Passenger Train Services over Unusual Lines
Spring 2005
This page was updated on 11 May 2008. Unless otherwise indicated, trains operate Sunday 12 December 2004 to Saturday 11 June 2005. All dates quoted are inclusive, but services and
timings may be altered on public holidays. Explanation of references: refer to the Introduction Don't forget that all Sunday trains - and even weekday
trains - are subject to further diversion or alteration. ENGLAND - EAST MIDLANDS Sheet Stores Jn - Stenson Jn [53] (53,57) CC Beighton Jn - Tapton Jn [53,56] (51,53) YE Trent East Jn - Toton Jn [53] (53,54) CJ Attenborough Jn - Toton Jn [53] (49) CJ Toton Jn - Trowell Jn [53] (49,53) CJ Syston North Jn - Syston East Jn [42] (49) CJ Thrumpton West Jn - Retford West Jn (high level platform 2) [54] (30)
YE Kettering North Jn - Manton Jn [43] (53) CJ [Harrowden Jn -] Irchester South (site) - Souldrop (site) [- Sharnbrook
Jn] (via Up & Down Slow (Wymington deviation) and Wymington / Sharnbrook
tunnel) -
see South East England (North) section Trent Junctions - Wrawby Jn [54,63] (30) YE Barkston East Jn - Allington Jn [54] (19) YA ENGLAND - GREATER LONDON Old Oak Common West - Northolt Jn [20] (115) PA/CG Strawberry Hill Jn - Fulwell Jn [16] (149,153) WH Sudbury Jn - Willesden West London Jn (via Willesden Relief Lines
diveunder) [20] (66) CB Acton Main Line (Acton East/Poplar Jn) - Acton Wells Jn - West London Jn
(reversible line) - Mitre Bridge Jn [20] (51,125) LC Willesden - Mitre Bridge Jn [20] (51,66,186) CB/LC
SUNDAYS FROM 3 APRIL:
Trains between Loughborough or Nottingham and Derby or Burton on Trent
2016 SuO, 2025 SSuX Newcastle - Birmingham New Street
0614 SSuX Leeds - St.Pancras
1645 SSuX St.Pancras - Sheffield
0500 SO Sheffield - St.Pancras
SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS 15/16 JANUARY TO 26/27 MARCH:
Trains between Loughborough or Derby and Nottingham (reversing at Langley Mill)
SUNDAY MORNINGS FROM 3 APRIL:
2229 SO Manchester Piccadilly - Nottingham
0913 SuO Nottingham - Manchester Piccadilly
All trains in previous two entries
1930 SuO Norwich - Nottingham
0459 SSuX, 0607 SSuX, D2 0619 SO, D1 1235 SuO Nottingham - Norwich
2058 SSuX Spalding - Nottingham
D1 = to 9 January and from 3 April; D2 = to 8 January and from 2 April
0518 SuX Barnsley - Retford
0703 SuX Retford - Leeds
2245 SuX Retford - Sheffield
2144 SuX Sheffield - Retford
SATURDAY EVENING AND SUNDAY 11/12 AND 18/19 DECEMBER 2004:
Trains between Kettering and Leicester from 2200 SO
SATURDAY NIGHTS AND SUNDAYS FROM 2/3 APRIL:
2210 SO St.Pancras - Nottingham
0559 SuO, 0700 SuO, 0752 SuO Derby - St.Pancras
0651 SuO, 0752 SuO Nottingham - St.Pancras
SO trains between Retford and Barnetby
Trains between Nottingham and Sleaford / Boston not booked to call at Grantham
1028 SSuX Princes Risborough - Paddington
1155 SSuX Paddington - Princes Risborough
SSuX trains between Strawberry Hill and Fulwell
SN trains between Clapham Jn and Watford Jn
Table 51 trains between Reading, Kensington Olympia and East Croydon
Normal routes:
Willesden Suburban Jn - Kensal Green Jn [20] (59) CB/LC
2236 SuO, 2257 SuX North Woolwich - Willesden Jn Low Level
0600 SuX Willesden Jn Low Level - North Woolwich
0613 SuX Willesden Jn Low Level - Stratford Low Level
[note: despite entry in public timetable, 1807 SO North Woolwich -
Willesden Jn ran to High Level platforms throughout timetable.]
