Six Bells Junction

Route :
1Z77 : Hastings to Lydney Junction
1N15 : Lydney Junction to Norchard Low Level
1P23 : Norchard Low Level to Parkend
1L28 : Parkend to Lydney Junction
1Z78 : Lydney Junction to Hastings

DEMU	Route
as listed	Hastings - St Leonards Warrior Square - Bopeep Jn - Battle - Robertsbridge - Etchingham - Tunbridge Wells Central - Tonbridge - Godstone - Redhill - Dorking Deepdene - Gomshall - Shalford - Guildford - Ash - Farnborough North - Blackwater - Wokingham - Earley - Reading - Goring & Streatley - Didcot Parkway - Swindon - Kemble - Stroud - Standish Jn - Gloucester - Lydney Junction - Norchard Low Level
as listed	Norchard Low Level - Norchard High Level - Parkend
as listed	Parkend - Norchard High Level - Lydney Junction - (reverse of outward route) - Hastings

Notes :
(1) Steam locomotives G.W.R. 2-6-2T 5541 and Austerity 0-6-0ST WD152 were also in use on the Dean Forest Railway.

Sources : Nigel Benning & Nick Bartlett

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Realtime Trains)

Location	Booked	Actual	Booked	Actual
Hastings	07.55d [P3]	07.55	22.19a [P3]	22.17
St Leonards Warrior Square	07.58a ~ 08.00d [P1]	07.57 ~ 08.00	22.15a ~ 22.17d [P2]	22.13 ~ 22.15
Bopeep Jn SB	08/03	08/02	22/13	22/11
Battle	08.13a ~ 08.16d	08.12 ~ 08.16	22.02a ~ 22.04d	21.59 ~ 22.00
Mountfield Tunnel	08/21	08/21	21/58	21/53
Robertsbridge	08/23	08/23	21/55	21/51
Etchingham	08.26a ~ 08.29d	08.25 ~ 08.26	21.49a ~ 21.51d	21.46 ~ 21.48
Wadhurst Tunnel South	08/37	08/39	21/43	21/39
Wadhurst	08/40	08/41	21/41	21/38
Strawberry Hill Tunnel	08/46	08/46	21/33	21/32
Tunbridge Wells Central	08.48a ~ 08.53d [P1]	08.48 ~ 08.53	21.29a ~ 21.31d [P2]	21.29 ~ 21.31
Wells Tunnel Jn	08/55	08/54	21/26	21/27
Somerhill Tunnel	09/06	08/59	21/21	21/22
Tonbridge	09.08a ~ 09.12d [P1]	09.01 ~ 09.12	21.15a ~ 21.19d [P1]	21.18 ~ 21.19
Godstone	09/30	09/30	21/00	21/02
Redhill	09.40a ~ 09.46d [P0]	09.42 ~ 09.47	20.46a ~ 20.51d [P0]	20.46 ~ 20.53
Reigate	09/49	09/52	20/43	20/42
Dorking Deepdene	09/55	09/58	20/36½	20/33
Gomshall	10/01	10/04	20/30	20/28
Shalford	10/08	10/09	20/22	20/20
Shalford Jn	10/09	10/10	20/20	20/19
Guildford	10.11a ~ 10.14d [P8]	10.13 ~ 10.14	20.15a ~ 20.17d [P4]	20.15 ~ 20.16
Ash	10/23	10/25	20/07	20/03
Aldershot South Jn	10/25	10/26	20/05	20/02
North Camp	10/28	10/27	20/03	20/01
Farnborough North	10/33	10/33	20/01	?
Blackwater	10/39	10/41	19/58	19/57
Wokingham	10/46 [P2]	10/50	19/49 [P1]	19/49
Earley	10/51	10/55	19/44	19/44
Reading Spur Jn	10/53	10/58	19/41	19/40
Reading New Jn	10/56 [DM]	11/00	-	-
Reading Southern Jn	-	-	19/40	19/39
Reading	10.58a ~ 11.01d [P9] [DM]	11.01 ~ 11.03	19.35a ~ 19.37d [P15]	19.35 ~ 19.37
Reading High Level Jn	11/03 [DM]	11/05	-	-
Reading West Jn	-	-	19/29 [UR]	19/28
Tilehurst East Jn	-	-	19/28 [UM-UR]	19/26
Goring & Streatley	11/10 [P1] [DM]	11/13	19/21 [P2] [UM]	19/20
Didcot Parkway	11/18 [P1] [DM]	11/20	19/15 [P2] [UM]	19/12
Wantage Road	11/24	11/26	19/08	19/06
Challow	1129 ~ 1132 [DR]	? ~ 11.32	19/05 [DM]	19/03
Uffington	11/37	11/36	19/03	19/01
Swindon	11c50 ~ 11c52 [P3]	11.48 ~ 11.49	18c50 ~ 18c52 [P1]	18/50
Swindon Loco Yard	11/54	11/51	18/47	18/47
Kemble	12/06 [P2]	12/03	18/35 [P1]	18/38
St Mary's LC	12/16	12/11	18/25	18/27
Stroud	12/22	12/15	18/21½	18/24
Standish Jn	12/31	12/20	18/16	18/17
Gloucester Yard Jn	12/39	12/27	18/09	18/09
Horton Road Jn	12/42	12/28	18/07½	18/07
Gloucester	12.45a ~ 12.47d [P2]	12.29 ~ 12.46 [P2]	18.04a ~ 18.06d [P2]	17.57 ~ 18.05 [P4]
Awre	13/02	13/00	17/50	17/41
Lydney [Goods Loop]	13.14 ~ 13.20 [UGL]	?	17.40 ~ 17.42 [UGL]	?
Lydney Junction	13.30a ~ 13.45d [P2]	?	16.52a ~ 17.30d [P2]	?
Norchard Low Level	14.05a ~ 15.35d	?	-	-
Norchard High Level	15.50a ~ 15.52d	?	1640 ~ 1642	?
Parkend	16.05a [P1]	?	16.30d [P1]	?

5Z77 : (1001) : St Leonards Depot to Hastings
5Z78 : (1001) : Hastings to St Leonards Depot

Location	Booked (out)	Booked (rtn)
St Leonards Depot	07.35d	22.32a
Bopeep Jn	07/39	22/29
Hastings	07.44a [P3]	22.25d [P3]