GF |
as listed | Tidal Sidings GF - Pengam Jn - Ebbw Jn - Newport - via BSC up service line - Severn Tunnel Jn - Caldicot GF - Sudbrook |
as listed | Sudbrook - Caldicot GF |
as listed | Caldicot GF - Caerwent |
as listed | Caerwent - Caldicot GF - Severn Tunnel Jn |
as listed | Severn Tunnel Jn - Patchway - Bristol Parkway - Yate Middle - Tytherington |
as listed | Tytherington - Yate Middle |
as listed | Yate Middle - Berkeley Road Jn |
as listed | Berkeley Road Jn - Sharpness |
as listed | Sharpness - Berkeley Road Jn - Gloucester - Over Jn |
as listed | Over Jn - Llanthony Yard |
as listed | Llanthony Yard - Over Jn |
as listed | Over Jn - Gloucester - Westerleigh Jn - Bristol Parkway - Filton West Jn - Hallen Marsh Jn - Avonmouth - Stapleton Road - Dr. Days Jn - North Somerset Jn - St Philips Marsh - Bristol West Jn - Parson Street Jn - Portishead |
as listed | Portishead - Parson Street Jn - Bristol Temple Meads - Dr. Days Jn - Stapleton Road - Filton - Filton West Jn - North Filton |
as listed | North Filton - Filton West Jn - Patchway - Severn Tunnel Jn - (via relief line) - Newport - Cardiff Central |
Sources :
Phil Wieland (left the train at Patchway owing to late running),
Paul Griffin (on the tour throughout)
& Jeremy Sleightholm (on from Cardiff to Patchway)
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Richard Hughes)
Location | Booked | Actual |
Cardiff Central | 08.10d | 08.11 |
Cardiff East | RL | - |
Pengam Jn | 08.14a ~ 08.17d | 08.18 ~ 08.21 |
Tidal Sidings GF | 08.22a ~ 08.25d | 08.29 ~ 08.32 |
Pengam Jn | 08/30 RL | 08/36 |
Ebbw Jn | ML | - |
Newport West | RL | - |
Newport (P1) | 08.47a ~ 08.52d | 08.55 ~ 08.59½ |
Llanwern Works West | 08/57 | 09/07 |
via BSC Up Service Line | - | - |
Llanwern Works East | 09/15 RL | 09/21 |
Severn Tunnel Junction | 09.24a ~ 09.25d | 09.29 ~ 09.31 |
Caldicot GF | 09/29 | ? |
Sudbrook | 09.49a ~ 09.52d | ? |
Caldicot GF | 10.12a ~ 10.15d | 10.01 ~ 10.10 |
Caerwent | 10.35a ~ 10.38d | 10.29 ~ 10.36 |
Caldicot GF | 10/46 | ? |
Severn Tunnel Junction | 10.50a ~ 10.53d | ? |
Severn Tunnel West | 10/55 | ? |
Pilning | 11/01 | ? |
Patchway | 11/07 | ? |
Bristol Parkway | 11.09a ~ 11.11d | ? |
Westerleigh Jn | 11/17 | ? |
Yate Middle | 11.20a ~ 11.21d | ? |
Tytherington | 11.46a ~ 11.49d | ? |
Yate Middle | 12.14a ~ 12.17d | ? |
Charfield | 12/24 | ? |
Berkeley Road | 12.31a ~ 12.34d | 13.06 |
Sharpness | 12.55a ~ 13.05d | 13.37 |
Berkeley Road | 13/25 | ? |
Standish Jn | 13/32 | ? |
Gloucester Yard Jn | 13/40 | ? |
Gloucester | 13.42a ~ 13.44 | 14.29 ~ 14.33½ |
Over Jn | 13.46a ~ 13.49d | ? |
Llanthoney Yard | 13.54a ~ 14.04d | 15.0x |
Over Jn | 14.09a ~ 14.12d | 15.21 |
Gloucester | 14.15a ~ 14.17d | 15.29 |
Gloucester Yard Jn | 14.19a ~ 14.24d | 15.32 |
Standish Jn | 14/30 | ? |
Charfield | 14/41 | ? |
Westerleigh Jn | 14/50 | ? |
Bristol Parkway | 14/55 | ? |
Filton West Jn | 14/57 | ? |
Hallen Marsh | 15/04 | ? |
St Andrews Jn | 15/07 | ? |
Avonmouth Dock Jn | 15/08 | ? |
Stapleton Road | 15/21 | ? |
Dr Days Jn | 15/23 | ? |
North Somerset Jn | 15/25 | ? |
St Phillips Marsh | 15/28 | ? |
Bristol West Jn | 15/31 | ? |
Parson Street Jn | 15/34 | ? |
Portishead | 16.09a ~ 16.12d | ? |
Parson Street Jn | 16/47 | ? |
Bristol Temple Meads | 16.52a ~ 16.54d | ? |
Dr Days Jn | 16/56 | ? |
Stapleton Road | 16/58 | ? |
Filton Jn | 17/03 | ? |
Filton West Jn | 17/05 | ? |
North Filton | 17.07a ~ 17.17d | ? |
Filton West Jn | 17/19 | ? |
Patchway | 17/21 | ? |
Pilning | 17/26 | ? |
Severn Tunnel West | 17/32 RL | ? |
Severn Tunnel Junction | 17.34a ~ 17.35d | ? |
Newport (P1) | 17.52a ~ 17.57d | ? |
Cardiff Central | 18.15a | ? |