6th April 2019

Hastings Diesels Ltd
The Dave Markwick Memorial Tour

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

Route : 
1Z60 : Hastings to London Charing Cross
1Z61 : London Charing Cross to Grain
1Z62 : Grain to Angerstein Wharf
1Z63 : Angerstein Wharf to London Charing Cross
1Z64 : London Charing Cross to Hastings

DEMU Route
as listed Hastings - St Leonards Warrior Square - Bopeep Jn - Battle - Robertsbridge - Etchingham - Tunbridge Wells Central - Tonbridge - Sevenoaks - Orpington - Chislehurst - Hither Green - New Cross - London Bridge (1)
as listed London Bridge - New Cross - Hither Green - Lee - Sidcup - Crayford - Dartford - Gravesend - Hoo Junction - Grain
as listed Grain - Hoo Junction - Gravesend - Dartford - Slade Green - Plumstead - Woolwich Arsenal - Charlton - Angerstein Wharf
as listed Angerstein Wharf - Charlton - Woolwich Arsenal - Plumstead - Slade Green - Perry Street Fork Jn - Barnehurst - Eltham - Blackheath - Lewisham - Lewisham Vale Jn - New Cross - London Bridge - London Waterloo East - London Charing Cross
as listed London Charing Cross - London Waterloo East - London Bridge - New Cross Gate - Sydenham - Norwood Junction - East Croydon - Purley - Redhill - Godstone - Tonbridge - (reverse of outward route) - Hastings

Notes : 
 (1) John Clifford's comments: The train was named in honour of Dave Markwick, a long time volunteer of Hastings Diesels who passed away earlier in 2019. When originally announced, the routing after Charing Cross was to be via Crayford and Plumstead to Angerstein Wharf, then to Grain and back to Charing Cross via Blackheath. On the day I planned to join at Charing Cross. An announcement at Charing Cross told us that we had to go to London Bridge to pick it up. Apparently there had been a planning error so the train was not going to Charing Cross. The tour set off a few minutes late from Platform 6 at London Bridge. All down South Eastern trains had been using platform 7 but the maximum delay to South Eastern Trains had been only 4 minutes. On the Dartford Loop we caught up the 10.18 Charing Cross - Dartford so a slow run ensued. We stopped at Dartford Jn to let the 10.50 Gravesend - Victoria go across our path. On the return from Grain there was a stop at Church Lane Crossing for reasons I did not discover. On the Plumstead line we caught up the 12.41 Dartford - Charing Cross but managed to reach Angerstein Wharf early. At Angerstein Jn we followed the 13.35 Cannon Street - Cannon Street via Greenwich and the Dartford Loop. The stop on Erith Loop was to let 14.25 Dartford - Charing Cross precede us. The stop at Tanners Hill Jn let the 14.21 Tunbridge Wells - Charing Cross go ahead.

Source : John Clifford (joined the outward leg at London Bridge, returned to Charing Cross)

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from John Clifford & Realtime Trains)

Location Booked Actual   Booked Actual
Hastings 07.55d [P2] 07.55   17.44a [P4] 17.44
St Leonards Warrior Square 07.58a ~ 07.59d [P1] 07.57 ~ 07.58   17.41a ~ 17.42d [P2] 17.40 ~ 17.41
Bopeep Jn SB 08/02 08/00   17/38 17/38
Battle 08.12a ~ 08.14d 08.13 ~ 08.14   17.22a ~ 17.24d 17.20 ~ 17.21
Mountfield Tunnel 08/19 08/19   17/18 17/15
Robertsbridge 08/21 08/22   17/15 17/12
Etchingham 08.24a ~ 08.26d 08.26 ~ 08.27   17.09a ~ 17.11d 17.08 ~ 17.09
Wadhurst Tunnel South 08/34 08/37   17/03 17/01
Wadhurst 08/37 08/38   17/01 16/59
Strawberry Hill Tunnel 08/46 08/48   16/51 16/53
Tunbridge Wells Central 08.55a ~ 08.58d [P1] 08.50 ~ 08.59   16.46a ~ 16.49d [P2] 16.49 ~ 16.51
Wells Tunnel Jn 09/00 09/00   16/43 16/47
Somerhill Tunnel 09/04 09/04   16/38 16/42
Tonbridge 09.08a ~ 09.12d [P1] 09.07 ~ 09.11 [P1]   16.35a ~ 16.36d [P2] 16.38 ~ 16.39

 