Camden Jn - Camden Road West Jn [22] (59,400,401) CB
No service
Camden Road Central Jn - Freight Terminal Jn (Kings Cross)
(renamed Copenhagen Jn from 29 March 2005) [21]
(400,401) LB/YA
No service
Point Pleasant Jn - East Putney [21] (152,155,158) WH
0454 SuX Basingstoke - Waterloo
0105 Waterloo - Southampton Central
0042 SuX, N* 0042 SuO Waterloo - Strawberry Hill
N* 0142 SuO Waterloo - Twickenham
N* = not shown in National Rail timetable but advertised in SWT timetable booklets
Latchmere Jns - Clapham Jn [21] (51,186) WB
Normal routes:
Latchmere No 1 Jn - Latchmere No 3 Jn - Longhedge Jn - Factory Jn [21]
(51) WB
0515 SO Gatwick Airport - Manchester Piccadilly
Factory Jn - Stewarts Lane Jn - Battersea Pier Jn (south-eastern side)
[21] (195,196,199,200,212) WB
1916 SSuX, 1946 SSuX Victoria - Dartford
To Victoria:
SE trains from the Up Atlantic Line:
from Ashford International at 0623 SSuX, 0711 SSuX, 0743 SSuX, 1527 SSuX
from Barnehurst at 0724 SSuX
from Canterbury West at 0747 SSuX
from Dartford at 0737 SSuX, 0756 SSuX, 1606 SSuX, 1640 SSuX, 1727 SSuX, 1839 SSuX,
0844 SSuX, 0823 SO / 0923 SuX and half-hourly to 1523 SuX / 1823 SO
from Faversham at 0545 SO / 0945 SuX and half-hourly to 1844 SuX / 1945
SO, then hourly to 2045 SuX, and at 0615 SuO and hourly to 2215 SuO
from Gillingham at 0649 SSuX, 0747 SSuX
from Orpington at 0701 SuO and hourly to 1001 SuO
from Ramsgate at 2210 SSuX
from Sevenoaks at 0811 SuO and hourly to 1011 SuO, then half-hourly to 1811 SuO,
then hourly to 2111 SuO
from Slade Green at 0816 SSuX
[note: equivalent SE outbound services to the Down Atlantic Line tend
to use the Chatham Reversible Line to Voltaire Road Jn]
Nine Elms Jn - Linford Street Jn [21] (350,351,352) WB
All Eurostars to/from Waterloo International
Streatham North Jn - Streatham South Jn (via reversible fast spur)
[17] (182) WF
0626 SO, 0726 SO Dorking - Victoria
0728 SSuX, 0804 SO/0908 SuX and hourly to 1504 SuX/1804 SO Horsham -
Victoria
Brixton Jn - Canterbury Road Jn - Cambria Jn [21] (195,212,350)
WB
0701 MO Bruxelles Midi - Waterloo International
0923 SSuX Dartford - Victoria
0529 SSuX Ramsgate - Victoria
0748 SSuX Victoria - Maidstone East
0806 SSuX Victoria - Faversham
1656 SSuX Victoria - Ashford International
2311 SSuX Victoria - Canterbury West
2341 SX Victoria - Gillingham
[note: other trains
between Victoria and Denmark Hill booked to run via the Atlantic Lines, despite
what might be implied by the National Rail Timetable Map.]
Tulse Hill Jn - Leigham Jn [17] (177) WF
1550 SSuX Streatham Hill - London Bridge
0536 SO Victoria - London Bridge (empty stock, available to staff)
Seven Sisters Jn - South Tottenham West Jn and South
Tottenham East Jn - Tottenham South Jn [21] (21,22) LB
0817 SSuX Cheshunt - Stratford
1742/1748 SSuX Stratford - Cheshunt
[note: from 16 May these trains were
cancelled south of Seven Sisters]
Northumberland Park Depot (Staff Platform or Cleaning Shed) - Seven
Sisters [London Underground] [26]
[notes: only accessible from platforms 4 and 5 at Seven Sisters; Northumberland Park Depot not
accessible to the public]
Some Victoria Line public services starting /
terminating at Seven Sisters (at approx. 20 or 30 min intervals) work as
unadvertised staff trains from / to Northumberland Park except during
SSuX peak hours.
South Bermondsey Jn - Bricklayers Arms Jn (via spur or reversible
line) [22] (178) WF
Principal uses:
Beckenham Jn - New Beckenham [18] (203) WC
0857 SSuX Charing Cross - Beckenham Junction
Lewisham Vale Jn - Tanner's Hill Jn (via St John's reversible flyover
line) [22] (199,200) WC
Principal use: trains
from
Lewisham
to
Charing Cross not booked to call at New Cross - but
not
during
the outbound SSuX evening peak period when the route is used by departures from
Charing Cross to Barnehurst, Dartford, Gravesend, Hayes and Slade Green at 1628,
1655, 1702, 1717, 1724, 1739, 1746, 1801, 1808, 1826, 1843
Ravensbourne Jn - Shortlands Jn (Ravensbourne Chord - diveunder) [18]
(195,212) WB
[note: only accessible to or from Shortlands platforms 1 and 2]
Trains to or from the Catford line other than those in the next entry.
