Brief Review
11th May 1986
Locomotive Club of Great
Britain / Southern Electric Group
The Hastings DEMU Farewell
| Units Used | 1002 & 1032 |
Route :
1Z25 : Portion 1 and combined potions throughout
1Z26 : portion 2 throughout
| Train | Unit(s) | Route : |
| ECS | 1002 + 1032 | Hastings - St Leonards Warrior Square - Bopeep Jn - Battle - Robertsbridge - Wadhurst - Tunbridge Wells Central - Tonbridge - Sevenoaks - Orpington - Petts Wood Jn - Bickley Jn - Bromley South - Beckenham Junction - Crystal Palace - Streatham Hill - Balham Jn - Clapham Junction |
| combined | 1002 + 1032 | Clapham Junction - Latchmere Jn - Kensington Olympia - North Pole Jn - Old Oak Common East Jn - Ealing Broadway - Greenford - Northolt Jn - West Ruislip - Gerrards Cross - High Wycombe - Princes Risborough - Little Kimble - Aylesbury (where train divided) |
| portion 1 | 1032 | Aylesbury - Amersham - Chalfont & Latimer - Rickmansworth - Watford |
| portion 1 | 1032 | Watford - Northwood - Harrow on the Hill - Wembley Park - Neasden Depot |
| portion 1 | 1032 | Neasden Depot - Wembley Park - Canons Park - Stanmore |
| portion 1 | 1032 | Stanmore - Canons Park - Wembley Park - Neasden - Finchley Road |
| portion 1 | 1032 | Finchley Road - Neasden - Wembley Park - Harrow-on-the-Hill - Northwood - Rickmansworth |
| portion 1 | 1032 | Rickmansworth - Moor Park - London Marylebone (where train reformed) |
| portion 2 | 1002 | same route as portion 1 above, running about 15 minutes later |
| combined | 1002 + 1032 | London Marylebone - Neasden Jn - Northolt Jn - West Ruislip |
| combined | 1002 + 1032 | West Ruislip - Northolt Jn - Greenford - Southall - Slough - Maidenhead - Reading |
| combined | 1002 + 1032 | Reading - Earley - Wokingham - Blackwater - Ash - Guildford - Shalford - Gomshall - Reigate - Redhill |
| combined | 1002 + 1032 | Redhill - Edenbridge - Tonbridge - Paddock Wood - Headcorn - Ashford - Appledore - Rye - Ore - Hastings - St Leonards Warrior Square - Bopeep Jn - Battle - Robertsbridge - Wadhurst - Tunbridge Wells Central - Tonbridge - Sevenoaks - Grove Park - Hither Green - New Cross - London Bridge - London Charing Cross |
| ECS | 1002 + 1032 | London Charing Cross - London Bridge - North Kent East Jn - Hither Green - Orpington - Sevenoaks - Tonbridge - Tunbridge Wells Central - Wadhurst - Robertsbridge - Battle - Bopeep Jn - St Leonards Warrior Square - Hastings - Ore |
Notes :
(1) The E.C.S. before and after the trip ran as an add-on.
(2) Note that both
units were at Watford together. Photo stops at Canons Park and Moor Park were
arranged so that passengers could photograph the other unit passing through.
Sources : Alan Costello, Greg Beecroft & LASERman (joined
at Sevenoaks, left at Ore), Mark Herriott (on the tour from/to Tonbridge,
portion 1)
Brief Review
Greg Beecroft comments: Although the tour started at Clapham Junction and finished at Charing Cross, the stock workings from and to Hastings ran as additional passenger trains, available for use by tour passengers (and the down service could be use by anyone else). The down working was later than the last 'normal' train, so was the final diesel service before the full electric timetable was introduced on 12 May. Passengers were allowed to remain on the train to Ore station, as DEMUs coming out of service were being stored in Ore carriage shed. A bus was provided to convey passengers back to London.
The evening run from Hastings to Charing Cross, scheduled non-stop in 80 minutes, was reported guardedly at the time, but was quite extraordinary. The train was stopped at Battle due to engineering work, but the driver showed every intention of making up as much time as possible and some very fast running ensued. The speed through Tonbridge was quite hair-raising and the train was still doing well over 80mph through Grove Park. Then, with the possibility of a right time arrival at Charing Cross, the train was stopped at signals outside London Bridge. It was discovered later that this was so that the signalman could take a photograph. However, the driver did not give up, and set what must have been an all time record for London Bridge to Charing Cross, with a particularly exciting transit of the curves through Borough Market and Metropolitan Junctions. The station clock was still showing 20:38 as the DEMUs entered Charing Cross at a speed suggesting they were continuing into the Strand!
