18th & 19th September 2015

Pathfinder Tours
The Border Reiver

Tour postponed to ??/??/2016, due to lack of timings from Network Rail.

Route :

Advertised Loco(s) Advertised Route
T&T D.B.S. Class 66 Eastleigh - Winchester - Basingstoke - Bramley - Reading West Jn - Tilehurst - Didcot Parkway - Oxford - Banbury - Leamington Spa - Coventry - Nuneaton - Stafford - Basford Hall Jn - Crewe Independent/Down Liverpool Lines - Warrington Bank Quay - Preston - Carlisle - Kingmoor [Down Goods, Arrival/Departure Lines] - Gretna Jn - Beattock - Carstairs South Jn - Carstairs East Jn - Midcalder Jn - Edinburgh Waverley - Portobello Jn - Niddrie South Jn - Stow - Galashiels - Tweedbank
T&T D.B.S. Class 66 Tweedbank - Galashiels - Stow - Niddrie South Jn - Portobello Jn - Edinburgh Waverley - Gorgie Jn - Craiglockhart Jn - Niddrie West Jn - Niddrie South Jn - Millerhill West Jn - Millerhill East Jn - Monktonhall Jn - Dunbar - Berwick-upon-Tweed - Morpeth North Jn - Hepscott Jn - Bedlington - Newsham North Jn - Benton Jn - Newcastle - Pelaw - Sunderland - Hartlepool - Stockton - Eaglescliffe - Yarm - Boroughbridge Road Jn - York - Church Fenton - Pontefract Baghill - Beighton Jn - Chesterfield - Toton Centre - Trent Jns - Leicester - Hinckley - Nuneaton - Water Orton - Bordesley Jn - Solihull - Leamington Spa - (reverse of outward route) - Eastleigh

Notes : 
(1) This tour was to have run to celebrate the recent opening of the line from Edinburgh Waverley to Tweedbank. It was planned to run over night from Eastleigh, in order to cover the Tweedbank line before the commencement of the daily service trains.

Source : Nick Bartlett (booked on tour)

Timings (Advertised only)
(from Pathfinders brochure)

Location Advertised (out) Advertised (rtn)
Eastleigh 18.20d 21.40a
Basingstoke 18.55d 21.05a
Tilehurst 19.20d 20.40a
Didcot Parkway 19.40d 20.20a
Oxford 20.00d 20.00a
Banbury 20.25d 19.35a
Leamington Spa 20.50d 19.10a
Coventry 21.10d -
Nuneaton 21.35d 18.00a
Tweedbank ??.??a ??.??d


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