Copper Mill Jn - Temple Mills East Jn - former Chobham Farm Jn - Stratford
[platform 11/12] [22] (21,22) LB
0817 SSuX Cheshunt - Stratford
1748 SSuX Stratford - Cheshunt
[note: from 8 November 2004 to 25 February 2005 these trains
diverted between Temple Mills East Jn and Stratford (main line
platforms) via Channelsea Jns (evening departure revised to 1742)
and from 16 May were cancelled south of Seven Sisters]
Parks Bridge Jn - Ladywell Jn (Ladywell Loop) [22] (203) WC
SuX trains to and from the Catford Bridge line not booked to call at Lewisham
Forest Gate Jn - Woodgrange Park Jn and Barking Station Jn -
Tilbury Line Jn West (via T&H Lines Flyover) [22] (1) LA
2258 SSuX, 2358 SSuX Liverpool Street - Shoeburyness
2135 SSuX, 2235 SSuX Shoeburyness - Liverpool Street
[note: trains to or from the T&H line on Table 62 use Barking bay platform line 1
except between 1400 and 1845 on Saturdays
when trains from 1325 SO Gospel Oak - Barking / 1408 SO Barking - Gospel Oak to 1755 SO Gospel Oak -
Barking / 1838 SO Barking - Gospel Oak (all inclusive) are booked to use platform 7 via
the T&H Lines Flyover]
Chislehurst Jn - St Mary Cray Jn (via reversible Chatham loop) [18]
(196,212) WB
Through SSuX trains between Cannon Street and Chatham or beyond
Through SuX trains from Cannon Street to the Maidstone East line
St Mary Cray Jn - Chislehurst Jn (via up Chatham loop) [18] (196) WB
Through SuX trains from the Maidstone East line to Charing Cross or Cannon Street
Bickley Jn - Petts Wood Jn (via fast Tonbridge loop) [18] (195)
WB/WC
0536 SSuX, 0552 SO, 0718 SSuX, 0748 SSuX Orpington - Blackfriars
Slade Green Jn - Perry Street Fork Jn [38] (200) WC
SSuX trains between Barnehurst and Slade Green
ENGLAND - NORTH EAST
King Edward Bridge South Jn - Gateshead High Level Bridge Jn [75]
(26,48) YD [common with next entry between King Edward Bridge East Jn and
Greensfield Jn]
0830 SSuX, 1536 SSuX Carlisle - Middlesbrough
0845 SO, 1445 SuX Hexham - Sunderland
1504 SO Manchester Airport - Newcastle
1015 SuO MetroCentre - Middlesbrough / Saltburn
1241 SSuX MetroCentre - Morpeth
1240 SO MetroCentre - Newcastle
0717 SSuX Saltburn - Newcastle [may, in practice, have run via the King Edward Bridge]
1826 SO Newcastle - Birmingham New Street
0619 SSuX Newcastle - Paignton
0720 SO Seaham - Hexham
[note: apart from those
starting from Newcastle, trains use route inward bound to
Newcastle]
King Edward Bridge North Jn - Gateshead Park Lane Jn [75] (46) YD
[common with previous entry between King Edward Bridge East Jn and Greensfield
Jn]
0832 SO Middlesbrough - Newcastle
0600 SSuX Sunderland - Hexham
Darlington South Jn - North Jn (via main line avoiding station) [68]
(26) YA
Trains between York and Newcastle not booked to call at Darlington,
Middlesbrough or Sunderland
Stockton Hartburn Jn - Stockton Cut Jn [68] (46) YD
1220 SuO, 1537 SuO Darlington - Hartlepool
1330 SuO, 1624 SuO Hartlepool - Darlington
ENGLAND - NORTH WEST
Blackpool Lytham Road tram stop - Manchester Square junction [Blackpool
Transport] [60]
Early morning journeys from Rigby Road depot towards
Cleveleys advertised to start at Lytham Road tram stop (note L in timetable).
[For times see Blackpool Transport Tram timetable leaflet]
[note: not applicable from 10 January 2005 until 1 May 2005,
during period of closure of line between Tower and Starr Gate for engineering work].
Bare Lane Jn - Hest Bank Jn [60] (36,82,98) CE
2127 SuX Manchester Airport - Morecambe - Barrow-in-Furness
D1 1032 SO, 1058 SSuX Morecambe - Leeds
D1 = until 8 January
Farington Jn - Lostock Hall Jn [60] (65) CE
No service
Frodsham Jn - Halton Jn [51] (81) CE
Summer service only
Golborne Jn - Lowton Jn - Newton le Willows Jn [51,60] (90) CE [common
with next entry between Golborne Jn and Lowton Jn]
0645 SSuX, 1742 SSuX Wigan North Western - Liverpool Lime Street
Golborne Jn - Lowton Jn - Parkside Jn [51,60] (82) CE [common with
previous entry between Golborne Jn and Lowton Jn]
0510 SSuX Manchester Piccadilly - Glasgow Central
Warrington Bank Quay - Walton Old Jn - Acton Grange Jn [51] (65,81) CE
Arrivals at Warrington Bank Quay from the Runcorn East line:
SSuX: 0715, 0918 and hourly to 1918, 2227
Departures from Warrington Bank Quay to the Runcorn East line:
SSuX: 0750 and hourly to 1650, 1502, 1817, 1850, 2050, 2150, 2333
Sandbach - Northwich West Jn [52] (81) CE
No service
Clitheroe - Hellifield Jn [61] (94) CE
Dated Sunday trains between Blackburn and the Settle & Carlisle line
SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS:
Trains between Carlisle and Manchester/Crewe
Heald Green North Jn - Heald Green South Jn [52] (65,84) CE
D10505 MO Manchester Piccadilly - Bournemouth
1050 SSuX Manchester Piccadilly - Penzance
D1 = until 28 March
SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS TO 27 MARCH:
Trains between Crewe and Preston
Trains between Crewe and Liverpool Lime Street from 1300 Sat
SuO trains between Wilmslow and Manchester not calling Manchester Airport
SATURDAYS FROM 3 APRIL:
Trains between Crewe and Preston
See West Coast Project & Travel Update brochure.
Heaton Norris Jn - Ashton Moss North Jn [58] CE [Common with next
entry south of Denton Jn]
No service shown in timetable but service - using this route - of trains between Birmingham New Street /
Stockport and Manchester Victoria during period 27 December to 1 January; see West Coast Project & Travel Update brochure.
