Six Bells Junction

Notes :
(1) Confirmation of whether the Shunt Move at Elmers End took place or not is required Tour was booked to ARRIVE in Bay Platform 1 THEN SHUNT to Platform 2. According to the route listed, it did not.
(2) This train was billed to be the last passenger train to use the Addiscombe branch as the line was being prepared for Croydon Tramlink. It left Addiscombe to the sound of many detonators and the same ritual at Woodside. The train also covered the Wimbledon to West Croydon line which was also closing to be replaced by Croydon Tramlink.

Sources : Shayne Lewis (On the train throughout)
& Alan Sheppard (on the train until London Bridge at 21.31)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Shayne Lewis and Alan Sheppard)

M.C	M.C	Location	Booked	Actual
0.00	0.00	London Victoria [P1]	10.58d	10.59
0.72	0.71	Battersea Pier Jn	11/00	11/00
DIV	1.36	Stewarts Lane Jn	11/02	DIV
1.58	1.61	Factory Jn	11/04	11/03
2.60	2.60	Shepherds Lane Jn	11/08½	?
3.08	3.14	Brixton Jn	11/09½	11/04
3.24	3.24	Canterbury Road Jn	11/11	11/06
3.63	3.64	Loughborough Jn	11/12	11/07
5.55	5.56	Elephant & Castle	11/15	11/09
6.72	6.73	Blackfriars [P1]	11.19 ~ 11.26	11.12 ~ 11.26
7.56	7.57	Metropolitan Jn	11/30	11/29
8.17	8.19	Cannon Street [P7]	11.32 ~ 11.40	11.32 ~ 11.40
8.55	8.57	Borough Market Jn	11/42	11/42
8.75	8.75	London Bridge [P3]	11/42½	11/43
9.76	9.76	Spa Road Jn	11/44½	11/45
11.28	12.30	North Kent East Jn	11/46	11/47
11.73	12.73	New Cross [Plat B]	11/46½	11/48
13.18	14.19	Parks Bridge Jn	11/47½	11.50 ~ 11.51
14.21	14.79	Hither Green	11/49½	11/54
16.03	17.61	Grove Park	11/53	11/56
18.24	20.02	Chislehurst	11/56	12/00
19.15	21.15	St. Mary Cray Jn	11/58	12/01
23.29	25.47	Swanley	12/02	12/07
30.52	32.69	Otford Jn	12/10	12/15
34.64	37.62	Borough Green DPL	12/16	12/20
45.74	48.12	Maidstone East	12/26	12/32
55.09	57.27	Lenham DPL	12/37	12/42
64.59	?	Ashford 'B' Jn	?	12.53 ~ 13.02
65.14	67.33	Ashford International [P3]	12c46 ~ 12c47	13/04
73.20	?	Westenhangar	?	13/12
74.41	?	Sandling	?	13/14
76.06	78.24	Continental Jn	12/57	13/16
78.27	?	Folkestone West	?	13.19 ~ 13.22
78.78	81.17	Folkestone Central	12/59½	13/24
80.04	?	Folkestone East	?	13/27
80.27	82.23	Train Roads No.3 Siding	13.02 ~ 13.09	13.28 ~ 13.32
81.17	83.26	Folkestone Harbour	13.14 ~ 13.36	13.36 ~ 13.53
82.07	84.29	Train Roads No.1 Siding	13.41 ~ 13.48	13.56 ~ 14.05
83.36	?	Folkestone Central	?	14/11
84.07	?	Folkestone West	?	14/12
86.28	87.22	Continental Jn	13/53	14/15
87.73	?	Sandling	?	14/16
95.45	?	Signal AD702 Sevington Loop	?	14/26
97.20	98.13	Ashford International [P2]	14c02 ~ 14c03	14.29 ~ 14.31
108.09	109.02	Headcorn UGL	14/13½	14/41
118.44	119.37	Paddock Wood UFL	14/23	14/50
123.67	124.62	Tonbridge [P2]	14c28 ~ 14c30	14.56 ~ 14.57
137.70	139.06	Godstone	14/47	15/21
141.36	?	Nutfield	?	15/24
143.43	144.59	Redhill [P2]	14.44 ~ 14.58	15.31 ~ 15.34
144.38	145.54	Earlswood	15/00	15/36
149.35	150.51	Gatwick Airport	15/06	15/40
152.09	153.46	Three Bridges	15/09	15/42
154.16	155.77	Balcombe Tunnel Jn	15/11½	15/44
159.22	?	Copyhold Jn	?	15/47
160.47	162.04	Haywards Heath	15/18	15/48
163.57	164.74	Keymer Jn	15/22	15/51
