Southern Electric Group
Thanet Explorer
| Locos used | 33033 & 33063 |
| Stock used | 4TC's ~ 8015 & 8012 |
Route : 1Z66 throughout
| Loco(s) | Route |
| 33033 + 33063 | Clapham Junction - Longhedge Jn - Factory Jn - Brixton - Wandsworth Road - Denmark Hill - Nunhead - Lewishan - Ladywell - New Beckenham - Bickley - Swanley - Otford - Sevenoaks - Tonbridge - Maidstone West - Strood |
| 33033 (1) | Strood - Gillingham - Sheerness-on-Sea |
| 33063 (2) | Sheerness-on-Sea - Swale |
| 33033 (1) | Swale - Ridham Dock |
| 33063 (2) | Ridham Dock - Sittingbourne |
| 33033 + 33063 | Sittingbourne - Whitstable - Margate - Canterbury West - Ashford |
| 33033 + 33063 | Ashford - Hastings - Eastbourne |
| 33033 + 33063 | Eastbourne - Hastings |
| 33033 + 33063 | Hastings - Robertsbridge - Tonbridge - Sevenoaks - Orpington - Grove Park - Lee - Crayford - Slade Green - Plumstead - Blackheath - Lewisham - Nunhead - Denmark Hill - Wandsworth Road - Brixton - Factory Jn - Longhedge Jn - Clapham Junction |
Notes:
(1) 33063 on rear.
(2) 33033 on rear.
Sources : Dave Burbridge & Janet Cottrell (on the train
throughout)
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Photo Review

33033+33063 are seen approaching Faversham (photo: Roger Geach)

From Nigel Jordan's ticket collection.
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Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Janet Cottrell)
| Location | Booked | Actual |
| Clapham Junction | 08.30d | 08.32 |
| Longhedge Jn | 08/34 | ? |
| Factory Jn | 08/38 | ? |
| Brixton | 08/40 | ? |
| Cambria Jn | 08/42 | ? |
| Nunhead | 08/46 | 08/46 |
| Lewisham | 08/50 | 08/49 |
| Catford Bridge | 08/53 | 08/52 |
| New Beckenham | 08/58 | ? |
| Beckenham Junction | 09/01 | 08/59 |
| Shortlands Jn | 09/02 | ? |
| Bickley Jn | 09/07 | ? |
| St Mary Cray Jn | 09/08 | ? |
| Swanley | 09/11 | 09/10 |
| Otford Jn | 09/22 | ? |
| Sevenoaks | 09/30 | 09/29 |
| Tonbridge | 09.39a ~ 09.41d | 09.39 ~ 09.43 |
| Maidstone West | 10/07 | 10/09 |
| Strood | 10.24a ~ 10.36d | 10.26 ~ 10.38 |
| Rochester Bridge Jn | 10/38 | ? |
| Rochester | 10/41 | ? |
| Gillingham | 10/45 | 10/48 |
| Western Jn | 10/53 | 10/59 |
| Middle Jn | 10/57 | ? |
| Queenborough | 11*17 | 11.19 |
| Sheerness on Sea | 11.22a ~ 11.30d | 11.23 ~ 11.33 |
| Queenborough | 11/35 | ? |
| Swale | 11.41a ~ 11.45d | ? |
| Signal No.10 | 11/48 | ? |
| Ridham Dock | 11.53a ~ 11.58d | ? |
| Kemsley | 12/08 | ? |
| Eastern Jn | 12/10 | ? |
| Faversham | 12/38 | 12/38 |
| Herne Bay | 12/53 | 12/56 |
| Margate | 13*05a ~ 13*15d | 13.08 ~ 13.15 |
| Ramsgate | 13c26 | 13.27 |
| Minster | 13/31 | ? |
| Canterbury West | 13/48 | 13/58 |
| Ashford | 14.10a ~ 14.30d | 14.18 ~ 14.39 |
| Appledore | 14/47 | 14/51 |
| Rye | 14/56 | 15/00 |
| Ore | 15/14 | ? |
| Hastings | 15c18 | ? |
| Bopeep Jn | 15/22 | ? |
| Bexhill | 15/26 | 15/31 |
| Eastbourne | 15.40a ~ 17.05d | 15.47 ~ 17.09 |
| Bexhill | 17/19 | 17/23 |
| Bopeep Jn | 17/23 | ? |
| Hastings | 17.27a ~ 17.37d | 17.30 ~ 17.43 |
| Bopeep Jn | 17/41 | ? |
| Crowhurst | 17.47a ~ 17.52d | ? |
| Battle | 17/56 | ? |
| Robertsbridge | 18/05 | ? |
| Wadhurst | 18/16 | ? |
| Tunbridge Wells | 18/23 | 18/17 |
| Tonbridge | 18.32a ~ 18.23d | 18.27 ~ 18.28 |
| Sevenoaks | 18/43 | 18/36 |
| Orpington | 18/53 | ? |
| Petts Wood Jn | 18/55 | ? |
| Chislehurst | 18/57 | 18/48 |
| Grove Park | 19/01 | ? |
| Lee Spur Jn | 19c05 | 19.00 |
| Lee | 19/07 | 19/02 |
| Sidcup | 19/13 | ? |
| Crayford | 19/17 | 19/10 |
| Crayford Creek Jn | 19/19 | ? |
| Slade Green | 19/21 | 19/18 |
| Plumstead | 19/31 | 19/24 |
| Charlton | 19/39 | 19/31 |
| Lewisham | 19/46 | 19/37 |
| Nunhead | 19/51 | ? |
| Cambria Jn | 19/55 | ? |
| Brixton | 19/58 | ? |
| Factory Jn | 20/00 | ? |
| Longhedge Jn | 20/02 | ? |
| Clapham Junction | 20.06a | ? |