Heaton Norris Jn - Guide Bridge Station Jn [58] (78) CE [Common with
previous entry south of Denton Jn]
1123 SO Stockport - Stalybridge
Dinting West Jn - Dinting East Jn (avoiding Glossop) [52] (79) CE
0645 SSuX and approx every 20 mins to 0827 SSuX and 1547 SSuX and
approx every 20 Mins to 1759 SSuX Manchester Piccadilly - Manchester Piccadilly via Hadfield
[only these trains use all three sides of triangle Dinting / Hadfield / Glossop]
2325 SuX Manchester Piccadilly - Glossop
ENGLAND - SOUTH EAST (NORTH)
Didcot East Jn - Didcot North Jn (via avoiding line) [34] (116) PA
Up trains from Oxford to Reading (or beyond) not booked to call at Didcot
Parkway
Most down trains from Reading to Oxford (or beyond) not
booked to call at Didcot Parkway, except to avoid conflict with up
trains.
[Harrowden Jn -] Irchester South (site) - Souldrop (site) [- Sharnbrook
Jn] (via Up & Down Slow (Wymington deviation) and Wymington / Sharnbrook
tunnel) [43] (53) CJ
0700 Burton on Trent - Luton Airport Parkway
[to be overtaken by 0614 Leeds and 0705 Sheffield - St.Pancras]
Helpston Jn - Tallington Jn (down Stamford to down ECML spur) [43]
(26,49) YA
Principal use: many Central Trains northbound departures
from Peterborough for Grantham,
continuing on the down slow line to avoid confliction with faster trains on the down
main line. Northbound departures from Peterborough: SSuX: 0727, 0819,
0930, 1030, 1629, 1837, 1928, 2023; SO: 0728, 0927, 0939, 1025, 1126, 1826, 1927, 2027;
SuO: 1525, 1715, 2328.
Watford North Jn - Watford East Jn [London Underground] [23]
0519 SuX Chesham - Watford
0549 SuX, 0604 SuX, 0647 SuO, 0659 SuO, 0704 SuO, 0714 SuO Rickmansworth - Watford
0026 MO, 0037 MO, N 0050 MX Watford - Rickmansworth
Langley Jn (up) - Langley South Jn (via up Hertford spur) [36] (24) YA
[note: accessible only from platform 1]
Up trains to the Hertford
North line from points north of Stevenage
[note: most trains via
Hertford North starting at Stevenage normally use the down, reversible,
spur; check locally for the occasional exceptions]
Welwyn Garden City flyover [36] (24) YA
[note: accessible
only from platforms 3 and 4]
Most starting up local trains [check
locally for the occasional exceptions]
Ely North Jn - Ely West Jn (via west curve) [44] (17) LB
1554 SuO Norwich - Sheffield / Manchester Piccadilly
Shenfield - Mountnessing Jn (via reversible Southend Loop) [36] (5) LA
[note: accessible only from Shenfield platforms 4 and 5]
Principal use is by most down local trains to the Southend or Southminster
lines from Shenfield - but check locally for use of platform 4 or 5
Colchester Jn - East Gate Jn (via Down Avoiding line) [37] (11) LA
[note: accessible only from platforms 1 and 2; trains starting
at Colchester often use the reversible Clacton Single line]
Down trains to the Clacton line from points south of Colchester
Manningtree North Jn - East Jn [37] (11) LA
Direct trains between Harwich International and Ipswich
ENGLAND - SOUTH EAST (SOUTH)
Mulberry Halt - Jetty Halt [Marchwood Military Railway] [9]
[note: Ministry of Defence site, not normally accessible to general
public]
N 1230 SSuX, N 1600 FO, N 1645 FSSuX Jetty Halt - Mulberry Halt (staff)
N 0745 SSuX, N 1335 SSuX Mulberry Halt - Jetty Halt (staff)
Portsmouth & Southsea Low Level - Blackfriars Jn [10] (157) WG
Most trains terminating or starting at Portsmouth & Southsea - check
locally for the occasional exception.
Reading West Jn - Oxford Road Jn [35] (51) PA/WG
Summer service only
Reading New Jn - Reading Spur Jn [35] (148) PA/WH
[note:
only accessible from platforms 4,5,6,8,9 and 10 at Reading]
Through trains
between Oxford and Guildford or beyond; the line is also used by a few Guildford
line starting/terminating trains booked from/to platforms other than 4A
or 4B at Reading - check locally.
Addlestone Jn - Byfleet Jn [15] (149) WH
0021 MO Staines - Woking
2252 SuX Waterloo - Woking (via Staines)
2252 SuO, 0527 SuX Woking - Waterloo (via Staines)
SuO trains between Staines and Woking
Stoats Nest Jn - Earlswood (via Quarry line) [12] (186) WE
Most
trains between London Victoria or East Croydon and Gatwick Airport not booked to
call at Redhill (except between 2340 and 0530).
Newhaven Harbour Jn - Newhaven Harbour [platform 3 = Marine platform]
[12] WE
N 2130 SSuX Newhaven Harbour - Lewes
Crayford Spur B Jn - Crayford Spur A Jn [38] (200) WC
SuX trains between Crayford and Slade Green.
