Passenger Train Services over Unusual Lines
Summer/Autumn 2005
This page was updated on 11 May 2008
Unless otherwise indicated, trains operated Sunday 12 June to Saturday 10 December 2005.
All dates quoted are inclusive, but services and timings may be altered on public holidays.
The Network Rail timetable split into the following periods: Period C: Sunday 12 June - Sunday 18 September 2005;
Period D: Monday 19 September - Saturday 10 December 2005. Major engineering
diversions tend to match those periods.
During leaf fall season (October/November) retimings may include earlier departures.
Explanation of references: refer to the Introduction
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Don't forget that all Sunday trains - and even weekday trains - were subject to further diversion or alteration. |
ENGLAND - EAST MIDLANDS
Sheet Stores Jn - Stenson Jn [53] (53,57) CC
No service shown in timetable
Beighton Jn - Tapton Jn [53,56] (51,53) YE
0610 SSuX St.Pancras - Sheffield
2025 SSuX Newcastle - Birmingham New Street
Trent East Jn - Toton Jn [53] (53,54) CJ
0614 SSuX Leeds - St.Pancras
0500 SO Sheffield - St.Pancras
SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS FROM 24/25 SEPTEMBER:
Trains between Derby and Chesterfield
Attenborough Jn - Toton Jn [53] (49) CJ {regular service from 18 June 2005}
1030 SO St.Pancras - Sheffield
SUNDAY MORNINGS FROM 25 SEPTEMBER:
D 2135 SO Liverpool Lime Street - Nottingham
D 0912 SuO Nottingham - Manchester Piccadilly
Toton Jn - Trowell Jn [53] (49,53) CJ
All trains in previous two entries
Syston North Jn - Syston East Jn [42] (49) CJ
1930 SuO Norwich - Nottingham
0456 SSuX, 0607 SSuX, 0619 SO, 1238 SuO Nottingham - Norwich
2058 SSuX Spalding - Nottingham
Thrumpton West Jn - Retford West Jn (high level platform 2) [54] (30)
YE
0518 SuX Barnsley - Retford
0703 SuX Retford - Leeds
2245 SuX Retford - Sheffield
2144 SuX Sheffield - Retford
Kettering North Jn - Manton Jn [43] (53) CJ
No service shown in timetable
[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
SO trains between Retford and Barnetby
Barkston East Jn - Allington Jn [54] (19) YA
Trains between Nottingham and Sleaford / Boston not shown to call at Grantham
With the diversion of trains between Grantham and Sleaford via Allington East Jn
and Allington North Jn (instead of Barkston South Jn and Barkston East Jn) from 3 October 2005
the heading for this entry replaced by:
Allington North Jn - Allington West Jn [formerly Allington Jn] [54] (19) YA
[note: West Jn is the Nottingham apex, East Jn the Grantham apex and North Jn the Sleaford apex of the new triangle.]
ENGLAND - GREATER LONDON
Old Oak Common West - Northolt Jn [20] (115) PA/CG
0526 SSuX Aylesbury - Paddington
1128 MTThFO Princes Risborough - Paddington
1255 MTThFO Paddington - Princes Risborough
[note: suspended from 1 July
to 19 August in consequence of
tunnel collapse at Gerrards Cross]
Strawberry Hill Jn - Fulwell Jn [16] (149,152) WH
SSuX trains between Strawberry Hill and Fulwell
Sudbury Jn - Willesden West London Jn (via Willesden Relief Lines
diveunder) [20] (66) CB
SN trains between Clapham Jn and Watford Jn
Acton Main Line (Acton East/Poplar Jn) - Acton Wells Jn - West London Jn
(reversible line) - Mitre Bridge Jn [20] (51) LC
Table 51 trains between Reading, Kensington Olympia and East Croydon
Willesden - Mitre Bridge Jn [20] (51,66,186) CB/LC
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
Camden Jn - Camden Road West Jn [22] (400,401) CB
No service shown in timetable
Camden Road Central Jn - Copenhagen Jn [21] (400,401) LB/YA
No service shown in timetable
Point Pleasant Jn - East Putney [21] (152,155,158) WH
0454 SuX Basingstoke - Waterloo
0105 Waterloo - Southampton Central
0042 Waterloo - Strawberry Hill
0142 SuO Waterloo - Twickenham
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
