27th February 1993

Hertfordshire Rail Tours
Tyne & Wear
 (125 Special No.97)

HSTs used 43043+43073
Stock Used 41077+40746+41078+41046+40753+42151+42152+42153+44051

Route : 1G06 throughout

 
HST Route
as listed London Kings Cross - Potters Bar - Stevenage - Peterborough - Doncaster - York - Darlington - Shildon - Eastgate
as listed Eastgate - Shildon - Darlington
as listed Darlington - Durham - King Edward Bridge South Jn - Newcastle-upon-Tyne
as listed Newcastle-upon-Tyne - King Edward Bridge South Jn - Durham - Darlington - York - Doncaster - Peterborough - Stevenage - Potters Bar - London Kings Cross

Notes :
(1) There was an option to leave the train at Stanhope and visit the museum at Beamish, rejoining the train at Newcastle.


A snowy scene at Eastgate (photo: Mark Harrington)

Sources : Dave Burbridge & Alan Sheppard

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Alan Sheppard)

 

M.C Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual M.C
0.00 Kings Cross 08.10d ?   21.18a ? 599.72
2.41 Finsbury Park 08/14 ?   21/08 ? 597.31
4.78 Alexandra Palace 08/16 ?   21/04 ? 594.74
12.57 Potters Bar 08.21a ~ 08.23d ?   20.55a ~ 20.57d ? 587.15
20.25 Welwyn Garden City 08/27 ?   20/50 ? 579.47
? Woolmer Green ? ?   20/48 ? 575.79
27.45 Stevenage 08.32a ~ 08.34d ?   20.42a ~ 20.44d ? 572.27
31.74 Hitchin 08/38 ?   20/38 ? 567.78
44.10 Sandy 08/44 ?   20/32 ? 555.62
58.70 Huntingdon 08/51 ?   20/23 ? 541.02
69.26 Holme 08/56 ?  
76.29 Peterborough 09.02a ~ 09.04d ?   20.09a ~ 20.11d ? 523.43
84.64 Tallington 09/10 ?   20/03 ? 515.08
99.61 Stoke 09/18 ?   19/55 ? 500.11
105.38 Grantham 09.22a ~ 09.24d ??.?/ ~ 09.31   19.45a ~ 19.47d 19.39a ~ 19.40d 494.34
109.56 Barkston South Jn 09/28 ?   19/41 ? 490.16
120.08 Newark Northgate 09/33 ?   19/35 19/30 479.64
138.49 Retford 09/42 ?   19/26 19/21 461.23
152.00 Loversall Carr Jn 09/52 ?   19/17 ? 447.72
155.77 Doncaster 09/54 ?   19/15 19/11 443.75
160.16 Shaftholme Jn 09/57 ?   19/13 ? 439.56
169.16 Temple Hirst Jn 10/01 ?   19/06 ? 430.56
174.75 Hambleton North Jn 10/04 ?   19/03 ? 424.77
182.79 Colton Jn 10/10 10.17a ~ 10.19d   18/59 ? 416.73
188.40 York 10/14 10.25a ~ 10.30d   18/54 18/51 411.32
190.11 Skelton Jn 10/17 10/32   18/52 ? 409.61
198.00 Tollerton 10/25 ?   18/48 ? 401.72
210.56 Thirsk 10/35 ?   18/42 ? 389.16
218.36 Northallerton 10/42 10/48   18/38 ? 381.36
 
232.50 Darlington 10c52a ~ 11c02d 10.56 ~ 11.02   13.57a ? 295.10
233.73 North Road 11/05 11/07   13/53 ? 293.67
238.32 Heighington 11/12 11/16   13/44 ? 289.28
241.52 Shildon 11/18 11/25   13/38 ? 286.08
244.51 Bishop Auckland 11/22 11/31   13/33 ? 283.09
260.56 Stanhope ? 12/14   12.36a ~ 12.51d 12.47 ~ ??.?? 267.04
263.38 Eastgate (station site) ? 12.22a ~ 12.30d   ? ? 264.22
263.70 Eastgate 12.15a 12.32   12.23d 12.37 263.70
 
295.10 Darlington 13.57a ~ 14.05d ?   18/31 ? 367.22
307.17 Ferryhill South Jn 14/14 ?   18/22 ? 355.15
309.73 Tursdale Jn 14/16 ?   18/20 ? 352.39
317.13 Durham 14/20 ?   18/16 ? 345.19
330.42 King Edward Bridge South Jn 14/31 ?   17/58 17/57 331.70
331.16 Newcastle 14.33a ?   17.55d 17.55 331.16


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