18th April 2015

Hastings Diesels Ltd
The Green Dragon

DEMU Used 1001 (formed: 60118 'Tunbridge Wells'+60501+69337+70262+60529+60116 'Mountfield')

Route : 
1Z08 : Hastings to Cardiff Central
1Z10 : Cardiff Central to Hastings

DEMU Route
as listed Hastings - St Leonards Warrior Square - Bopeep Jn - Battle - Robertsbridge - Etchingham - Tunbridge Wells Central - Tonbridge - Edenbridge - Redhill - Reigate - Shalford - Guildford - Woking - Farnborough Main - Basingstoke - Worting Jn - Andover - Salisbury - Warminster - Westbury - Trowbridge - Bathampton Jn - Bath Spa - North Somerset Jn - Dr Day's Jn - Filton Abbey Wood - Pilning - Severn Tunnel Junction - Newport - Cardiff Central
as listed Cardiff Central - Newport - Maindee West Jn - Maindee North Jn (2) - Maindee East Jn - Severn Tunnel Junction - (reverse of outward route) - Hastings

Notes : 
(1) This tour was originally advertised to run via Reading and the Great Western Main Line. 
(2) The return leg was diverted via Maindee North Jn, due to a problem with the warning horn on 60116.


1001 passing Limpley Stoke, near Bath, on the return leg (photo: Guy Vincent)

Source : Nick Bartlett

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Realtime Trains)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Hastings 06.44d [P3] 06.44   22.40a [P3] 22.41 [P2]
St Leonards Warrior Square 06.46a ~ 06.48d [P1] ?   22.35a ~ 22.37d [P2] ?
Bopeep Jn SB 06/50 06/51   22/32½ 22/33
Battle 06.59a ~ 07.01d 06.59 ~ 07.01   22.24a ~ 22.26d 22.22 ~ 22.23
Mountfield Tunnel 07/07 07/06   22/19½ 22/17
Robertsbridge 07/08½ 07/10   22/18 22/13
Etchingham 07.10a ~ 07.12d ?   22.14a ~ 22,16d ?
Wadhurst Tunnel South 07/19 ?   22/08½ ?
Wadhurst 07/20 07/25   22/07 22/01
Strawberry Hill Tunnel 07/25 ?   21/56 ?
Tunbridge Wells Central 07.27a ~ 07.29d [P1] 07.31 ~ 07.33   21.51a ~ 21.54d [P2] 21.52 ~ 21.54
Wells Tunnel Jn 07/30 ?   21/51 ?
Somerhill Tunnel 07/37 ?   21/40 ?
Tonbridge 07.41a ~ 07.43d [P1] 07.42 ~ 07.44   21.35a ~ 21.37d [P2] ? ~ 21.42
Leigh 07/46½ ?   21/32½ ?
Penshurst 07/48½ ?   21/31½ ?
Edenbridge 07/53½ ?   21/27½ 21/29
Godstone 07/59 08/00   21/24 21/25
Redhill 08.12a ~ 08.22d [P2] 08.12 ~ 08.23 [P2]   21.12a ~ 21.17d [P2] 21.13 ~ 21.18
Reigate 08*25 ~ 08*27 08/28?   21/09 21/05
Dorking Deepdene 08/32½ 08/34   21/02½ 20/58
Gomshall 08/37 08/41   20/56 20/53
Shalford 08/50 08/49   20/43 20/46
Shalford Jn 08/51 08/52   20/41 20/44
Guildford 08.53a ~ 08.57d [P3] 08.57 ~ 08.58 [P5]   20.29a ~ 20.38d [P2] 20.35 ~ 20.41
Woking Jn 09/06 09/08   20/18½ 20/26
Woking 09.07a ~ 09.32d [P6] 09.10 ~ 09.32   20.12a ~ 20.17d [P1] 20.18 ~ 20.23 [P2]
Woking Jn 09/33 [DS] 09/34   20/11½ 20/16
Pirbright Jn 09/43 09/39 [DS]   20/07½ 20/11
Farnborough Main 09/46½ [P2] 09/51   20/04 20/08
Fleet 09/49½ 09/56   20/01 20/05
Basingstoke 10.05a ~ 10.15d [P3] 10.08 ~ 10.15 [P3]   19.48a ~ 19.50d [P4] [US] 19.51 ~ 19.53 [P4]
Worting Jn 10/19½ 10/20   19/45½ [US] 19/46
Andover 10/37½ [P2] 10/38   19/30½ [P1] 19/32
Tunnel Jn 10/53½ 10/53   19/14½ 19/15
Salisbury 10/56 [P3] 10/57   19/11½ [P2] 19/13
Wilton Jn 10/59½ 11/01   19/08½ 19/09
Wishford 11/03 11/06   19/05 19/05
Wylye AHB 11/07½ 11/11   19/00½ 19/01
Upton Lovell 11/12 11/15   18/55½ 18/57
Warminster 11/17½ 11/20   18/50 18/52
Westbury 11*26 ~ 11*30 [P3] 11/27?   18*30 ~ 18*31 [P2] 18/42?
Trowbridge 11/38 11/34   18/22 18/36
Bradford Jn 11/40 11/37   18/19½ 18/35
Bathampton Jn 11/54 11/51   17*58 ~ 18*07 [UPL] 18.15 ~ 18.20
Bath Spa 11/57½ [P1] 11/56   17/52½ [P2] 18/11
North Somerset Jn 12/07½ 12/12   17/41 17/54
Dr Day's Jn 12*08 ~ 12*14 12/13?   17/39 17/52
Narroways Hill Jn 12/17 12/16   17/37½ 17/49
Filton Abbey Wood 12/20½ [P2] 12/20   17/35 [P1] 17/47
Patchway 12/23½ [P2] 12/29   17/32 [P1] 17/44
Pilning 12/26½ [P2] 12/34   17/27½ [P1] 17/40
Severn Tunnel East 12/27½ 12/36   17/26 17/38
Severn Tunnel West 12/32 12/40   17/21½ 17/33
Severn Tunnel Junction 12/33½ [P3] [DR] 12/42   17/17½ [P4] 17/29
Llanwern West Jn 12/47½ 12/53   17/06½ 17/22
Maindee East Jn 12/50 ?   17/03 ?
Maindee North Jn - -   DIV ?
Maindee West Jn 12/50½ 12/57   17/02½ [UR] 17/06
Newport 12*53 ~ 13*03 [P1] 12.59 ~ 13.00 [P1]   16*58 ~ 17*00 17.02 ~ 17.04
Ebbw Jn 13/06 [DR] 13/03   16/55 [UR] 16/52
Marshfield 13/13 [DR] 13/07   16/50 [UR] 16/48
Cardiff Central 13.24a [P6] 13.19 [P4]   16.38d [P6] 16.40 [P1]


Associated E.C.S. Workings

5Z08 : (1001) : St Leonards T&RSMD to Hastings
5Z11 : (1001) : Hastings to St Leonards T&RSMD

Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn)
St Leonards T&RSMD 06.22d 23.10a
Bopeep Jn 06/28 23/03
Hastings 06.32a [P3] 22.59d [P3]

5Z09 : (1001) : Cardiff Central to Cardiff Canton Sidings
5Z10 : (1001) : Cardiff Canton Sidings to Cardiff Central

Location Booked (out) Booked (rtn)
Cardiff Central 13.38d [P6] 16.22a [P6]
Canton Sidings 13.43a 16.19d


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