The train, at the Manchester United Platform (photo: Alan Holmewood)
4th September 1982
Hertfordshire Rail Tours
Blue Train Railtour
| Units Used | 303066 & 303067 |
Route : 1T12 throughout
| EMUs | Route |
| as listed | London Euston - Watford Junction - Bletchley - Weedon - Rugby - Nuneaton - Tamworth - Stafford - Basford Hall Jn - Salop Goods Jn - Coal Yard Jn - Warrington Bank Quay - Earlestown - Wigan North Western |
| as listed | Wigan North Western - Earlestown - Warrington Bank Quay - Coal Yard Jn - Salop Goods Jn - Gresty Lane Jn |
| as listed | Gresty Lane Jn - Salop Goods Jn - Sydney Bridge Jn - Sandbach - Wilmslow - Styal - Piccadilly - Altringham |
| as listed | Altringham - Manchester Oxford Road |
| as listed | Manchester Oxford Road - Manchester United Platform |
| as listed | Manchester United Platform - Oxford Road - Piccadilly - Stockport - Stoke - Stafford - Wolverhampton |
| as listed | Wolverhampton - Oxley Sidings |
| as listed | Oxley Sidings - Wolverhampton - Portobello Jn - Walsall |
| as listed | Walsall - Bescot - Aston - Stechford - Coventry - Rugby - (reverse of outward route) - Camden Jn - (via ECS line) - London Euston |
Notes :
(1) This Scottish Region stock was most unfamiliar to the southern end
of the WCML. The use of the sliding door stock allowed the use of the 'Up Empty
Carriage Line' & 'Engine Line No.1' from Camden Jn on the return leg.
The train, at the Manchester United Platform (photo: Alan Holmewood)
Sources : David Hills,
Stew Robertson, Greg Beecroft, Kevin Driscoll
& LASERman
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Greg Beecroft, Kevin Driscoll &
LASERman)
| Location | Booked | Actual | Booked | Actual | |
| Euston | 08.12d [DDL] | 08.13½ | 20.53a | 21.03 | |
| Camden Jn | 08/16 [FL] | 08/19½ | 20/45½ [UECL] | 20/55 | |
| Willesden Junction | 08/20 | 08/24½ | 20/42 | 20/49½ | |
| Watford Junction | 08.31a ~ 08.32d | 08.35½ ~ 08.36 | 20.31a ~ ??.??d [SL] | 20.36½ ~ 20.37½ | |
| Tring | 08/46 | 08/48½ | 20/17 | 20/24½ | |
| Bletchley | 08/58½ [SL] | 09/02 | 20/04 | 20/12½ | |
| Milton Keynes Central | 09.04a ~ 09.05d | 09.05½ ~ 09.06½ | 20.02a ~ ??.??d | 20/08½ ~ 20/09 | |
| Hanslope Jn | 09/13½ | 09/15½ | 19/57 | 20/02 | |
| Weedon | 09/25 | 09/26½ | 19/49 | 19/52 | |
| Rugby | 09.38a ~ 09.39d | 09.38 ~ 09.40½ | 19.34a ~ ??.??d | 19.38½ ~ 19.40½ |
| Location | Booked | Actual |
| Nuneaton | 09/54 [SL] | 09/55 |
| Tamworth | 10/06½ | 10/09½ |
| Lichfield | 10/11½ | 10/16 |
| Armitage | 10/15½ | 10/20 |
| Colwich | 10/20½ | 10/25 |
| Milford | 10/22½ | 10/26½ |
| Stafford | 10/28 [SL] | 10/31 |
| Norton Bridge | 10/32½ | 10/35½ |
| Madeley | 10/42 | 10/44½ |
| Basford Hall Jn | 10/51 [IL] | 10/53½ |
| Sorting Sidings North | 10.55a ~ 10.57d | 10.56½ ~ 10.58½ |
