28th March 1992
538 Railtours
Ebbw & Tawe Fifty
Did this train run? Details taken from tour advert.
Booked Locos Used | ????? & 1x or 2x class 50's |
Route :
Loco(s) | Route |
1x or 2x 500?? | London Waterloo - Clapham Junction - Staines - Reading - Southcote Jn - Newbury - Heywood Road Jn - Hawkeridge Jn - Bath Spa - North Somerset Jn - Dr Days Jn - Stapleton Road - Filton Jn - Patchway - Severn Tunnel Junction - Newport - Ebbw Vale |
1x or 2x 500?? | Ebbw Vale - Newport |
1x or 2x 500?? | Newport - Cardiff Central - Barry - Aberthaw - Bridgend - Swansea |
1x or 2x 500?? | Swansea - ??? - Salisbury - Basingstoke - ??? - London Waterloo |
Notes :
(1) Passengers from Basingstoke were to use a connecting NSE service to Reading
to pick up the train in the morning. Passengers joining at Reading were to use a
NSE service train to get back from Basingstoke in the evening.
Source : Gary Thornton (from contemporary sources)
Timings (Advertised Only)
Location | Booked (out) | Booked (rtn) |
Waterloo | 07.20d | 21.00a |
Clapham Junction | ??.??a ~ 07.25d | 20.55a ~ ??.??d |
Staines | ??.??a ~ 07.50d | - |
Reading | ??.??a ~ 08.40d | 21.05a(connecting service) |
Basingstoke | 08.05d (connecting service) | 20.15a ~ ??.??d |
Salisbury | - | 19.30a ~ ??.??d |