13th May 1995
A1A Charters
The Canterbury Tales
Locos Used | 31207, 31275, 33204, 37601, 37602 & 47716 |
Route :
1Z57 : Preston to Dover Priory
1Z31 : Dover Priory to Preston
Loco | Route |
31207 + 31275 | Preston - Bolton - Manchester Piccadilly - Stoke-on-Trent - Colwich Jn - Nuneaton - Milton Keynes - Willesden West London Jn - Longhedge Jn - Stewarts Lane - London Victoria |
37602 + 37601 | London Victoria - Brixton Jn - Shortlands Jn - Swanley - Maidstone East - Ashford |
33204 | Ashford - Canterbury West - Minster - Dover Priory - Folkestone Central - Ashford |
31207 + 31275 (1) | Ashford - Folkestone East Sidings |
33204 (2) | Folkestone East Sidings - Folkestone Harbour |
31207 + 31275 (1) | Folkestone Harbour - Folkestone East Sidings |
33204 (2) | Folkestone East Sidings - Folkestone East Staff Halt |
31207 + 31275 | Folkestone East Staff Halt - Dover Priory - Canterbury East - Faversham - Gillingham - Swanley - Shortlands Jn - Brixton Jn - Factory Jn - Longhedge Jn - Clapham Junction - New Kew Jn - Acton Wells Jn - Neasden Jn - South Ruislip - Gerrards Cross - Princes Risborough - Banbury - Leamington Spa - Coventry - Nuneaton - Stafford |
47716 | Stafford - Stoke-on-Trent - Manchester Piccadilly - Bolton - Preston |
Notes :
(1) 33204 on rear.
(2) 31207 + 31275 on rear.
Source : Richard Hughes
(on train throughout)
Timings (Booked and Actual)
(from Phil Pearson)
Miles | Location |
Booked
|
Actual
|
|
Booked
|
Actual
|
Miles
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0.00 | Preston |
05.10d |
?
|
|
23.35a
|
?
|
84.96 |
5.45 | Euxton Jn |
05/16
|
?
|
|
?
|
?
|
? |
8.63 | Chorley |
05/20
|
?
|
|
?
|
?
|
76.33 |
20.20 | Bolton |
05/35
|
?
|
|
?
|
?
|
64.76 |
29.00 | Salford Crescent |
05/49
|
?
|
|
?
|
?
|
55.96 |
31.10 | Manchester Piccadilly |
05/56
|
?
|
|
?
|
?
|
53.86 |
36.90 | Stockport |
06.05a ~ 06.07d
|
??.?? ~ 06.08 |
|
22.45a ~ 22.45d
|
23.05 ~ ??.?? |
48.06 |
39.17 | Cheadle Hulme |
06/11
|
06/12
|
|
?
|
23/02
|
45.79 |
56.71 | Congleton |
06/32
|
06/30
|
|
?
|
22/41
|
28.25 |
62.43 | Kidsgrove |
06/38
|
06/35
|
|
?
|
22/35
|
22.51 |
68.80 | Stoke-on-Trent |
06.48a ~ 06.50d
|
06.44 ~ 06.50
|
|
22.13a ~ 22.15d
|
22.25 ~ 22.27
|
16.16 |
75.80 | Stone Jn |
07/00
|
07/00
|
|
22/09
|
22/16
|
9.16 |
? | Norton Bridge |
?
|
07/05
|
|
?
|
?
|
?
|
? | Stafford |
?
|
07/10
|
|
21L26a ~ 21L46d |
21.53 ~ 22.02 |
0.00 |
87.55 | Colwich Jn |
07/12
|
07/15
|
|
?
|
21/45
|
227.61 |
104.65 | Tamworth |
07/23
|
07/30
|
|
?
|
?
|
210.51 |
117.53 | Nuneaton |
07.32a ~ 07.33d
|
07.41 ~ 07.42
|
|
20.53a ~ 20.56d
|
21.16 ~ 21.17
|
197.63 |
132.15 | Rugby |
07/45
|
07/57
|
||||
144.96 | Weedon |
07/54
|
08/07
|
||||
158.06
|
Hanslope Jn |
08/03
|
08/16
|
||||
164.89 | Milton Keynes Central |
08/07
|
08/22
|
||||
168.08 | Bletchley |
08/10
|
08/24
|
||||
182.99 | Tring |
08/21
|
08/39
|
||||
197.21 | Watford Junction |
08.34a ~ 08.35d
|
08.55 ~ 08.56
|
||||
209.36 | Willesden W.L. Jn |
08/48
|
09/15
|
||||
212.04 | Kensington Olympia |
08/59
|
09/19
|
||||
- | Coventry |
?