Location Booked Actual
Sevenoaks 09/23 [P1] 09/23
Orpington 09/31 [P2] [FL] 09/31
Petts Wood Jn 09/33 09/32
Chislehurst 09/34 09/34
Grove Park 09/37 [P2] [SL] 09/36
Hither Green 09/44 [P3] 09/39
Parks Bridge Jn 09/46 [SL] 09/40
St Johns 09/47 09/46
New Cross 09/50 [P3] [B] 09/48
North Kent East Jn 09/51 [L4] 09/49
Surrey Canal Jn 09/55 [RVL] 09/50
Blue Anchor 09/56 [L5] 09/51
London Bridge 10/00 [UCX] 10.00a [P6]
Ewer Street Jn 10/02 [SL] CANC
London Waterloo East 10.04a ~ 10.12d [B] CANC
London Charing Cross 10.15a ~ 10.23d [P1] [SL] CANC
London Waterloo East 10/25 [A] CANC
Ewer Street Jn 10/27 [DCX] CANC
London Bridge 10/30 [P6] [L6] 10.33d [P6] [L6]
Blue Anchor 10/33 [DKF] 10/36 [DKF]
New Cross 10/35 [FL] 10/38 [FL]
Tanners Hill Jn 10/36 10/39 [FL]
Parks Bridge Jn 10/40 [SL] 10/42 [SL]
Hither Green 10/43 [P6] 10/44½ [P6]
Lee 10/44 10/46 [P2]
Sidcup 10/51 10/53 [P2]
Crayford 11/00 11/00 [P2]
Crayford Spur 'B' 11/01 11/02
Dartford Jn 11/06 [DM] 11.04 ~ 11.07½ [DM]
Dartford 11/07 [P4] 11/10 [P4]
Springhead Jn 11/17 11/17
Gravesend 11/21 [P2] 11/19½ [P2]
Hoo Junction 11/25 11/25½
Cliffe Sig.NK509 11t28 ~ 11t31 11.29½ ~ 11.31½
Grain Crossing ? 11.51 ~ 11.53
Grain 11.50a ~ 12.00d 11.54½ ~ 11.59
Grain Crossing ? 12.00 ~ 12.02
Cliffe Sig.NK509 12t19 ~ 12t22 12.20 ~ 12.21
Church Lane Crossing ? 12.22 ~ 12.24
Hoo Junction 12/25 12/28
Gravesend 12/31 [P1] 12/33 [P1]
Springhead Jn 12/33 12/35
Dartford 12/44 [P2] [UM] 12/43½ [P2] [UM]
Dartford Jn 12/45 12/44½
Crayford Spur 'A' 12/46 12/45
Crayford Creek Jn 12/47 12/46½
Slade Green 12/49 [P1] 12/48 [P1]
Plumstead 13/00 12/59½ [P1]
Woolwich Arsenal 13/03 [P1] 13/02½ [P1]
Charlton 13/09 [P1] 13/08 [P1]
Angerstein Jn 13/12 13/09
Angerstein Stop Board 13.16 ~ 13.17 13.11 ~ 13.11½
Angerstein Wharf Loop 13.18 ~ 13.19 13/13 [RR]
Angerstein Wharf 13.27 ~ 13.39 13.14½ ~ 13.45
Angerstein Wharf Loop 13/49 13/47 [RR]
Angerstein Stop Board 13/50 13.48 ~ 13.48½
Angerstein Jn 13/54 13.51 ~ 13.56
Charlton 13/57 13/58 [P2]
Woolwich Arsenal 14/04 [P2] 14/04 [P2]
Plumstead 14/06 14/07 [P2]
Slade Green 14/18 [P2] 14/20 [P2]
Erith Loop 14*20 ~ 14*32 14.22 ~ 14.31
Perry Street Fork Jn 14/33 14/32
Barnehurst 14/36 14/36 [P1]
Eltham 14/47 14/47½ [P1]
Blackheath 14/54 [P1] 14/54 [P1]
Lewisham 14/59 [P3] 14/58 [P3]
Lewisham Vale Jn 15/00 14/59
Tanners Hill Jn 15/03 [FL] 15.00½ ~ 15.02 [FL]
New Cross 15/04 [UKF] 15/04 [UKF]
Blue Anchor 15/06 [L7] 15/06 [L7]
London Bridge 15.09 ~ 15.11 [UCX] 15/09 [P7] [UCX]
Ewer Street Jn 15/13 [SL] 15/11 [SL]
London Waterloo East 15/15 [B] 15/12½ [B] [SL]
London Charing Cross 15.17a ~ 15.27d [P1] [SL] 15.15½ ~ 15.27 [P1]
London Waterloo East 15/29 [A] 15/29
Metropolitan Jn 15/34 [DSH] 15/32
London Bridge 15/37 [P4] 15/37
Corbetts Lane Jn 15/41 [FL] 15/40
Bricklayers Arms Jn 15/42 15/42
New Cross Gate 15/43 [P3] 15/42
Sydenham 15/46 [FL] 15/47
Norwood Junction 15/48 [P4] [FL] 15/50
Windmill Bridge Jn 15/50 [SL] 15/51
East Croydon 15/51 [P6] 15/52
South Croydon 15/54 [P4] 15/54
Purley 15/57 [P4] 15/58
Stoats Nest Jn 15/58 16/00
Redhill 16/06 [DM] 16/08
Godstone 16/18 16/18

Timings continue in first table.

Associated E.C.S. Workings

5Z60 : (1001) : St Leonards Depot to Bexhill
5Z64 : (1001) : Bexhill to St Leonards Depot

Location Booked (out)   Booked (rtn)
St Leonards Depot 07.35d   18.03a
Bopeep Jn 07/39   18/00
Hastings 07.44a [P2]   17.55d [P4]


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