Photo Review
The tour arriving into Sevenoaks in the morning (photo: LASERman)
The two portions at Canons Park (photo: LASERman)
Stanmore - alongside now defunct 1983 tube stock (photo: LASERman)
With wreath, at Rye (photo: LASERman)
3 Tour tickets, courtesy of Brian Halford.
Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Greg Beecroft, LASERman, John Broderick & Mark Herriott)
|
M.C |
Location |
Booked |
Actual |
Booked |
Actual |
M.C |
|
|
- |
Ore |
- |
- |
??.?? |
00.36 |
? |
|
|
0.00 |
Hastings |
07.14d |
??.?? |
00.27a ~ ??.??d |
00.24½ ~ 00.33 |
486.30 |
|
|
0.58 |
St Leonards Warrior Square |
07.15½a ~ 07.16d |
??.?? ~ ??.?? |
00.25a ~ 00.25½d |
00.21½ ~ 00.22 |
485.52 |
|
|
1.43 |
Bopeep Jn |
07/18 |
? |
00/22 |
00/20 |
484.66 |
|
|
1.53 |
West St Leonards |
07/19 |
? |
00.21a ~ 00.21½ |
00.18½ ~ 00.19½ |
484.56 |
|
|
6.67 |
Battle |
07.29a ~ 07.29½ |
? |
00.13a ~ 00.13½ |
00.11 ~ 00.11½ |
479.42 |
|
|
? |
Robertsbridge |
07/37 |
? |
00.03½a ~ 00.04d |
00.02 ~ 00.02½ |
473.42 |
|
|
14.79 |
Etchingham |
07.40½a ~ 07.41 |
??.?? ~ ??.?? |
23.59a ~ 23.59½d |
23.58 ~ 23.58½ |
471.30 |
|
|
23.12 |
Wadhurst |
07/51 |
? |
23.49½a ~ 23.50d |
23.50 ~ 23.50 |
463.17 |
|
|
28.04 |
Tunbridge Wells Central |
07.58a ~ 07.58½d |
??.?? ~ ??.?? |
23.41a ~ 23.42d |
23.41 ~ 23.42½ |
458.35 |
|
|
28.71 |
Wells Tunnel Jn |
08/00 |
? |
23/39½ |
23/39½ |
457.38 |
|
|
? |
High Brooms |
??/?? |
? |
23.37a ~ 23.37½d |
23.37 ~ 23.37½ |
456.63 |
|
|
32.74 |
Tonbridge |
08.06½a ~ 08.07d |
??.?? ~ 08.10 |
23.28½a ~ 23.29d |
23.28½ ~ 23.31 |
453.35 |
|
|
40.27 |
Sevenoaks |
08.18½a ~ 08.19d |
08.24 ~ 08.24½ [P2] |
23.18½a ~ 23.19½d |
23.18½ ~ 23.19½ |
446.02 |
|
|
48.52 |
Orpington |
08.29½a ~ 08.30d |
08.34½a ~ 08.35½d |
23.07½a ~ 23.08½d |
23.08 ~ 23.08½ |
437.57 |
|
M.C |
Location |
Booked |
Actual |
| 50.13 |
Petts Wood Jn |
08/31½ [FL] |
08/38 |
| 51.06 |
Bickley Jn |
08/32½ [SL] |
08/39½ |
| 52.53 |
Bromley South |
08.36a ~ 08.37 |
08.41½ ~ 08.42 |
| 53.78 |
Shortlands Jn |
08/39 |
08/44½ |
| 54.72 |
Beckenham Junction |
08.40a ~ 08.41d |
08.46½ ~ 08.48 |
| 57.17 |
Bromley Jn |
08/46 |
08/53 |
| 58.02 |
Crystal Palace |
08/48 |
08/54½ |
| 61.00 |
Streatham Hill |
08/55 |
08/59½ |
| 62.08 |
Balham Jn |
08/57 |
09/01 |
| 64.45 |
Clapham Junction |
09.02a ~ 09.03d |
09.04a ~ 09.07½d |
| ? |
Latchmere Jn |
09/06 |
09/09½ |
| 66.69 |
Kensington Olympia |
? |
09/17½ |
| 68.57 |
North Pole Jn |
09/16 |
09/21½ |
| 69.13 |
Old Oak Common East Jn |
09/16 |
09/23 [RL] |
| 72.05 |
Ealing Broadway |
09.21a ~ 09.23d |
09.28 ~ 09.31 |
| 72.70 |
West Ealing |
09/24 |
