22nd March 1964

R.C.T.S. / L.C.G.B.
The Sussex Downsman Rail Tour

Locos Used 31411, 33027, 34066 'Spitfire' & 41287
Stock Used [1] 9 coaches
[2] 7 coaches

Route :

Loco Stock Route
33027 [1]

London Waterloo - Raynes Park - Epsom - Effingham Junction - Guildford - Horsham
31411 [1] Horsham - Shoreham - Hove - Preston Park - Three Bridges
33027 [1] Three Bridges - Forest Row - Tunbridge Wells West
34066 [1] Tunbridge Wells West - Heathfield - Polegate - Pevensey
31411 [1] Pevensey - Lewes Goods Lines - Lewes - Brighton
41287 [2] Brighton - London Road - Kemp Town
41287 [2] Kemp Town - Brighton
34066 [1] Brighton - Lewes - Eridge - Ashurst Jn - Edenbridge Town - Hurst Green Jn - Oxted - East Croydon - London Victoria

Source : Terry Jackson

Photo Review


34066 at Tunbridge Wells West (photo: J.J. Davis/The John Debens Collection)


31411 at ??? (photo: Alan Sainty Collection)
(any information on the location of this photo will be gratefully received)
Tony Hillman suggests this might be Pevensey, where 34066 handed over to
31411.


41287 at Kemp Town (photo : John Broderick - courtesy of www.30937.co.uk)


A tour name roof board (photo: The John Debens Collection)


From The John Debens Ticket Collection.


Timings (Booked & Actual)
(booked from Terry Jackson, actual from John Broderick)

M.C Location Booked Actual
0.00 Waterloo 09.00d TL 09.00
3.71 Clapham Junction 09/08 09/08
8.50 Raynes Park 09/16 09/15
9.58 Motspur Park 09/18 09/17
14.19 Epsom 09.27a ~ 09.28d 09.26 ~ 09.27½
18.05 Leatherhead 09/35 09/35½
20.48 Bookham 09/39 09/41
22.23 Effingham Junction 09/43 09/44½
31.03 Guildford 09.55a ~ 09.58d 10.03½ ~ 10.05
32.19 Peasmarsh Jn 10/04 10/11
34.37 Bramley & Wonersh 10/07 10/14
39.33 Cranleigh 10p16a ~ 10p28d 10.21 ~ 10.31
42.25 Baynards 10/34 10/37
48.21 Christ's Hospital 10/46 10/46½
50.52 Horsham 10L50a ~ 11L00d 10.43 ~ 11.00
53.48 Itchingfield Jn 11/04 11/08
60.44 Partridge Green 11p16a ~ 11p16d 11.18 ~ 11.27
66.12 Steyning 11/36 11/36
70.72 Shoreham-by-Sea 11/45 11/44
75.26 Hove 11/53 11/53
76.61 Preston Park 11/57 11/56
85.14 Keymer Jn 12/11 12/07
88.25 Haywards Heath 12/17 12/10½
96.62 Three Bridges 12L29a ~ 12L43d 12.24 ~ 12.43
99.24 Rowfant 12/50 12/53
103.35 East Grindstead 12*58a ~ 13*08d 13.02 ~ 13.08½
106.74 Forest Row 13*18a ~ 13*20d 13/20
113.12 Ashurst Jn 13/32 13/31½
114.50 Groombridge 13/35 13/34½
117.70 Tunbridge Wells West 13L41a ~ 14L00d 13.40 ~ 14.00
120.?? Groombridge 14/07 14/06
121.15 Birchden Jn 14/09 14/08
122.12 Eridge 14/12 14/11
123.36 Redgate Mill Jn 14/15 14/16½
125.23 Rotherfield 14/22 14/21½
128.30 Mayfield 14/30 14/33
131.65 Heathfield 14/41 ?
134.26 Horam 14/49 14/51
39.57 Hailsham 15p00a ~ 15p05d 15.01½ ~ 15.07½
142.54 Polegate 15/12 15/13½
144.40 Stone Cross Jn 15/16 15/17½
146.03 Pevensey & Westham 15L20a ~ 15L33d 15.20 ~ 15.30½
147.46 Stone Cross Jn 15/38 15/35
149.32 Polegate 15/42 15/38½
160.23 Southerham Jn 15/56 15/56
160.45 Lewes East Sidings 15.59a ~ 16.22d 16.09 ~ 16.23
160.45 Lewes Tunnel 16.26a ~ 16.28d 16.27 ~ 16.32
161.22 Lewes 16.31a ~ 16.33d ??.?? ~ 16.38½
168.47 Kemp Town Jn 16/47 16/54
169.43 Brighton 16.50a ~ 17.00d
(change trains)		 16.58 ~ 17.01
170.39 Kemp Town Jn 17/03 17/05½
171.71 Kemp Town 17p10a ~ 17p30d 17.11 ~ 17.30
173.23 Kemp Town Jn 17/37 17/35½
174.19 Brighton 17.40a ~ 17.55d
(change trains)		 17.39 ~ 17.54½
175.15 Kemp Town Jn 17/58 17/57½
182.20 Lewes 18/12 18/12
190.70 Uckfield 18/25 18/21
197.73 Crowborough 18/35 18/31
200.90 Redgate Mill Jn 18/38 18/34
201.33 Eridge 18w40a ~ 18w44d 18.36 ~ 18.44
202.30 Birchden Jn 18/46 ?
203.28 Ashurst Jn 18/48 ?
211.39 Edenbridge Town 18/58 18/58
215.51 Hurst Green Jn 19/05 19/03
216.63 Oxted 19/07 19/05½
225.68 South Croydon 19/22 19/21
226.60 East Croydon 19.24a ~ 19.26d 19.24 ~ 19.26
227.21 Windmill Bridge Jn 19/27 TL ?
230.61 Streatham Jn 19/32 TL 19/32
232.36 Balham Jn 19/35 ?
237.25 Victoria 19.43a 19.49


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