4th October 2014

Vintage Trains
The Cotswold Explorer

Loco Used steam: 5043 'Earl of Mount Edgcumbe'
Stock Used 96100+35470+99349?+99361+99353?+5198+5157+5191+5212+9101

Route :
1Z34 : Tyseley Warwick Road to Oxford
1Z35 : Oxford to Tyseley Warwick Road

Loco Route
5043 Tyseley Warwick Road - Small Heath South Jn - Birmingham Moor Street - Birmingham Snow Hill - Smethwick Galton Bridge - Rowley Regis - Stourbridge Junction - Kidderminster - Droitwich Spa - Worcester Shrub Hill - Norton Jn - Abbotswood Jn - Cheltenham Spa - Barnwood Jn - Gloucester Yard Jn - Standish Jn - Kemble - Swindon - Foxhall Jn - Didcot North Jn - Oxford - Wolvercot Jn - Ascott-under-Wychwood - Moreton-in-Marsh - Evesham - Norton Jn - Worcester Shrub Hill - (reverse of outward route) - Tyseley Warwick Road

Source : Nick Bartlett

Timings (Booked & actual)
(from Realtime Trains)

Location Booked Actual
Tyseley Warwick Road 07.24d 07.22?
Small Heath South Jn 07/31 07/26
Birmingham Moor Street 07.39a ~ 07.44d [P2] 07.37 ~ 07.41 [P2]
Birmingham Snow Hill 07.47a ~ 07.57d [P2] 07.43 ~ 07.59
Jewellery Quarter 07/59 [P1] 08/02
Smethwick Galton Bridge 08/07 [P1] 08/12
Smethwick Jn 08/08 08/12½
Rowley Regis 08/14 08/16
Stourbridge Junction 08.24a ~ 08.29d [P3] 08.25 ~ 08.28
Blakedown 08/36 08/34
Kidderminster 08/39 [P2] 08/37
Hartlebury 08/43 08/41
Droitwich Spa 08/50 08/49
Tunnel Jn 09/05 08/57
Worcester Shrub Hill 09w08a ~ 09w17d [P2] 08.59 ~ 09.18
Norton Jn 09/24 09/28
Abbotswood Jn 09/25 09/29
Ashchurch for Tewkesbury 09/35 [P2] 09/40
Cheltenham Spa 09/42 [P1] 09/48
Barnwood Jn 09/49 09/54
Gloucester Yard Jn 09.51 ~ 10.00 10/05?
Standish Jn 10/09 10/15
St Mary's LC 10/19 ?
Kemble 10/28 [P1] 10/36
Loco Yard Jn 10/42 10/49
Swindon 10/44 [P1] 10/50
Uffington 10/55 11/01
Challow 10/58 11/03
Wantage Road 11/02 11/06
Foxhall Jn 11/10 11/12
Didcot North Jn 11/14 11/16
Kennington Jn 11/22 11/24
Oxford U&DPL 11.26 ~ 11.46 11.27 ~ 11.39
Oxford 11.48a ~ 15.26d [P1] 11.40 ~ 15.30 [P1]
Oxford North Jn 15.30 ~ 15.40 15/33?
Wolvercote Jn 15/46 15/37
Charlbury 16/00 ?
Ascott-under-Wychwod 16/04 [P1] 16/04
Moreton-in-Marsh 16/18 [P1] 16/18
Honeybourne 16/29 [P1] ?
Evesham 16/38 16/37
Norton Jn 16/50 16/49
Worcester Shrub Hill 16.56a ~ 17.02d [P1] 16.56 ~ 17.04
Tunnel Jn 17/04 17/05
Droitwich Spa 17/12 17/12
Hartlebury 17/18 17/18
Kidderminster 17/29 [P1] 17/29 [P1]
Blakedown 17/33 17/35
Stourbridge Junction 17.42a ~ 17.44d [P2] 17.40 ~ 17.44
Rowley Regis 17/55 17/57
Smethwick Jn 18/00 18/01
Smethwick Galton Bridge 18/00½ [P2] 18/02
Jewellery Quarter 18/07 [P2] 18/06
Birmingham Snow Hill 18/11 [P3] 18/10
Birmingham Moor Street 18.14a ~ 18.16d [P1] 18.13 ~ 18.15
Small Heath South Jn 18/21 18/23
Tyseley Warwick Road 18.28a 18.29


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