09/33 |
| 75.42 |
Greenford |
09/33 |
09/39½ |
| 77.63 |
Northolt Jn |
09/41 |
09/44 |
| 70.65 |
West Ruislip |
? |
09/46½ |
| 82.42 |
Denham |
? |
09/49 |
| 85.12 |
Gerrards Cross |
? |
09/53 |
| 87.68 |
Seer Green |
? |
09/56 |
| 89.33 |
Beaconsfield |
? |
09/59 |
| 94.22 |
High Wycombe |
10.??a ~ 10.07d |
10.09 ~ 10.11 |
| 102.32 |
Princes Risborough |
? |
? |
| 103.61 |
Monks Risborough |
? |
10/26 |
| 109.50 |
Aylesbury |
??.??a |
10.38 |
Train Split;
| M.C |
Location |
Portion 1 Booked |
Portion 1 Actual |
Portion 2 Booked |
Portion 2 Actual |
|
|
109.50 |
Aylesbury |
10.46d |
10.53 |
10.59d |
11.06½ |
|
|
123.72 |
Amersham |
11/05 |
11/12 |
11/18 |
11.24½ ~ 11.25 |
|
|
125.76 |
Chalfont & Latimer |
11/08 |
? |
11/21 |
? |
|
|
130.28 |
Rickmansworth |
11/16 |
11/17 |
11/29 |
11.32½ ~ 11.33½ |
|
|
133.12 |
Watford |
11.24a ~ 11.43d [P1] |
11.26 ~ 11.44 [P1] |
11.38a ~ 11.52d |
11.40½ ~ 11.52 [P2] |
|
|
135.19 |
Watford South Jn |
11/48 |
11/48 |
11/48 |
11/55 |
|
|
137.50 |
Northwood |
11/52 |
11/52 |
12/01 |
12/00½ |
|
|
142.09 |
Harrow-on-the-Hill |
12/03½ |
11/57 |
12/09 |
12/09½ |
|
|
144.70 |
Wembley Park |
12/07 |
12.06 ~ 12.08 |
12/20 |
12.15 ~ 12.16½ |
|
|
146.23 |
Neasden Depot |
12.11a ~ 12.15d |
12.12 ~ 12.16 |
12.24a ~ 12.28d |
12.24 ~ 12.28½ |
|
|
147.56 |
Wembley Park |
12/19 |
12.21 ~ 12.23 |
12/32 |
12.32 ~ 12.33½ |
|
|
151.29 |
Canons Park |
12/27½ |
12/31 |
12p41a ~ 12p48d |
12.42½ ~ 12.49 |
|
|
152.14 |
Stanmore |
12.30a ~ 12.42d [P2] |
12.34 ~ 12.43 |
12.51a ~ 13.01d [P2] |
12.52½ ~ 13.02 [P2] |
|
|
156.52 |
Wembley Park |
12/54½ [MetL] |
12.54 ~ 12.55 |
13/14½ [MetL] |
13.10 ~ 13.13½ [MetL] |
|
|
161.11 |
Finchley Road |
13.02a ~ 13.07d |
13.03 ~ 13.10 |
13.22a ~ 13.27d [JL] |
13.21 ~ 13.28½ |
|
|
161.43 |
West Hampstead |
13/08 [JL] |
? |
13/28 |
? |
|
|
164.17 |
Neasden |
13/16 [MetL] |
13/17 |
13/34 [MetL] |
13/34 |
|
|
165.50 |
Wembley Park |
13/18 |
? |
13/36½ |
? |
|
|
168.31 |
Harrow-on-the-Hill |
13/22 |
13/25 |
13/40½ |
13/36½ |
|
|
175.21 |
Watford South Jn |
13/31 |
13/34 |
13/49 |
13/43½ |
|
|
176.29 |
Rickmansworth |
13.33a ~ 13.38d |
13.36 ~ 13.39 |
13.51a ~ 13.57d |
13.55 ~ 13.59 |
|
|
178.37 |
Moor Park |
13p42a ~ 13p53d |
13.42 ~ 13.54 |
14/00½ |
14.03 ~ 14.04 |
|
|
? |
Harrow-on-the-Hill |
? |
? |
? |
14/12½ |
|
|
193.37 |
London Marylebone |
14.13a |
14.21 |
14.20a |
14.24½ [P4] |
Train rejoined;
|
M.C |
Location |
Booked |
Actual |
| 193.37 |
London Marylebone |
14.26d |
14.34½ |
| 198.48 |
Neasden South Jn |
? |
14/42 |
| 204.72 |
Northolt Jn |
? |
14/53½ |
| 206.74 |
West Ruislip Crossover |
