19th March 1988

Hertfordshire Railtours
The Severn Valley Express

Locos Used 47583, 86401 & steam: 6960 'Raveningham Hall'

Route : 1Z39 throughout

Loco Route
86401 London Euston - (via WCML, Northampton) - Rugby - Coventry - Birmingham International - Stechford - Proof House Jn - Birmingham New Street
47583 Birmingham New Street - Landor Street Jn - Castle Bromwich Jn - Park Lane Jn - Sutton Park - Ryecroft Jn - Walsall - Wednesbury - Stourbridge Junction - Kidderminster
6960 Kidderminster - Bewdley - Bridgnorth
6960 Bridgnorth - Bewdley - Kidderminster
47583 Kidderminster - Droitwich Spa - Worcester Shrub Hill - Evesham - Oxford - (via Didcot Avoiding Line) - Reading - Maidenhead - Acton Main Line - Acton Wells Jn - Acton Canal Wharf Jn - Wembley Central - (via WCML) - Milton Keynes Central

Notes :
(1) Train worked through to the Severn Valley Railway and back again.


86401 waits to leave Euston in the morning (photo: Nick Blyth)

Sources : Andy Hoskins & Stuart Prentice

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Stuart Prentice)

M.C Location Booked Actual
0.00 Euston 07.45d 07.46
5.65 Willesden Junction 08.02a ~ 08.03d 08.02 ~ 08.04
17.35 Watford Junction 08.02a ~ 08.03d 08.02 ~ 08.04
24.39 Hemel Hempstead 08.13a ~ 08.14d 08.15 ~ 08.16
31.53 Tring 08/21 08/23
46.46 Bletchley 08/31 08/32
49.65 Milton Keynes Central 08.34a ~ 08.35d 08.35 ~ 08.37
56.47 Hanslope Jn 08/42 08/43
65.68 Northampton 08/50 08/51
75.37 Long Buckby 08/59 08/59
84.67 Rugby 09.07 ~ 09.08 ??.?? ~ 09.09
96.26 Coventry 09/16 09/17
111.35 Stechford 09/33 09/39
114.46 Proof House Jn 09/39 09/44
115.20 Birmingham New Street 09L42 ~ 09L53 09.47 ~ 09.58
115.74 Proof House Jn 09/55 10/01
116.65 Landor Street Jn 09/57 10/03
121.31 Castle Bromwich Jn 10/03 10/10
112.09 Park Lane Jn 10/06 10/12
133.58 Ryecroft Jn 10/24 10/34
134.20 Walsall 10/25 10/36
135.05 Pleck Jn 10/27 10/38
135.56 Bescot Curve Jn 10/28 10/39
137.23 Wednesbury 10/31 10/42
140.49 Dudley 10/39 10/49
144.36 Kingswinford Jn 10/46 10/57
146.44 Stourbridge Junction 10*51 ~ 11*04 11.00 ~ 11.01
153.23 Kidderminster 11L17 ~ 11L30 11.15 ~ 11.50
153.52 Kidderminster Jn 11/32 11/52
155.62 Bewdley 11.42a ~ 12.30d 12.04 ~ 12.40
159.28 Arley 12/41 12/51
161.55 Highley 12/48 12/58
163.67 Hampton Loade 12/55 13/06
168.28 Bridgnorth 13.10a ~ 14.32d 13.23 ~ 14.50
172.69 Hampton Loade 14/47 ?
175.01 Highley 14/54 ?
177.28 Arley 15/00 15/16
180.74 Bewdley 15x11 ~ 15x20 15.29 ~ 15.30
183.04 Kidderminster Jn 15/30 ?
183.33 Kidderminster 15L33 ~ 15L51 15.42 ~ 15.58
187.07 Hartlebury 15/57 ?
192.69 Droitwich Spa 16/03 16/08
198.01 Tunnel Jn 16/10 16/13
198.48 Worcester Shrub Hill 16c11 ~ 16c15 16.14 ~ 16.16
201.53 Norton Jn 16*20 ~ 16*24 16.25 ~ 16.27
? Evesham SB 16t35 16.39
212.24 Evesham 16*37 ~ 16*48 16/51
227.23 Moreton-in-Marsh 17t06 17.08
238.43 Ascott-under-Wychwood 17*16 ~ 17*20 ??.?? ~ 17.21
252.47 Wolvercot Jn 17/33 17/32
255.38 Oxford 17/39 17/35
265.05 Didcot North Jn 17/56 17/43
266.12 Didcot East Jn 17/57 17/44
282.72 Reading 18.13a ~ 18.15d 18.02 ~ 18.07
287.69 Twyford 18/22 18/14
294.51 Maidenhead 18/26 18/21
300.34 Slough 18/30 18/27
309.64 Southall 18/36 18/34
313.14 Ealing Broadway 18.40a ~ 18.43d 18.37 ~ 18.39
314.49 Acton Main Line 18/47 18/43
315.21 Acton Wells 18/51 18/46
315.61 Acton Canal Wharf 18/55 18/55
318.79 Wembley Central 19/06 19/09
328.30 Watford Junction 19.16a ~ 19.17d 19.18 ~ ??.??
335.34 Hemel Hempstead 19.25a ~ 19.26d ?
342.48 Tring 19/33 ?
357.41 Bletchley 19/43 ?
360.60 Milton Keynes Central 19.46a ?


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