Sittingbourne Western Jn - Middle Jn [13] (212) WA
0500 SSuX Gillingham - Sheerness-on-Sea
2101 SSuX Sheerness-on-Sea - Gillingham
Ashford International: junction with Maidstone Relief line (1232 points,
58m 0ch) - junction with main line (1241/2 points, 58m 61ch), via Maidstone
lines [13] (196) WA
Most trains between Maidstone East and Ashford
International use the Maidstone Relief line (to reach platforms 5 and 6) but the
following use the original Maidstone lines (or the parallel Maidstone Loop
line):
0623 SSuX, 1632 SSuX Ashford International - Victoria
1024 SSuX, 1532 SSuX Canterbury West - Victoria
1448 SSuX, D1 1618 SO Victoria - Ashford International
D1 = from 22 January
Folkestone Harbour - Folkestone East [13] WA
D 1124 ThO, D 1130 SuO Victoria - Folkestone Harbour (VSOE connection to Venezia Santa Lucia)
D 1440 ThSuO Folkestone Harbour - Victoria (VSOE connection from Venezia Santa
Lucia)
[note: see VSOE publicity for dates of operation]
Minster Station and West Jn - Minster South Jn [14] (207) WA
SSuX trains between Minster and Sandwich
During the period of the closure of line between Folkestone and Dover, additional trains were
operating approximately hourly, SSuX, between Dover and Minster, 3 May to 2 September 2005. See
South Eastern Trains leaflet: Timetable alterations for engineering work between Folkestone Central and Dover Priory.
ENGLAND - SOUTH WEST
Coombe Jn (Coombe No. 1 ground frame) - Coombe [2] (140) PC
Trains
booked to call at Coombe
[note: other trains reverse at Coombe No. 1
ground frame]
[Crediton -] site of Coleford Jn - Okehampton [3] (136) PC
[note: track from Crediton to site of Coleford Jn is Network Rail
(former L&SW down line), thence to Okehampton is owned and controlled by
Aggregate Industries plc]
Summer Sunday trains from 29 May 2005
[note: Sampford
Courtenay - Okehampton section of line also used by
Dartmoor Railway as advertised]
Bishops Lydeard - Norton Fitzwarren (WSR boundary) [West Somerset
Railway] [8]
D 1335 Bishops Lydeard - Norton Fitzwarren and back [operates
during Gold timetable periods]
[notes: Passengers cannot
join or alight at Norton Fitzwarren]
Stoke Gifford Jn and Patchway Jn – Filton West Jn - Holesmouth Jn
[28] PC
No service
Bristol Dr.Days Jn - Feeder Bridge Jn [28] (125,132) PC
0727 SSuX Filton Abbey Wod - Southampton Central
0725 SSuX Warminster - Filton Abbey Wood
Trains (diverted from the direct Swindon - Bristol Parkway route) booked to call at Bath Spa and
Bristol Parkway or Newport, but not booked to call at Bristol Temple Meads (see Table 132): none
shown
in timetable
Yeovil Pen Mill Jn - Yeovil Jn [8] (135) WG
No service
Clink Road Jn - Blatchbridge Jn (via Frome avoiding line) [9] (135) PC
Trains between Reading and Taunton, except trains calling at Bristol
Temple Meads or Bath Spa and Night Riviera
Heywood Road Jn - Fairwood Jn (via Westbury avoiding line) [9] (135)
PC
Trains between Reading and Taunton, except trains calling at
Westbury, Bristol Temple Meads or Bath Spa and Night Riviera
Westbury East Loop Jn - Hawkeridge Jn [9] (125,135,405,406) PC
MONDAY TO SATURDAY MORNINGS:
Night Riviera trains between Paddington and the West Country
Laverstock North Jn - Laverstock South Jn [9] (158) WG
1455 SuO Edinburgh / 2054 SuO Banbury - Southampton Central
ENGLAND - WEST MIDLANDS
Bushbury Jn - Oxley, Stafford Road Jn [47] (131) CC
No service
Bushbury Jn - Portobello Jn [47] (65,68,401) CC
SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS TO 27 MARCH:
Trains between Rugby and Stafford / Stoke on Trent not booked to call at
Wolverhampton
Darlaston Jn - Bescot Jn [47] (65,68) CC
All trains in previous entry plus:
2057 SO Birmingham New Street - Shrewsbury
1820 SSuX Glasgow Central - Birmingham New Street
SUNDAYS FROM 3 APRIL:
Trains between Birmingham New Street and Wolverhampton until 0500 MO
Pleck Jn - Darlaston Jn - Portobello Jn - Wolverhampton [High Level] Crane Street Jn [47] (65,68,70) CC {new temporary entry from 3 January 2005
- existing route with reduced service}
During a "breakdown in agreements with ASLEF on voluntary overtime worked by trains drivers" and following the
resolution of that disagreement, from 3 January 2005 until the end of the timetable period, the only weekday trains on the Wolverhampton
<-> Walsall local service over this section were:
0642 SuX, 0730 SSuX and 0744 SO Walsall - Shrewsbury
0610 SSuX, 0633 SO and D1 0733 SO Shrewsbury - Walsall
0624 SSuX Wolverhampton - Walsall
D1 = this train does not run after 26 March and may not have run prior to that date
Sunday trains ran as advertised (subject to engineering work or other industrial action).
The trains specifically listed in the previous entry also use the Darlaston Jn - Wolverhampton [High Level]
Crane Street Jn section.
