11th October 1975
British Rail
The Sussex Coast Express
| Loco Used | 47174 |
Route :
| Loco | Route |
| 47174 | Barnsley - Sheffield - Chesterfield - Pye Bridge Jn - Alfreton - Toton Centre - Trent - Loughborough - Leicester - Market Harborough - Lamport - Northampton - (via WCML) - Willesden WL Jn - Mitre Bridge Jn - Kensington Olympia - Clapham Junction - balham - Streatham Common - Selhurst - East Croydon - Purley - Coulsdon North - Earlswood - Gatwick Airport - Three bridges - Haywards Heath - Hassocks - Brighton |
| 47174 | Brighton - (reverse of outward route) - Mitre Bridge Jn - Willesden Junction HL - Camden Road Jn - Dalston East Jn - Temple Mills East Jn - Bishops Stortford - Cambridge - Ely - March - Peterborough - Grantham - Nottingham - Trowell Jn - Alfreton - Pye Bridge Jn - Chesterfield - Sheffield - Barnsley |
Notes :
(1) There was an option to alight at Haywards Heath for a visit to the Bluebell
Railway.
Sources : David Hills & John A. Thickitt
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Timings (Booked Only)
(from John A. Thickitt)
| Location | Booked (out) | Booked (rtn) |
| Barnsley | 07.40d | 00.10a |
| Sheffield | 08.14a ~ 08.20d | 23.39a ~ 23.44d |
| Chesterfield | 08.41a ~ 08.43d | 23.18a ~ 23.20d |
| Clay Cross South Jn | 08/49 | 23/13 |
| Pye Bridge Jn | 08/59 | 23/05 |
| Trowell Jn | 09/06 | 22/51 |
| Trent | 09/16 | - |
| Loughborough | 09/24 | - |
| Leicester | 09c35 ~ 09c40 | - |
| Market Harborough | 09/58 | - |
| Lamport | 10/18 | - |
| Northampton | 10c38 ~ 10c40 | - |
| Hanslope Jn | 10/51 | - |
| Bletchley | 10/59 | - |
| Tring | 11/10 | - |
| Watford Junction | 11/22 | - |
| Willesden WL Jn | 11/34 | - |
| Radford Jn | - | 22/44 |
| Nottingham | - | 22c36 ~ 22c38 |
| Aslockton | - | 22/16 |
| Grantham | - | 21c58 ~ 22c00 |
| Stoke | - | 21/50 |
| Peterborough | - | 21c27 ~ 221c29 |
| March | - | 21c03 ~ 21c05 |
| Ely | - | 20/45 |
| Cambridge | - | 20c25 ~ 20c27 |
| Bishops Stortford | - | 19/52 |
| Temple Mills East Jn | - | 16c16 ~ 19c18 |
| Dalston Eastern Jn | - | 19/05 |
| Camden Road Jn | - | 18/57 |
| Willesden Junction HL | - | 18/46 |
| Mitre Bridge Jn | 11/36 | 18/40 |
| North Pole Jn | 11/38 | 18/38 |
| Kensington Olympia | 11c42 ~ 11c48 | 18c32 ~ 18c34 |
| Latchmere Jn | 11/56 | 18/24 |
| Clapham Junction | 11/59 | 18/21 |
| Windmill Bridge Jn | 12/10 | 18/09 |
| Coulsdon North | 12/22 | 18/02 |
| Earlswood | 12/30 | 17/54 |
| Three Bridges | 12/38 | 17/46 |
| Haywards Heath | 12.48a ~ 12.52d | 17.32a ~ 17.35d |
| Keymer Jn | 12/56 | 17/28 |
| Brighton | 13.09a | 17.15d |