|
20/58
|
187.44 | |||
- | Leamington Spa |
?
|
20/44
|
178.00 | |||
- | Banbury |
19c54 ~ 19c56
|
20.21 ~ 20.22
|
157.89 | |||
- | Aynho Jn |
19/48
|
20/15
|
152.84 | |||
- | Bicester North |
?
|
19p59a ~ 20p03d
|
? | |||
- | Princes Risborough |
19/22
|
19p32a ~ 19p35d
|
125.24 | |||
- | High Wycombe |
?
|
19.20a ~ 19.21d
|
?
|
|||
- | Beaconsfield |
?
|
19/14
|
?
|
|||
- | Gerrards Cross |
18/50
|
?
|
107.95 | |||
- | Neasden Jn |
18/24
|
18/50
|
93.94 | |||
- | New Kew Jn |
18/09
|
18/38
|
88.92 | |||
- | Clapham Junction |
18c03
|
18.25 ~ 18.28
|
83.42 | |||
215.39 | Longhedge Jn |
09/07 |
? |
|
17/58
|
18/22
|
82.32 |
216.37 | Battersea Pier Jn |
09/15 |
09/27 |
||||
217.22 0.00 |
London Victoria |
09L18a ~ 09L59d |
09.30 ~ 10.01 |
||||
1.84 | Factory Jn |
?
|
10/07
|
|
?
|
?
|
? |
3.18 | Brixton Jn |
10/05
|
10/09
|
|
17/54
|
18/18
|
80.49 |
3.95 | Herne Hill |
10/06
|
10/10
|
|
17/52
|
18/17
|
79.72 |
8.66 | Beckenham Jn |
10/13
|
10/16
|
|
?
|
?
|
? |
9.81 | Shortlands Jn |
10/15
|
10/17
|
|
17/41
|
18/09
|
73.86 |
12.48 | Bickley Jn |
10/19
|
10/20
|
|
17/36
|
18/04
|
71.19 |
14.71 | St. Mary Cray Jn |
10/20
|
10/21
|
|
?
|
?
|
? |
17.39 | Swanley |
10/24
|
10/26
|
|
17/31
|
17/59
|
66.28 |
24.66 | Otford Jn |
10/34
|
10/34
|
||||
39.95 | Maidstone East |
10/52
|
10/58
|
||||
59.21 0.00 |
Ashford |
11L15a ~ 11L28d |
11.17 ~ 11.37 |
||||
14.23 | Canterbury West |
11p45a ~ 11p53d
|
11/58
|
||||
25.63 | Minster |
12/12
|
12/13
|
||||
34.59 | Deal |
12/23
|
12/25
|
||||
43.89 | Dover Priory |
12.41a ~ |
12.42 ~ |
||||
- | Sole Street |
17/22
|
17/52
|
56.78 | |||
- | Rochester Bridge Jn |
17/13
|
17/43
|
50.67 | |||
- | Gillingham |
17/07
|
17/38
|
47.83 | |||
- | Sittingbourne |
16/57
|
?
|
38.93 | |||
- | Faversham |
16/47
|
17/18
|
31.71 | |||
- | Canterbury East |
16/35
|
?
|
21.86 | |||
- | Shepherd's Well |
16/24
|
16/51
|
11.92 | |||
0.00 | Dover Priory |
~ 13.58d |
~ 14.14 |
|
16/15
|
16/44
|
6.38 |
7.42 | Folkestone Central |
14/01
|
14/29
|
||||
?.?? | Continental Jn |
14/07
|
14/35
|
||||
21.22 0.00 |
Ashford |
14L25a ~ 14L40d |
14.45 ~ 15.16 |
||||
13.80 | Folkestone Central |
15/00
|
15/32
|
||||
- | Folkestone East Staff Halt |
15.53 ~ 15.58 |
16.26 ~ 16.32 |
0.00 0.04 |
|||
14.88 0.00 |
Folkestone East Sidings |
15.02 ~ 15.05 |
15.36 ~ 15.51 |
|
15.47 ~ 15.50 |
16.17 ~ 16.20 |
0.00 1.04 |
1.04 | Folkestone Harbour |
15.10a |
15:55 |
|
15.40d |
16.13 |
0.00 |