Timings (Booked Only)
(from John Broderick)
16th March 1991
Hertfordshire Rail Tours
The Royal Duchy
(125 Special no. 62)
| HST Used | ????? |
| Stock Used | Booked for 9-car set |
Route : 1Z46 throughout
| HST | Route |
| as listed | Leicester - (via MML) - Brent Curve Jn - Dudding Hill Jn - Acton Wells Jn - Acton Mainline - Southall - Slough - Twyford - Rerading - Southcote Jn - Newbury - (via Westbury & Frome avoiding lines) - Castle Cary - Cogload Jn - Taunton - Exeter St Davids - Newton Abbot - Plymouth - Liskeard - Penzance |
| as listed | Penzance - (reverse of outward route) - Leicester |
Notes :
(1) The following 'add-on' coach tours were available;
A: Land's End
B: Launceston and Bodmin Steam Railways
(2) Route confirmation required - above is from booked timings.
Sources : Gary Thornton & John Broderick
Timings (Booked Only)
(from John Broderick)
| M.C | Location | Booked (out) | Booked (rtn) |
| 0.00 | Leicester | 06.00d | 23.16a |
| 3.16 | Wigston North Jn | 06/04 | 23/09 |
| 16.13 | Market Harborough | 06/12 | 23/01 |
| 27.06 | Kettering | 06.20a ~ 06.21d | 22.52a ~ 22.54d |
| 33.76 | Wellingborough | 06.26a ~ 06.27d | 22.45a ~ 22.47d |
| 42.42 | Sharnbrook | 06/34 | 22/38 |
| 49.22 | Bedford | 06.39a ~ 06.40d | 22.31a ~ 22.33d |
| 58.63 | Flitwick | 06/49 | 22/23 |
| 68.68 | Luton | 06.57a ~ 06.58d | 22.13a ~ 22.15d |
| 79.16 | St Albans | 07.07a ~ 07.09d | 22.02a ~ 22.04d |
| 92.08 | Hendon | 07/20 | 21/54 |
| 93.03 | Brent Curve Jn | 07c23 ~ 07c25 | 21c49 ~ 21c51 |
| 94.07 | Dudding Hill Jn | 07/28 | 21/46 |
| 97.04 | Acton Wells Jn | 07/34 | 21/40 |
| 97.56 | Acton Main Line | 07/36 | 21/38 |
| 99.11 | Ealing Broadway | 07.39a ~ 07.40d | 21.29a ~ 21.31d |
| 102.41 | Southall | 07/43 | 21/24 |
| 111.71 | Slough | 07.49a ~ 07.50d | 21.15a ~ 21.17d |
| 117.54 | Maidenhead | 07/55 | 21/11 |
| 124.36 | Twyford | 07/59 | 21/07 |
| 129.33 | Reading | 08.03a ~ 08.05d | 20.54a ~ 21.02d |
| 131.17 | Southcote Jn | 08/08 | 20/51 |
| 146.41 | Newbury | 08/18 | 20/36 |
| 181.41 | Lavington | 08/39 | 20/10 |
| 188.00 | Heywood Road Jn | 08/43 | 20/06 |
| 190.37 | Fairwood Jn | 08/45 | 20/04 |
| 208.50 | Castle Cary | 08/57 | 19/53 |
| 231.10 | Cogload Jn | 09/11 | 19/36 |
| 236.13 | Taunton | 09/15 | 19/33 |
| 250.27 | Tiverton Parkway | 09/23 | 19/25 |
| 265.53 | Cowley Bridge Jn | 09/33 | 19/15 |
| 266.73 | Exeter St Davids | 09c38 ~ 09c40 | 19c11 ~ 19c13 |
| 277.35 | Dawlish Warren | 09/49 | 18/59 |
| 287.07 | Newton Abbot | 09/58 | 18/48 |
| 295.64 | Totnes | 10/09 | 18/39 |
| 317.36 | Lipson Jn | 10/34 | 18/18 |
| 318.76 | Plymouth | 10.37a ~ 10.39d | 18.13a ~ 18.15d |
| 321.68 | St Budeaux Jn | 10/43 | 18/04 |
| 323.14 | Saltash | 10/47 | 18/00 |
| 336.54 | Liskeard | 11.08a ~ 11.10d | 17.39a ~ 17.41d |
| 341.69 | Largin | 11/16 | 17/33 |
| 345.71 | Bodmin Parkway | 11.21a ~ 11.23d | 17.26a ~ 17.28d |
| 349.22 | Lostwithiel | 11/27 | 17/22 |
| 353.57 | Par | 11/35 | 17/18 |
| 360.44 | Burngullow Jn | 11/42 | 17/11 |
| ? | Probus | 11/49 | 17/04 |
| 372.45 | Truro | 11.57a ~ 12.06d | 16.50a ~ 16.52d |
| 385.28 | Camborne | 12/21 | 16/37 |
| 392.55 | St Erth | 12.29a ~ 12.31d | 16.27a ~ 16.29d |
| 397.00 | Long Rock | 12/36 | 16/23 |
| 398.38 | Penzance | 12.44a | 16.20d |
Coach Tour 'A' : Land's End
| Location | Booked |
| Penzance | 12.44a; go straight to road coaches |
| Land's End | 15.20d back to Penzance |
Coach Tour 'B' : Launceston & Bodmin Steam Railways
| Location | Booked |
| Liskeard | 11.08a; go straight to road coaches |
| Launceston Steam Railway | arr. 12.00 approx steam trains depart at approx. 12.15 & 13.15 passengers were able to travel on one or both, as desired 14.10d |
| Bodmin Parkway | arr. 15.00 approx; walk to B&WR platform 15.20d to Bodmin General (arr. approx. 15.20) 16.30d Bodmin Parkway arriving Bodmin Parkway in plenty of time for the returning HST |
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