29th August 1987

Branch Line Society
The Fife Coast Explorer

DMU's Used 2x Class 101's in Strathclyde orange & black livery

Route :

DMU Route
as listed Glasgow Central - Polmadie
as listed Polmadie - Larkfield Jn - Muirhouse South Jn - Barrhead - Giffen
as listed Giffen - Barrhead - Muirhouse South Jn - Muirhouse Central Jn - Terminus Jn - Shields Jn
as listed Shields Jn - Bellgrove - Springburn - Cowlairs - Falkirk Grahamston - Winchburgh Jn - Dalmeny Jn - Inverkeithing - Dunfermline
as listed Dunfermline - Longannet
as listed Longannet - Dunfermline - Thornton North Jn - Methil No 2 ( level crossing)
as listed Methil No. 2 ( level crossing ) - Thornton West Jn
as listed Thornton West Jn - Thornton South Jn - Kirkaldy - Inverkeithing - Rosyth Dockyard
as listed Rosyth Dockyard - Inverkeithing
as listed Inverkeithing  - Edinburgh Waverley
as listed Edinburgh Waverley - Haymarket - Gorgie Jn - Niddrie West Jn - Portobello Goods Lines  - Easter Road Jn - Edinburgh Waverley - Midcalder Jn - Carstairs East Jn - Carstairs South Jn
as listed Carstairs South Jn - Carstairs - Law Jn - Holytown Jn - Mossend East Jn - Mosend South Jn - Motherwell - Hamilton Central - Newton - Rutherglen East Jn - Glasgow Central


From Bob Mitchell's ticket collection.

Sources : Paul Griffin & Phil Edis-Blewitt

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Howard Harrison)

Miles Location Booked Actual
0 Glasgow Central 09.15d 09.14
2¼ Polmadie Depot 09.20a ~ 09.26d 09.19 ~ 09.25
10½ Barrhead 09/42 09/39
17¼ Lugton Jn 09.48a ~ 09.50d 09/53
21¾ Giffen MoD 10.05a ~ 10.22d 10.06 ~ 10.28
26¼ Lugton Jn 10.37a ~ 10.39d 10.38 ~ 10.39
33 Barrhead 10/46 10/50
39¾ Shields Jn 11.02a ~ 11.08d 11.02 ~ 11.07
42½ Bellgrove 11/18 11/15
44¾ Springburn 11/27 11.20a ~ 11.25d
45½ Cowlairs SB 11.30a ~ 11.36d 11.27 ~ 11.34
65¾ Falkirk Grahamston 12.02a ~ 12.04d 12.00 ~ 12.03
78¾ Winchburgh Jn 12/22 12/21
83½ Dalmeny 12/30 12.33a ~ 12.33d
91 Dunfermline 12.44a ~ 12.50d 12.53 ~ 12.57
101 Longannet 13.10a ~ 13.25d 13.16 ~ 13.26
111 Dunfermline 13.45a ~ 13.47d 13.44 ~ 13.48
125¾ Thornton West Jn 14/07 14/10
126½ Thornton North Jn 14/10 14/13
133¾ Methil 15.02a ~ 15.12d 14.30 ~ 15.15
141 Thornton North Jn 16/04 15.41a ~ 15.48d
141¾ Thornton West Jn 16.08a ~ 16.14d 15.50 ~ 16.15
142¼ Thornton South Jn 16/18 16/18
152¼ Burntisland 16/34 16/33
159¼ Inverkeithing 16/43 16/43
160½ Rosyth Dockyard 16.50a ~ 17.00d 16.50 ~ 17.03
161½ Inverkeithing 17.07a ~ 17.13d 17.10 ~ 17.14
174¾ Edinburgh Waverley 17.33a ~ 17.34d 17.33 ~ 17.43
185¾ Meadowbank Stadium 18.16a ~ 18.26d 18.11 ~ 18.17
186¼ Easter Road Jn 18.30a ~ 18.36d 18.21 ~ 18.26
187¾ Edinburgh Waverley 18.44a ~ 18.50d 18.33 ~ 18.53
215½ Carstairs East Jn 19/30 19/51
216½ Carstairs South Jn 19.34a ~ 19.40d 19.53 ~ 19.56
217 Carstairs 19/42 19.58a ~ 20.00d
237½ Motherwell 20.07a ~ 20.09d 20.27 ~ 20.28
240½ Hamilton Central 20/15 20/33
252½ Glasgow Central 20.40a 20.54


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