Galton Jn - Smethwick West [47] (51,57,71) CG
2050 SO Cardiff Central - Birmingham New Street
1940 SSuX Plymouth - Birmingham New Street
1732 SSuX Stourbridge Jn - Birmingham New Street
Soho South Jn - Perry Barr North Jn [48] (68,70) CC [common with next
two entries between Soho East Jn and Perry Barr West Jn]
1820 SSuX Glasgow Central - Birmingham New Street
0725 SSuX, 0820 SO, 0826 SSuX, 1729 SSuX, 2028 SO, 2311 SSuX Hednesford - Birmingham New Street [- Rugeley / Stafford]
0647 SSuX Rugeley Town - Birmingham New Street
0747 SO, 0915 SO and hourly to 1815 SO Rugeley Trent Valley - Birmingham New Street
0736 SSuX and hourly to 1736 SSuX Stafford - Birmingham New Street [- Walsall]
0849 SO, 0949 SSuX and hourly to 1649 SSuX Walsall - Birmingham New Street [- Stafford]
SATURDAYS TO 26 MARCH:
Trains between Euston and the north-west (VT6 and VT8 routes):
From Euston: 0700, 0800, 0900, 1000, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400, 1500, 1600, 1700, 1800
From Crewe: 0844, 1048, 1248, 1329
From Liverpool Lime Street: 1300
From Preston: 0804, 0958, 1158, 1558
Soho North Jn - Perry Barr South Jn [48] (68) CC [common with adjacent
entries between Soho East Jn and Perry Barr West Jn]
2054 SO, 2155 SSuX Manchester Piccadilly - Birmingham New Street
Soho South Jn - Perry Barr South Jn [48] (51/68) CC [common with
previous two entries between Soho East Jn and Perry Barr West Jn]
D1 0905 SuO Derby - Bournemouth
D1 1940 SuO Bournemouth - Derby
D1 = to 27 March
No other service shown in timetable but diversions - using this route - of trains between
Birmingham International and Birmingham New Street
during period 27 December to 2 January; see West Coast Project & Travel Update brochure.
Birmingham Grand Jn - St Andrew's Jn - Bordesley Jn - Small Heath South
Jn [48] (51,71) CG [partly common with next three entries]
Trains between
Birmingham New Street and Tyseley or Solihull, and Virgin Cross-country
trains between Birmingham New Street and Leamington Spa not booked to
call at Coventry
Birmingham Grand Jn - St Andrew's Jn - Bordesley Jn - Lifford East Jn -
Kings Norton Jn [41,48] (51,57) CC [partly common with adjacent entries]
0530 SuX Birmingham New Street - Cardiff Central
1858 SSuX Bristol Temple Meads - Manchester Piccadilly
2058 SSuX Bristol Temple Meads - Birmingham New Street
2050 SSuX Cardiff Central - Birmingham New Street
1005 SSuX Glasgow Central - Penzance
1738 SSuX Nottingham - Hereford
0930 SSuX Penzance - Glasgow Central
Landor St Jn - St Andrew's Jn - Bordesley Jn - Lifford East Jn - Lifford
West Jn [41,48] (57) CC [partly common with adjacent entries]
No service shown in timetable but diversions - using this route - of trains between
Birmingham New Street and Derby / Lincoln during period 27 December to 2 January;
see West Coast Project & Travel Update brochure.
Landor St Jn - St Andrew's Jn - Bordesley Jn - Lifford East Jn - Kings Norton Jn [41,48] (51,57)
CC [partly common with previous three entries]
No service shown in timetable but diversions - using this route - of trains between
Tamworth and Worcester / Cheltenham Spa during period 27 December to 2 January;
see West Coast Project & Travel Update brochure.
Lichfield Trent Valley High Level - Wichnor Jn [41,42] (51,57) CC
No service
Aston South Jn - Stechford South Jn [48] (65) CC
D1 0905 SuO Derby - Bournemouth
D1 1940 SuO Bournemouth - Derby
D1 = to 27 March
SATURDAYS TO 26 MARCH:
2340 FO Glasgow Central - Euston
2040 FO Inverness - Euston
Trains between Euston and the north-west (VT6/7/8 routes):
From Euston: 0525, 0530, 0625, 0630, 0740, 0750, 0840, 0850, 0940, 0950, 1040, 1050, 1140, 1150, 1240, 1250, 1340, 1350, 1440, 1450, 1540, 1550, 1640, 1650, 1740, 1750, 1840, 1850, 1900, 1926, 1935, 2000
From Crewe: 0646, 1434, 1529, 1634, 1729, 1834, 1929, 2029
From Liverpool Lime Street: 0545, 0644, 0744, 0844, 0944, 1044, 1500, 1700
From Manchester Piccadilly: 0516, 0603, 0647, 0746, 0847, 0947, 1047, 1147, 1247, 1347, 1447, 1547, 1647, 1747, 1847, 2015
From Preston: 0553, 1358, 1756
SUNDAYS TO 27 MARCH:
Trains between Rugby and Stafford / Stoke on Trent not booked to call at
Birmingham New Street or Wolverhampton.
Diversions - using this route - of trains between
Birmingham International and (a) Birmingham New Street or (b) Aston / Lichfield also
during period 27 December to 2 January; see West Coast Project & Travel Update
brochure.