| Crewe Coal Yard | 11/01 [FL] | 11/05 |
| Winsford | 11/08 | 11/13 |
| Weaver Jn | 11/15 | 11/19½ |
| Acton Grange Jn | 11/19 | 11/24½ |
| Warrington Bank Quay | 11/20½ [SL] | 11/26 |
| Winwick Jn | 11/25 | 11/29½ |
| Earlestown | 11/28 | 11/32 |
| Golborne Jn | 11/32 | 11/38 |
| Springs Branch Jn | 11/38 | 11/43 |
| Wigan North Western | 11.40a ~ 12.10d | 11.46 ~ 12.11 |
| Springs Branch Jn | 12/13 | 12/15 |
| Golborne Jn | 12/18 | 12/20 |
| Earlestown | 12/22 | 12/27½ |
| Winwick Jn | 12/25 | 12/30 |
| Warrington Bank Quay | 12/29 [OL] | 12/35 |
| Acton Grange Jn | 12/40 | 12/41 |
| Weaver Jn | 12/45 | 12/47½ |
| Winsford | 12/52 | 12/54 |
| Crewe Coal Yard | 12/59 | 13/01½ |
| Gresty Lane No.1 | 13.03 ~ 13.29 [IL] | 13.07½ ~ 13.14½ |
| Sydney Bridge Jn | 13/33 [SL] | 13/20 |
| Sandbach | 13/38 | 13/26 |
| Alderley Edge | 13/53 | ? |
| Wilmslow | 13.55a ~ 14.06d | 13.40 ~ 13.52 |
| Mauldeth Road | 14/14½ | 14/01½ |
| Slade Lane Jn | 14/16 | 14/03½ |
| Manchester Piccadilly | 14.19a ~ 14.24d | 14.11½ ~ 14.12 |
| Manchester Oxford Road | 14/25½ | 14.13½ ~ 14.17 |
| Cornbrook Jn | 14/28½ | 14/19 |
| Sale | 14/34 | 14/23½ |
| Altrincham | 14.43a ~ 15.00d | 14.28½ ~ 15.02½ |
| Sale | 15/05 | 15/06 |
| Cornbrook Jn | 15/15 | 15/10½ |
| Manchester Oxford Road | 15.18a ~ 15.26d | 15.13½ ~ 15.23½ |
| Cornbrook Jn | 15/29 | 15/26½ |
| Football Ground Halt | 15.32a ~ 15.47d | 15.29 ~ 15.46½ |
| Cornbrook Jn | 15/50 | 15/48½ |
| Manchester Oxford Road | 15/53 | 15/51½ |
| Manchester Piccadilly | 15/55 [SL] | 15/53 |
| Slade Lane Jn | 16/00 | 15/57 |
| Heaton Norris Jn | 16/03 | 16/00½ |
| Stockport | 16/04½ | 16/02½ |
| Edgeley Jn | 16/06 | 16/04 |
| Hazel Grove | 16.15a ~ 16.25d | 16.09 ~ 16.24½ |
| Edgeley Jn | 16/32 | 16/28½ |
| Stockport | 16.35a ~ 16.45d | 16.32 ~ 16.44½ |
| Edgeley Jn | 16/47 | 16/46½ |
| Cheadle Hulme | 16/49 | 16/49 |
| Macclesfield | 17/02½ | 17/04½ |
| Kidsgrove | 17/14½ | 17/16½ |
| Etruria | 17/19 | 17/22½ |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 17/21½ | 17/24½ |
| Stoke Jn | 17/27 | 17/25 |
| Stone | 17/34½ | 17/32½ |
| Norton Bridge | 17/39 | 17/37½ |
| Stafford | 17/48 | 17/44 |
| Wolverhampton | 18.08a ~ 18.14d | 18.00 ~ 18.14 |
| Oxley Sidings DGL | 18.19a ~ 18.27d | 18.18 ~ 18.25½ |
| Wolverhampton | 18/32 | 18.31 ~ 18.32½ |
| Portobello Jn | 18/37 | 18/37 |
| Darlaston Jn | 18/41 | 18/42 |
| Pleck Jn | 18/45 | 18/44½ |
| Walsall | 18.47a ~ 18.52d | 18.48 ~ 18.56 |
| Pleck Jn | 18/54 | 18/58½ |
| Bescot | 18/55½ | 19/00½ |
| Perry Barr North Jn | 19/00 | 19/06 |
| Aston | 19/03 | 19/11 |
| Stechford | 19/09 | 19/15 |
| Coventry | 19/21½ | 19/28 |
Timings continue in first table.
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