5th August 2007
Past Time Rail
The Torbay Express
Did this train run? Details taken from advertising brochure
Loco(s) Used | ????? |
Stock Used | ????? |
Route:
Loco(s) | Route |
????? | Bristol Temple Meads - Weston-super-Mare - Taunton - Exeter St Davids - Newton Abbot - Paignton - Kingswear |
????? | Kingswear - (reverse of outward route) - Bristol Temple Meads |
Notes :
(1) This was the fifth of a series that was booked to run on the ten Sunday's
between 8th July and 9th September 2007, all to an identical format and times.
No mention of the traction was made in the advertising brochure beyond the
statement 'once again the old steam trains are back running between Bristol and
the English Riviera resorts of Paignton and Kingswear...'.
Source : Gary
Thornton (from advertising brochure)
Timings (Advertised Only)
Location | Advertised (out) | Advertised (rtn) |
Bristol Temple Meads | 09.20d | 21.40a |
Weston-super-Mare | 09.45d | 21.10a |
Taunton | 11.05d | 20.25a |
Exeter St Davids | 12.00d | 18.50a |
Paignton | 12.45a | 17.55d |
Kingswear | 13.20a | 17.10d |