Kingsbury Jn - Whitacre Jn [42] (57) CC
1940 SuO Bournemouth / 2212 SuO Leamington Spa - Derby
1805 SSuX Edinburgh - Birmingham New Street
2016 SuO Newcastle - Birmingham New Street
Nuneaton North Jn - Nuneaton Abbey Jn [42] (66)
SATURDAYS FROM 2 APRIL:
Trains between Birmingham New Street and Rugby/Euston
SUNDAYS FROM 3 APRIL:
Virgin CrossCountry trains between Birmingham New Street and the north-west
Hatton West Jn - North Jn [42] (71) CG
0558 SSuX Birmingham Snow Hill - Stratford upon Avon
ENGLAND - YORKSHIRE & HUMBERSIDE
Sowerby Bridge, Milner Royd Jn - Greetland Jn [61,62] (39,40) YG
0722 SuX (retimed to 0727 SuX from 7 Feb 2005), 1823 SuX Hebden Bridge - Leeds
1713 SuX Leeds - Hebden Bridge
Bradley Wood Jn - Heaton Lodge East Jn [61,62] (39,40) YG
0722 SuX (retimed to 0727 SuX from 7 Feb 2005), 1823 SuX Hebden Bridge - Leeds
1713 SuX Leeds - Hebden Bridge
Copley Hill East Jn - Copley Hill West Jn (Copley Hill chord) [63]
(31) YG
This link line provides a route between the Wakefield Westgate line and the E and F lines to / from the
higher numbered platforms at Leeds City, avoiding potential conflictions between Holbeck Junction
and the station throat. Use of this route is no longer declared in the working timetable so it will
not be referred to in future (unless any reader can provide the compiler with definitive details).
Calder Bridge Jn - Turners Lane Jn [62] (31) YE
2315 FO Sheffield - Leeds
Methley Jn - Altofts Jn [62] (31) YE
Restored to daily service 12 December 2004 by all non-stop trains between Wakefield Kirkgate and Leeds. This route will
not be referred to in future.
Hare Park Jn - Crofton West Jn [62] (31) YE
1825 FO Plymouth - Leeds
2315 SSuX Sheffield - Leeds
Dore South Jn - Dore West Jn [53] (53) YE
No service
Sheffield: Park Square triangle, east chord [Stagecoach Supertram]
[56]
Morning trams from Cricket Inn Road to Herdings Park
or Halfway, shown in Supertram TramGuide (= timetable; issue dated 3 March 2003) as Purple Route
with headnote A or B, "Does not run via the city centre - direct
from Hyde Park to Sheffield Station". From Cricket Inn Road: 0520 SSuX, 0522 SO,
0530 SSuX, 0531 SO, 0539 SSuX, 0542 SO, 0559 SSuX, 0600 SuX, 0659 SSuX, 0713 SuX, 0719 SSuX,
0721 SuO, 0722 SSuX, 0739 SSuX, 0741 SuO, 0801 SuO, 0850 SO, 0916 SO.
Woodburn Jn - Rotherham Central Jn [56] (51) YE
Service reduced to summer only after 11 December 2004
Holmes Jn - Rotherham Masborough - Aldwarke North Jn [56] (29,31) YE
Trains between Sheffield and Doncaster or Leeds not booked to call at
Rotherham Central or Barnsley
Masborough Jn - Beighton Jn [53,56] YE
No service
Woodhouse Jn - Beighton Jn [53,56] (53) YE
2016 SuO, 2025 SSuX Newcastle - Birmingham New Street
Beighton Jn - Tapton Jn - see East Midlands section
Aldwarke North Jn - Thrybergh Jn - Mexborough East Jn [56/62] (51) YE
Service ceased after 11 December 2004
Milford Jn - Castleford [62] (39) YE
TUESDAYS TO FRIDAYS:
0135 MSSuX, 0322 MSSuX, 2324 FSSuX Manchester Airport - York
0210 MSSuX Newcastle - Manchester Airport
0026 MSSuX, 0214 MSSuX York - Manchester Airport
SATURDAYS NIGHTS / SUNDAYS 15/16 JANUARY TO 26/27 MARCH:
2324 SO, 0122 SuO, 0315 SuO, 0505 SuO Manchester Airport - York
0622 SuO Manchester Airport - Middlesbrough
0026 SuO, 0230 SuO, 0330 SuO, 0500 SuO, 0600 SuO, 0659 SuO, 0755 SuO York - Manchester Airport
Milford Jn - Moorthorpe [62] (33, 51) YE/YG
1758 SSuX Bristol Temple Meads - Newcastle
2016 SuO, 2025 SSuX Newcastle - Birmingham New Street
1405 SO, 1408 SuO Paignton - Newcastle
Trains between Sheffield and York in Table 33
Sherburn Jn - Milford Jn [62] (33,39,51) YE/YG
All trains in
previous two entries
Gascoigne Wood - Sherburn Jn [62] (42) YG
1106 SSuX Hull - York
1116 SSuX Selby - York
1153 SSuX York - Selby
SuX trains between York and Selby booked to call at Sherburn in Elmet
Hambleton North Jn - East Jn [62] (42) YG
Trains between York and Selby other than those booked to run via Gascoigne Wood - Sherburn Jn
(see next entry above)
Hambleton South Jn - West Jn [62] (31) YA
0745 SO Harrogate - King's Cross
Knottingley - Potters Grange Jn [62/63] (32) YE
{existing route, reduced frequency from 13 December 2004}
SuX trains between Knottingley and Goole
Doncaster Flyover East Jn - Loversall Carr Jn [64] (26) YA/YE
[note: only accessible from Doncaster platforms 3b, 4, 5 or 8]
0729 SSuX Harrogate - King's Cross
[to avoid conflict with 0700 King's
Cross]
1305 SSuX Leeds - King's Cross
[to avoid conflict with 1200
King's Cross]
Doncaster Black Carr Jn - Bessacarr Jn [64] (18) YE
[note: Accessible only by southbound trains from Doncaster platforms 1, 2 or 3, using the
Up East Slow line to Black Carr Jn; other trains used Lincoln Flyover.]