172.71	173.79	Lewes	15/32	15/59
173.70	175.03	Southerham Jn	15/35	16/02
179.04	180.17	Newhaven Town	15/41½	16/09
179.30	180.43	Newhaven Harbour	15/43	16/09½
179.47	180.59	Newhaven Marine	15.44 ~ 16.00	16.10 ~ 16.24
179.64	180.75	Newhaven Harbour	16/01	16/24
180.10	181.21	Newhaven Town	16/02½	16/25
185.24	186.35	Southerham Jn	16/08	16/35
186.23	187.39	Lewes	16/11	16/38
195.37	196.44	Keymer Jn	16/22	16/50
198.47	199.34	Haywards Heath	16/26	16/52
204.78	211.41	Balcombe Tunnel Jn	16/32	16/55
207.05	213.72	Three Bridges	16/34	16/59
209.59	216.67	Gatwick Airport	16/37	17/04
214.56	211.64 *	Earlswood	16/43	17/09
220.23	219.20	Stoats Nest Jn	16/50	17/15
221.18	220.11	Purley	16/51	17/16
224.19	223.12	East Croydon	16/54	17/21
224.58	223.52	Windmill Bridge Jn	16/54½	17/21
225.30	224.14	Selhurst	16/55	17.22 ~ 17.23
230.09	228.74	Balham	17/00	17/27
232.04	230.70	Clapham Junction	17/03	17/29
233.38	232.26	Battersea Park	17/07½	17/32
234.61	233.45	London Victoria [P5]	17.11 ~ 17.26	17.41 ~ 17.55
236.04	234.64	Battersea Park	17/29	17/58
237.38	236.20	Clapham Junction	17/32	18/01
239.33	238.16	Balham	17/37	18/07
240.38	239.20	Streatham Hill	17/40	18/10
241.63	240.43	West Norwood	17/43	18/15
243.37	242.17	Crystal Palace	17/48	18/18
244.29	243.03	Bromley Jn	17/50	18/20
246.43	245.24	Beckenham Junction	17.54 ~ 18.01	18.25 ~ 18.29
248.57	247.45	Bromley Jn	18/05	18/32
249.49	248.31	Crystal Palace	1807 ~ 1816	18.34 ~ 18.36
251.23	250.05	West Norwood	18/21	18/39
252.01	251.00	Tulse Hill	1826 ~ 1833	18/42
253.07	252.06	Herne Hill	18/36	18/45
253.69	252.68	Brixton	18/37	18/46
254.23	253.68	Shepherds Lane Jn	18/37½	?
255.15	254.21	Factory Jn	18/39	18/49
255.52	254.61	Longhedge Jn	18/44	18/50
256.09	255.02	Pouparts Jn	18/46	18/52
256.62	255.55	Clapham Junction	18/47½	18/53
258.57	257.59	Balham	18/50	18/55
260.21	259.23 *	Streatham North Jn	18/52	18/56
---	via	Streatham Fast Reversible Spur		( 18/57 )
260.47	259.23 *	Streatham South Jn	18/57	18/57
263.50	262.20	Wimbledon [P10]	19/04	19/03
264.68	263.77	Morden Road	19p07 ~ 19p17	19.10 ~ 19.17
266.64	265.71	Mitcham Junction	19/22	19/21
269.72	269.02	West Croydon [P3]	19/34	19/34
271.52	269.42 *	Norwood Junction	19/38	19/37
278.19	276.01	Bricklayers Arms Jn	19/46	19/43
280.27	278.12	London Bridge [P13]	19c50 ~ 20c06	19.47 ~ 20.08
281.28	279.13	Spa Road Jn	20/09	20/12
282.60	280.47	North Kent East Jn	20/12	20/13
284.41	282.20	Lewisham [P4]	20/16	20/17
285.32	283.11	Blackheath	20/21	20/18
287.19	284.03	Charlton Jn	20/23	20/22
289.16	286.00	Woolwich Arsenal	20/27	20/27
295.14	291.78	Slade Green	20/35	20/37
296.26	292.34	Crayford Spur "A" Jn	20/36	20/39
296.56	293.40	Crayford Spur "B" Jn	20/38	20/41
297.42	294.26	Crayford	20/40	20/43
300.74	297.58	Sidcup	20/45	20/45
305.01	301.65	Lee	20/50	20/51
305.22	?	Lee Loop Jn	?	20/52
305.51	302.35	Lee Spur Jn	20/52	20/54
307.05	303.69	Grove Park	20/54	20/57
308.54	305.38	Bromley North [P1]	20.58 ~ 21.14	21.01 ~ 21.14
310.23	307.07	Grove Park	21/20	21/20
312.05	309.69	Hither Green [P1]	21/22	21/22
DIV	311.08	Lewisham	21/23	DIV
314.33	312.24	New Cross	21/25	21/26
314.78	312.67	North Kent East Jn	21/25½	?