14.48 ~ 14.52 |
15.03 ~ 15.06 |
| 208.76 |
Northolt Jn |
14/56 |
15/17½ |
| 211.17 |
Greenford |
14/59 |
15/21 |
| ? |
Southall East Jn |
? [ML] |
? |
| 215.46 |
Southall |
15c15 ~ 15c17 |
15/33 |
| 224.76 |
Slough |
15/27 |
15/44 |
| 230.59 |
Maidenhead |
15/32 |
15/49 |
| ? |
Twyford |
? |
15/55 |
| 242.38 |
Reading |
15.45a ~ 15.53d [URL] |
16.02 ~ 16.09 [P9] |
| ? |
Reading Spur Jn |
? |
16/11½ |
| 245.25 |
Earley |
15/59 |
16/15 |
| 249.20 |
Wokingham |
16/04 |
16/19 |
| 255.47 |
Blackwater |
16/12 |
16/25½ |
| 260.07 |
North Camp |
16/16 |
16/29½ |
| 262.06 |
Ash |
16/18½ |
16/31½ |
| 268.29 |
Guildford |
16c28 ~ 16c30 |
16.39 ~ 16.39½ [P5] |
| ? |
Shalford Jn |
16/32½ |
16/42½ |
| 276.05 |
Gomshall |
16/42 |
16/52 |
| 286.79 |
Reigate |
16/53 |
17/02 |
| 288.64 |
Redhill |
16.57a ~ 17.03d [P1] |
17.05 ~ 17.11½ [P1] |
| 299.26 |
Edenbridge |
17/15 |
17/22½ |
| 308.41 |
Tonbridge |
17c25a ~ 17c27d |
17.30½ ~ 17.37½ [P2] |
| 313.64 |
Paddock Wood |
17/34 |
17/44 |
| 324.18 |
Headcorn |
17p44a ~ 17p54d |
17.53½ ~ 18.02½ |
| 335.07 |
Ashford |
18c04a ~ 18c06d [P1] |
18/15½ [P1] |
| 343.48 |
Appledore |
18/16 |
18/27 |
| 350.32 |
Rye |
18p26a ~ 18p45d |
18.36 ~ 18.46 |
| 360.41 |
Ore |
19/00 |
18/59½ |
| 361.34 |
Hastings |
19.02a ~ 19.18d |
19.02a ~ 19.18d |
| 362.78 |
Bopeep Jn |
19/22 |
19/21 |
| 368.22 |
Battle |
19.30½ ~ 19.31 |
19.28½ ~ 19.34 |
| 374.22 |
Robertsbridge |
19/37 |
19/42 |
| 384.47 |
Wadhurst |
19/46½ |
19/53 |
| 389.39 |
Tunbridge Wells Central |
19/53 |
19/58 |
| ? |
Wells Tunnel Jn |
19/54 |
19/59 |
| 394.29 |
Tonbridge |
20/01 |
20/03½ |
| 401.62 |
Sevenoaks |
20/10½ |
20/12 |
| 410.07 |
Orpington |
20/19 [SL] |
20/20 |
| 412.53 |
Chislehurst |
20/21½ |
20/22½ |
| 416.57 |
Hither Green |
20/25 |
20/26 |
| 417.59 |
Parks Bridge Jn |
20/26 |
20/28 |
| 419.04 |
New Cross |
20/28½ |
20/30 |
| ? |
North Kent East Jn |
20/29 [L3] |
20/30½ |
| ? |
Spa Road |
20/31 [L6] |
20/32 |
| 422.03 |
London Bridge |
20/33 |
20/35½ |
| 422.41 |
Metropolitan Jn |
20/34½ [FL] |
20/36½ |
| 423.72 |
Charing Cross |
20.38a ~ 22.45d [P6] |
20.39 ~ 22.45½ |
| 424.54 |
Waterloo East |
22/48 |
22.49 ~ 22.50 |
| ? |
Metropolitan Jn |
22/50 |
22/51 |
| 425.61 |
London Bridge |
22/51½ [P5] |
22/53½ |
| 426.68 |
Spa Road Jn |
22/53½ [L5] |
22/55 |
| 428.14 |
North Kent East Jn |
22/55 |
22/56½ |
| 428.60 |
New Cross |
22/55½ |
? |
| 430.05 |
Parks Bridge Jn |
22/57½ |
22/59 |
| 431.07 |
Hither Green |
22/58 |
23/00 |
| 435.11 |
Chislehurst |
23/04 |
23/04½ |
Timings continue in first table.
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