25th January 1992

Hertfordshire Rail Tours
The Hills of the North
 125 Special (no.79)

HST Used 43045 + 43060
Stock Used ?????

Route :

HST Route
43060+43045 London St Pancras - (via MML) - Trent - Spondon - Derby - Ambergate Jn - Clay Cross South Jn - Chesterfield - Dore South Jn - Edale - Chinley - New Mills South Jn - Hazel Grove - Stockport - Manchester Piccadilly - Oxford Road - Deansgate - Salford Crescent - Bolton - Darwen - Blackburn - Clitheroe - Hellifield - Settle Jn - (via S&C) - Carlisle
43045+43060 Carlisle - Brampton - Haltwhistle - Blaydon - Norwood Jn - Low Fell Jn - (via ECML) - Doncaster - Mexborough - Swinton - Sheffield - Dore South Jn - (reverse of outward route) - London St Pancras

Notes :
(1) Small delay at Edale due to single-line operation being in operation as a result of a landslide.
(2) Unscheduled stop at Hellifield to clean the carriage windows prior to traversal of the S&C (as Alan Osborn comments: needless to say only the first class carriages got this treatment!).

Source : Alan Osborn (on the train throughout)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Alan Osborn)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
St Pancras 07.35d 07.37   21.19a 21.46
West Hampstead 07/40 07/42   ? ?
St Albans 07.51a ~ 07.52d 07.53 ~ 07.55   20.51a ~ 20.52d 21.27 ~ 21.28
Luton 08.01a ~ 08.02d 08.03 ~ 08.04   20.41a ~ 20.42d 21.16 ~ 21.19
Flitwick ? ?   20/34 21/07
Bedford 08.17a ~ 08.18d 08.19 ~ 08.21   20.26a ~ 20.27d 20.55 ~ 20.58
Wellingborough 08.31a ~ 08.33d 08.33 ~ 08.35   20.13a ~ 20.14d 20.40 ~ 20.42
Kettering ? ?   20/06 20/34
Market Harborough 08/46 08/48   20/00 20/27
Wigston North Jn 08/53 08/56   ? ?
Leicester 08.59a ~ 09.01d 09.01 ~ 09.03   19.46a ~ 19.48d 20.13 ~ 20.14
Loughborough 09/11 09/13   ? ?
Trent South Jn 09/17 09/17   ? ?
Derby ??.??a ~ 09.31d 09.29 ~ 09.31   19.19a ~ 19.21d 19.48 ~ 19.50
Ambergate Jn 09/40 09/40   ? ?
Chesterfield 09/51 09/51   18/53 19/29

 

Location Booked Actual
Dronfield 09/55 09/54
Dore South Jn 09/59 09/57
Totley Tunnel East 10/02 10/04
Grindleford 10/07 10/05
Edale 10/18 10.16 ~ 10.19
Chinley 10/24 10/28
New Mills South Jn 10/28 10/31
Hazel Grove 10/37 10/37
Edgeley Jn 10/43 10/45
Stockport 10c44 ~ 10c45 10.48 ~ 10.52
Slade Lane Jn 10/59 10/58
Manchester Piccadilly 11/03 11/03
Oxford Road 11/05 11/06
Deansgate 11/06 11/08
Salford Crescent 11/09 11/12
Bolton 11x25 ~ 11x33 11.33 ~ 11.37
Bromley Cross 11/40 11/43
Darwen 11/51 11/59
Blackburn 12c03 ~ 12c05 12.06 ~ 12.08
Clitheroe 12/29 12/28
Hellifield 12/47 12.52 ~ 13.01
Settle Jn 12/51 13/04
Blea Moor 13/10 13/22
Garsdale 13/18 13/31
Kirkby Stephen 13/33 13/41
Appleby 13p50a ~ 14p45d 13.52 ~ 14.47
Petteril Bridge Jn 15/18 15.23 ~ 15.25
Carlisle 15.26 ~ 15.36 15.29 ~ 15.55
Petteril Bridge Jn 15/40 15/58
Brampton 15/51 16/10
Haltwhistle 16/05 16/23
Blaydon 16c40 ~ 16c41 16.59 ~ 17.00
Durham 17c01 ~ 17c02 17.25 ~ 17.28
Northallerton 17/25 17/55
York 17c42 ~ 17c45 18.15 ~ 18.18
Doncaster 18/13 18.40 ~ 18.42
Mexborough 18/24 18/51
Swinton Jn 18/25 18/53
Sheffield 18c38 ~ 18c40 19.16 ~ 19.18

Timings continue in first table.

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