316.30	314.21	Spa Road Jn	21/27	?
317.31	315.22	London Bridge [P2]	21.32 ~ 21.45	21.31 ~ 21.44
318.32	316.23	Spa Road Jn	21/48	?
319.64	317.57	North Kent East Jn	21/49½	?
320.29	318.20	New Cross	21/50	?
320.70	318.61	Tanners Hill Jn	21/51	21/50
321.45	319.36	Lewisham	21/53	21/52
323.04	320.74	Catford Bridge	21/56	?
325.05	322.76	New Beckenham	21/58½	21/57
326.47	324.39	Elmers End	22.03 OP 22.08	22.01 ~ 22.08
328.38	326.29	Addiscombe	22.12 ~ 22.22	22.12 ~ 22.23
329.27	327.16	Woodside	22p25 ~ 22p35	22.26 ~ 22.34
330.29	328.19	Elmers End	22S43	22.38 ~ 22.43
331.71	329.62	New Beckenham	22/45½	22/46
333.72	331.64	Catford Bridge	22/50	22/48
335.26	333.22	Lewisham [P1]	22/53	22/52
337.14	335.08	Nunhead	22/58	22/56
337.78	?	Peckham Rye	?	22/58
338.27	336.18	Crofton Road Jn	23/00	?
338.63	336.54	Denmark Hill	23/01	22/59
340.73	338.64	Voltaire Road Jn	23/04	?
341.18	339.09	Factory Jn	23/05	23/04
341.41	339.34	Stewarts Lane Jn	23/07	23/05
342.08	339.79	Battersea Pier Jn	23/09	?
342.79	340.70	London Victoria	23.11a	23.09a

Notes on Mileage Columns (from Alan Sheppard)
There were a couple of obvious errors in the mileages, the main ones marked with an asterisk (*) (i) 10 miles lost between Gatwick & Earlswood, (ii) Same mileages for Streatham North & South, (iii) Only ½ mile put in for West Croydon to Norwood Junction instead of 1¾ miles.
So I have decided to do two columns.
The Left hand column shows the mileage according to Southern Region Quail (1st Edition, 1994). The Second column shows the mileage as printed on the timing sheet.

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EMU's	Route
3543 + 3544	London Victoria [P1] - Down Chatham Fast - Brixton Jn - Canterbury Road Jn - Loughborough Jn - Up Holborn Slow - Elephant & Castle [P1] - (x-overs to Up Holborn Fast) - VS372 Signal [Blackfriars Jn] - (to No 1 Carriage Road) - from No 1 Carriage Road to Blackfriars [P1]
3544 + 3543	Blackfriars [P1] - No 1 Carriage Road - Carriage Reception Line - Metropolitan Reversible - Cannon Street Curve - line "E" - Cannon Street [P7]
3543 + 3544	Cannon Street [P7] - line "D" to L75 signal then Cannon Street Reversible - London Bridge [P3] - Route to No 2 Reversible Line - Signal L149 -(No 2 Reversible line to Line 1 Down at Spa Road) - North Kent East Jn - Signal L203 (route No1 Down to No 2 Reversible) - New Cross Gate [PB] [Reversible Line] - route to Down Slow - St Johns [P2] - Hither Green [P4] - Grove Park [P5] - Chislehurst Jn to Reversible Chatham Loop - Down Chatham Slow - St Mary Cray [P4] - Swanley [P4] - Swanley Jn to Down Maidstone Line - Otford Jn - Borough Green Down Passenger Loop - Maidstone East (x-over to Up Reversible prior to station then Reversible Centre line through station ) - Lenham Down Passenger Loop - Ashford International [P3] - to Down Fast - Continental Jn - Folkestone West - Folkestone Central - Folkestone East - Train Roads No 3 siding
3544 + 3543	Train Roads No 3 siding - Folkestone Harbour [P1]
3543 + 3544	Folkestone Harbour [P1] - Up Folkestone Harbour line - Train Roads No 1 Siding
