9th March 1968

Railway Correspondence and Travel Society
West London Junction Rail Tour

DMU Used 51353+59505+59528+51395

Route :

DMU Route
as listed Ealing Broadway - Southall
as listed Southall - Brentford (Firestone Siding)
as listed Brentford (Firestone Siding) - Southall
as listed Southall - Drayton Green Halt - Greenford South Loop Jn - (2) - Greenford East Loop Jn - Park Royal - Old Oak Common West Jn - Ladbroke Grove Jn
as listed Ladbroke Grove Jn - North Pole Jn - Uxbridge Road - Kensington Olympia - Clapham Junction (Windsor Side)
as listed Clapham Junction - Kensington Olympia - Mitre Bridge Jn - Willesden Junction High Level - Kensal Green Jn - Kensal Rise
as listed Kensal Rise - Willesden Junction - Wembley Central
as listed Wembley Central - Willesden FLT - Acton Canal Wharf - Acton Wells - Ealing Broadway

Notes :
(1) This four hour tour covered a number of unusual lines in the west London area.
(2) Booked route was via a reversal at Greenford rather than via the Greenford South Loop to East Loop curve as shown here - was this an on-the-day deviation from the booked reversal at Greenford (per the timing sheet), or an incorrect assumption/error in reports of the time?


From The John Debens Ticket Collection
(originally supplied by Andrew Fairholm)

Source : David Hills (compiled from contemporary reports)

Timings (Booked Only)
(from Brian Read)

M.C Location Booked
0.00 Ealing Broadway 10.10d
3.30 Southall 10.18a ~ 10.23d [Brentford Bay]
6.58 Brentford (Firestones Siding) 10.40a ~ 10.50d
10.06 Southall 11.07a ~ 11.12d [Brentford Bay]
11.64 hanwell 11/16
12.21 Drayton Green 11/18
14.28 Greenford 11.24a ~ 11.30d
20.19 Old Oak Common West 11/38 [Goods Line]
20.56 Old Oak Common East 11.42 ~ 11.45 [via carriage line & overbridge]
21.56 Ladbroke Grove Jn (sig. OO312) 11.50 ~ 11.56 [via West London Yard]
22.50 North Pole Jn 12/03
24.40 Kensington (Olympia) 12.10a ~ 12.12d
27.28 Latchmere Jn 12/20
27.70 Clapham Junction (Windsor Side) 12.22a ~ 12.46d
28.32 Latchmere Jn 12/50
31.20 Kensington (Olympia) 12.58a ~ 13.00d
33.10 North Pole Jn 13/08
33.47 Mitre Bridge Jn 13/10
34.10 Willesden Junction (High Level) 13/12
34.49 Kensal Green Jn 13.16 ~ 13.21
35.45 Willesden No.6 13/23
37.52 Wembley Central 13.29a ~ 13.33d
38.59 Willesden Junction (Low Level) 13/40 [via Goods Line]
39.59 Willesden Junction No.7 13/43 [via new connecting line]
40.15 Acton Canal Wharf 13/45
40.49 Acton Wells Jn 13/48
41.25 Acton N.L. Bank 13.53a ~ 14.00d
41.35 Acton Main Line 14.02a ~ 14.04d
42.70 Ealing Broadway 14.07a


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