Despite one weekly journey reappearing in this working timetable (the first by this route since
31 May 1999), the outbound 1920 SO Doncaster - Sleaford did not normally use this route because of the
difficulty of getting its balancing inbound working to the relevant platform. The route could be used by
southbound trains diverted via Gainsborough instead of Retford.
Trent Junctions - Wrawby Jn - see East Midlands section
IRELAND
Limerick Jn.: Kyle crossing points - Milltown crossing points (via
Limerick Jn Loop [avoiding line]) [90]
Non-stop trains between Thurles
(or north thereof) and Limerick
Limerick Jn.: Keane's points (North Cabin No. 21 points) - South Cabin
reversing siding - Waterford bay (platform no. 4) [90]
Trains from Limerick Junction to Waterford together with their inward
workings:
0900 SuX, 1245 SuX Limerick Jn - Waterford
1715 SuX Limerick Jn - Rosslare Europort
0600 SuX, 1000 SuX, 1430 SuX Waterford - Limerick Jn
NORTHERN IRELAND
Belfast City Jn - Central Jn [101] (1,5)
Trains between Belfast
Central and Lisburn or Portadown not booked to call at (Belfast) Great Victoria
Street
SCOTLAND
Larkfield Jn - Muirhouse South Jn [82] (400) GA
No service
Maryhill - Knightswood North Jn [81] (227,404) GC
Trains between Edinburgh or Glasgow Queen Street and the West Highland line.
Cowlairs North Jn - Cowlairs East Jn [82] (227,404) GC
1900 SuO, 1950 SSuX Fort William - Edinburgh
Sighthill West Jn - Cowlairs West Jn [82] (227,404) GC
0450 SuX Edinburgh - Fort William
Newton Station East - Newton East Jn (Newton South Connecting Line)
[82] (65) GA
D1 1146 SO Bournemouth - Glasgow Central
D1 = until 26 March
Law Jn - Shieldmuir Jn [78] (26,65) GA
Trains between Motherwell and Carstairs not booked to call intermediately,
except the following Virgin services booked instead via Holytown and Law Jn:
1005 SSuX, 1205 SSuX Glasgow Central - Penzance
1405 SSuX Glasgow Central - Plymouth
1740 SSuX Glasgow Central - Euston
[note: no services between Law Jn and Shieldmuir Jn on Saturdays and Sundays from 2 April]
Inverness Rose Street Jn - Welsh's Bridge Jn [88] (239) GC
1523 SuX Aberdeen - Kyle of Lochalsh
1718 SuX Kyle of Lochalsh - Elgin
0629 SuX Wick - Aberdeen
[note: trains use this route as between Inverness and Muir of Ord]
Dalmeny Jn - Winchburgh Jn [78,79] (228,242) GC
1733 SSuX Glasgow Queen Street - Kirkcaldy
0715 SSuX Kirkcaldy - Glasgow Queen Street
Thornton North Jn - Thornton West Jn [85] (242) GC
1727 SuX Edinburgh - Perth
0624 SX, 0633 SO Markinch - Edinburgh
0614 SSuX Perth - Edinburgh
Slateford Jn - Craiglockhart - Portobello Jn [79] (26) GC
Summer service only
WALES
Carmarthen Jn - Carmarthen Bridge Jn [30] (128) PB
Summer service only
Briton Ferry, Court Sart Jn/Up Flying Loop Jn - Morlais Jn (Swansea
District line) [30/31] (128) PB [common with next entry east of Grovesend
Colliery Loop Jn]
Summer service only
Briton Ferry, Court Sart Jn/Up Flying Loop Jn - Hendy Jn (Swansea District line) [30/31]
(128/129) [common with previous entry east of Grovesend Colliery Loop Jn]
No service, but see below under Regular but infrequent services.
Landore Jn - Swansea Loop West Jn [31] (128) PB
No service
Barry Jn - Bridgend, Barry Jn [7,27,31] (128) PD
No service
Leckwith Loop North Jn - Leckwith Loop South Jn (Leckwith Loop) [27]
(128) PD
0616 SuX, 1821 SSuX Cardiff Central - Maesteg
0803 SSuX Maesteg - Cardiff Central
2245 SSuX Paddington - Swansea
0605 SSuX Rhymney - Maesteg
Maindee North Jn - Maindee East Jn [32] (131) PB
0934 SO, 1308/1348 SuO Manchester Piccadilly - Penzance
0624 SSuX Penzance - Crewe
0610 SO, 1323 SuO Penzance - Manchester Piccadilly
Wrexham General Platform 3 - Wrexham Exchange Jn (via loop) [51] (101)
CE
Daily, first departure from Wrexham General to Bidston and last arrival
at Wrexham General from Bidston.
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Regular but infrequent services Briton Ferry, Court Sart Jn/Up Flying Loop Jn - Hendy Jn (Swansea
District line) [30/31] Aylesbury - Quainton Road [35] Downpatrick Loop Platform - present end of line towards Ballydugan (Ringreagh) [Downpatrick & County Down Railway]
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