30th July 1978

R.P.P.R.
The Merry-Go-Round

DMU's Used L402 (51335+59487+51377), L120  (55020) & L404 (51337+59489+51379)

Route :

Leading Set Route
L402 London Paddington - Southall Goods Yard
L404 Southall Goods Yard - Brentford Goods
L402 Brentford Goods - Southall Goods Yard
L404 Southall Goods Yard - Southall
L402 Southall - West Drayton - Staines West (end of line)
L404 Staines West - West Drayton
L402 West Drayton - Reading - Reading Central
L404 Reading Central - Cholsey - Didcot - Milton Inland Port
L402 Milton Inland Port - Radley
L404 Radley - Abingdon
L402 Abingdon - Radley - Kennington Jn
L404 Kennington Jn - Morris Cowley (end of line)
L402 Morris Cowley - Kennington Jn
L404 Kennington Jn - Didcot (break to visit steam centre) - Cholsey
L402 Cholsey - Wallingford
L404 Wallingford - Reading - London Paddington

Sources : Alan Costello, Clive Barlow & Kevin Driscoll

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Kevin Driscoll, Colin Marsden & Bill Lynch)

Miles
Location Booked Actual)
0.0
London Paddington 08.45d 08.45 [P5]
9.25
Southall Goods Yard, No.1 Road 09.00 ~ 09.10 ?
12.0
Brentford 09p20a ~ 09p30d 09.18 ~ 09.31
14.75
Southall Goods Yard, No.1 Road rev ?
15.0
Southall 09.40 ~ 09.45 ?
19.25
West Drayton 09c50 ~ 09c55 ?
25.5
Staines West (end of line) 10p40a ~ 10p50d 10.30 ~ 11.01
31.75
West Drayton 11c30 ~ 11c42 ?
??
Slough 11/49 ?
??
Maidenhead 11/56 ?
??
Twyford 12/03 ?
55.5
Reading 12.10a ~ 12.30d 12.13 ~ 12.32 [P8]
58.5
Reading Central Goods 12.45 ~ 12.55 12.50 ~ 13.01
62.0
Reading West Jn 13c10 ~ 13c15 ?
78.25
Didcot 13c33 ~ 13c35 ?
79.75
Milton Industrial Estate 13p45a ~ 14p00d 13.58 ~ 14.07
80.75
Foxhall Jn 14/10 ?
81.5
Didcot North Jn 14c13 ~ 14c15 ?
86.0
Radley 14.20 ~ 14.30 ?
88.5
Abingdon 14p40a ~ 14p50d 14.52 ~ 15.03
91.0
Radley 15*00 ~ 15*15 ?
93.75
Kennington Jn 15.23 ~ 15.40 ?
97.0
Morris Cowley (end of line) 15p55a ~ 16p05d 15.50 ~ 16.01
100.25
Kennington Jn 16.20 ~ 16.37 ?
108.5
Didcot (for visit to steam centre) 16.50a ~ 18.50d 16.32 ~ 18.50 [P5]
??
Cholsey 18.57 ~ 19.05 ?
??
Wallingford 19p15a ~ 19p30d 19.10 ~ 19.28

??

 Cholsey 19*40 ~ 19*50 ?
??
Reading 20.04a ~ 20.06d ?
??
Twyford 20/10 ?
??
Maidenhead 20/16 ?
??
Slough 20/22 ?
??
Southall 20/30 ?
??
London Paddington 20.42a 21.01

Distance figures not provided, but calculated on a rough basis by Kevin Driscoll for the section he covered.

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