3544 + 3543	Train Roads No 1 Siding - Folkestone East - Folkestone Central - Folkestone West - Continental Jn - Sevington Loop - Up Slow at Ashford East - Ashford International [P2] - Up Slow - Headcorn Up Goods Loop - Paddock Wood Up Main - route to Up Slow by Tonbridge Royal Mail siding - Up Slow to Tonbridge [P2] - Up Redhill Reversible - Godstone - Nutfield - Redhill [P2]
3543 + 3544	Redhill [P2] - Down Redhill - to Down Fast at Earlswood north x-overs - Gatwick Airport [P5] - Three Bridges [P5] - Haywards Heath [P2] - Keymer Jn - Down Lewes line - Lewes [P1] - Southerham Jn - Newhaven Town [P2] - Newhaven Harbour [P1] - Newhaven Marine
3544 + 3543	Newhaven Marine - Newhaven Harbour [P2] - Newhaven Town [P1] - Southerham Jn - Lewes [P2] - Keymer Jn - Haywards Heath [P3] - Balcombe Tunnel Jn - Up Fast - Three Bridges [P4] - Gatwick Airport [P4] - Earlswood Jn - Up Quarry Line - Stoats Nests Jn - Purley [P1] - South Croydon [P1] - East Croydon [P1] - Selhurst [P4] - Up Brighton Fast - Clapham Jn [P12] - Battersea Park (VC552 Signal) - Up Brighton Fast to Up Brighton Slow - (route from Line "F" to "E" at station home gantry) then across to South Eastern side at Victoria via x-over - London Victoria [P5]
3543 + 3544	London Victoria [P5] - Eastern to Central x-over - Line "E" - Down Brighton Slow - Clapham Jn [P15] - Streatham Hill [P2] - West Norwood [P2] - Crystal Palace [P2] - Bromley Down Jn - Birkbeck - Beckenham Jn - Beckenham Jn [P1]
3544 + 3543	Beckenham Jn [P1] - Crystal Palace [P1] - Tulse Hill [P3] - (route to Up Holborn) - Herne Hill [P2] - Brixton [P1] - Voltaire Road Jn - (to Chatham Reversible) - Factory Jn - Down Ludgate - Longhedge Jn - Down Battersea - Pouparts Jn - Down Brighton Fast - Clapham Jn [P13] - Streatham North Jn - Streatham Fast Reversible Spur - Streatham South Jn - Wimbledon Station [P10] - Morden Road - Mitcham Jn [P2] - West Croydon [P3] - Gloucester Road Jn - Up London Bridge Slow - (route to Up London Bridge Fast at Norwood Jn South) - Norwood Jn [P3] - New Cross Gate [P4] - Up Fast - Up Main - London Bridge [P13]
3543 + 3544	London Bridge [P13] - (route direct to Up PL line) - (route to No 5 down line then No 4 down line) - North Kent East Jn - Down Fast - Tanners Hill Jn - Lewisham Vale Jn - Lewisham P4 - Blackheath Jn - Charlton Jn - Slade Green Jn - Crayford Spur "A" Jn - Crayford Spur "B" Jn - Lee Loop Jn - Lee Spur Jn - Down Slow - (Down Slow to Down Fast) at Grove Park North - Grove Park [P1] - Bromley North [P1]
3544 + 3543	Bromley North [P1] - Grove Park [P1] - Up Fast - Hither Green [P1] - Courthill Loop Jn Sth - Parks Bridge Jn - Up Fast - No 6 UP line - x-overs to No 2 Reversible Line - London Bridge [P2]
3543 + 3544	London Bridge [P2] - x-over to No 5 Down Line - North Kent East Jn - Down Fast - Tanners Hill Jn - Lewisham Vale Jn - Lewisham [P2] - Courthill Loop Jn North - New Beckenham [P2] - Elmers End [P3] - Addiscombe [P2]
3544 + 3543	Addiscombe [P2] - Woodside - Elmers End [P2] - New Beckenham [P1] - Catford Bridge [P1] - Ladywell Jn - Courthill Loop Jn North - Lewisham [P1] - Nunhead [P1] - Peckham Rye [P3] - Crofton Road Jn (x-over to Up Atlantic Line) - Denmark Hill [P1] - Factory Jn (route to Up Stewarts Lane) - Stewarts Lane Jn - Battersea Pier Jn - Up Chatham Slow - London Victoria [P5]