Alan Hireson's ticket for the tour
16th November 1968
Locomotive Club of Great
Britain (Bath Branch)
The Cheddar Valley Rail Tour
| DMU Used | 3-car Swindon cross-country set: 51585+59587+51581 |
Route :
| DMU | Route |
| as listed | Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol East Jn - Mangotsfield North Jn |
| as listed | Mangotsfield North Jn - Mangotsfield South Jn - Bitton - Kelston - Midland Bridge Road (Bath) |
| as listed | Midland Bridge Road - Kelston - Bitton - Mangotsfield South Jn - Mangotsfield North Jn - Yate South Jn |
| as listed | Yate South Jn - Westerleigh West Jn - Stoke Gifford West - Filton West Jn - Hallen Marsh Jn |
| as listed | Hallen Marsh Jn - Severn Beach |
| as listed | Severn Beach - Hallen Marsh Jn - Avonmouth - Clifton Down - Stapleton Road - Dr Day's Jn - North Somerset Jn - Marsh Jn - St Philips Marsh - Bristol West - Parson Street Jn - Portishead |
| as listed | Portishead - Parson Street Jn - Bristol Temple Meads - Bristol East Jn - North Somerset Jn - Bath Spa - Bathampton - Bradford West Jn - Bradford South Jn - Hawkeridge Jn - Westbury - Fairwood Jn - Clink Road Jn - Blatchbridge Jn - Witham - Cranmore - Wells Priory Road - Cheddar |
| as listed | Cheddar - Wells Priory Road - Cranmore - Witham - Blatchbridge Jn - Clink Road Jn - Fairwood Jn - Heywood Road Jn |
| as listed | Heywood Road Jn - Hawkeridge Jn - Bradford South Jn - Bradford West Jn - Bathampton - Bath Spa - North Somerset Jn - Bristol East Jn - Bristol Temple Meads |
Alan Hireson's ticket for the tour
Sources : Bob Bunyar (travelled on the tour) &
Alan Hireson (on the train throughout)
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from
Alan Hireson)
| Location | Booked | Actual |
| Bristol Temple Meads | 09.00d | 09.14½ |
| Bristol East | 09/02 | 09/16½ |
| Mangotsfield North Jn | 09R15 ~ 09R20 | 09.28½ ~ 09.30½ |
| Midland Bridge Road | 09R45 ~ 10R00 | 09.55 ~ 10.08 |
| Mangotsfield North Jn | 10/25 | 10.28 ~ 10.30 |
| Yate South Jn | 10R30 ~ 10R35 | 10.39 ~ 10.40½ |
| Westerleigh West Jn | 10/40 | 10/48½ |
| Stoke Gifford West | 10.47 ~ 10.50 | 10/58½ |
| Filton West Jn | 10.55 ~ 10.57 | 11/01½ |
| Hallen Marsh Jn | 11R15 ~ 11R20 | 11.20½ ~ 11.24 |
| Severn Beach | 11R27a ~ 11R40d | 11.31 ~ 11.42 |
| Hallen Marsh Jn | 11/47 | 11/48 |
| Avonmouth | 11/53 | 11/54 |
| Clifton Down | 12/02 | 12/03 |
| Stapleton Road | 12/07 | 12/09 |
| Dr Day's Jn | 12/10 | 12/12 |
| North Somerset Jn | 12/12 | 12/13½ |
| Marsh Jn | 12/15 | 12/24½ |
| St Philip's Marsh | 12.20 ~ 12.30 | 12/27 |
| Bristol West | 12/33 | 12/37½ |
| Parson Street Jn | 12/38 | 12/41½ |
| Portishead | 12R55a ~ 13R05d | ??.?? ~ 13.10 |
| Parson Street Jn | 13/25 | 13/34½ |
| Bristol Temple Meads | 13.33a ~ 14.05d | 13.40 ~ 14.1½ |
| Bristol East | 14/07 | ? |
| North Somerset Jn | 14/09 | ? |
| Bath Spa | 14/20 | 14/25½ |
| Bathampton | 14/25 | 14/30½ |
| Bradford Jn's | 14/40 | 14/46½ |
| Westbury | 14.49 ~ 14.52 | 14.55½ ~ 14.56½ |
| Fairwood Jn | 14/55 | 14/59 |
| Clink Road Jn | 14/59 | 15/02½ |
| Blatchbridge Jn | 15/01 | 15/04½ |
| Witham | 15.10 ~ 15.12 | 15/10 |
| Cranmore | 15/24 | 15/21 |
| Wells Priory Road | 15/45 | 15/59 |
| Cheddar | 16R00a ~ 16R30d | 16.37 ~ 16.45 |
| Wells Priory Road | 16/45 | 17/16½ |
| Cranmore | 17/05 | 17/51 |
| Witham | 17.18 ~ 17.20 | 18/05½ ~ 18.05½ |
| Blatchbridge Jn | 17/30 | 18/11½ |
| Clink Road Jn | 17/32 | 18/13 |
| Fairwood Jn | 17/36 | 18/17 |
| Heywood Road Jn | 17R40 ~ 17R45 | 18.21½ ~ 18.28 |
| Hawkeridge | 17/50 | 18/32 |
| Trowbridge | 17.55 ~ 17.57 | 18.40 ~ 18.40½ |
| Bradford Jn's | 18/00 | 18/44½ |
| Bathampton | 18/17 | 18/58½ |
| Bath Spa | 18.21 ~ 18.23 | 19.02½ ~ 19.03 |
| North Somerset Jn | 18/36 | 19/17½ |
| Bristol East Jn | 18/38 | 19/20 |
| Bristol Temple Meads | 18.40a | 19.21½ |
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