0915 SO Brighton - 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 0620/0623 SSuX, 0708/0711 SSuX, 0740/0743 SSuX, 1527 SSuX
from Barnehurst at 0724 SSuX
from Canterbury West at D 0747 SSuX
from Dartford at 0737 SSuX, 0756 SSuX, 1606 SSuX, 1640 SSuX, 1727 SSuX, 1839 SSuX, 0653 SO / 0923 SuX and
half-hourly to 1523 SuX / 1823 SO
from Dover Priory at 0546/0549 SSuX, 1549/1552 SSuX
from Faversham at 0545 SO / 0945 SuX and half-hourly to 1844 SuX / 1945 SO, then hourly to 2045 SuX, 2145 SO, and at 0615 SuO and
hourly to 1615 SuO, 2115 SuO, 2215 SuO
from Folkestone Central at D 0741 SSuX
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
0007 SO Gillingham - Victoria
0527/0529 SSuX, 2210 SSuX Ramsgate - Victoria
0748 SSuX Victoria - Maidstone East
0807 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
Seven Sisters Jn - South Tottenham West Jn and South
Tottenham East Jn - Tottenham South Jn [21] (21,22) LB
0817 SSuX Cheshunt - Stratford
1742 SSuX Stratford - Cheshunt
[note: From 16 May 2005 until further notice these trains 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 shown 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
Copper Mill Jn - Temple Mills East Jn - former Chobham Farm Jn - Stratford
[platform 11/12] [22] (21,22) LB
0817 SSuX Cheshunt - Stratford
1742 SSuX Stratford - Cheshunt
[notes: from 16 May to 9 December 2005 these trains cancelled
south of Seven Sisters; more frequent regular services added to this route from
12 (sic) December 2005.]
Parks Bridge Jn - Ladywell Jn (Ladywell Loop) [22] (203) WC
SuX trains to and from the Catford Bridge line not shown 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
[ notes: Trains to or from the T&H line on Table
62 used Barking bay platform line 1; exception: 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)
booked to use platform 7 via the T&H Lines Flyover. Gospel Oak - Barking service replaced by
buses 5 to 22 August (not clear whether the CC trains also affected)]
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
0552 SO, 0718 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
0749 SSuX Doncaster - Newcastle
1445 SO Hexham - Sunderland
1504 SO Manchester Airport - Newcastle
1015 SuO MetroCentre - Middlesbrough / Saltburn
1230 SSuX MetroCentre - Newcastle
1240 SuX MetroCentre - Newcastle/Morpeth
0619 SSuX Newcastle - Paignton
1925 SSuX Newcastle - Doncaster
0717 MSSuX Saltburn - Newcastle
0720 SO Seaham - Hexham [leaving Newcastle]
[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 shown 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]
Bare Lane Jn - Hest Bank Jn [60] (36,82,98) CE
2127 SSuX, D 2127 SO Manchester Airport - Morecambe - Barrow-in-Furness
D 1058 SO Morecambe - Leeds
Farington Jn - Lostock Hall Jn [60] (65) CE
No service shown in timetable
Frodsham Jn - Halton Jn [51] (81) CE
Summer service only
D 0825 SO Chester - Runcorn
Golborne Jn - Lowton Jn - Newton le Willows Jn [51,60] (90) CE [common
with next entry between Golborne Jn and Lowton Jn]
0645 SuX, 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]
0527 SSuX Manchester Piccadilly - Glasgow Central
2020 SSuX Glasgow Central - Manchester Piccadilly
Warrington Bank Quay - Walton Old Jn - Acton Grange Jn [51] (65,81) CE
Arrivals at Warrington Bank Quay from the Runcorn East line:
SuX: 0715/0716, 0918 and hourly to 1918, 2227 SSuX, D 2227 SO, D 2327 SO
SuO to 18 September only: 1002, 1102, 1159, 1400, 1529, 1632, 1849
SuO from 25 September: no service
Departures from Warrington Bank Quay to the Runcorn East line:
SuX: 0751 and hourly to 1650, 1502, 1817, 1850, 2050, 2150, D 2348 SO
SuO to 18 September only: 0925, 1056, 1204, 1343, 1530, 1656, 1805, 1949, 2049, 2157, 2341
SuO from 25 September: no service
Sandbach - Northwich West Jn [52] (81) CE
No service shown in timetable
Clitheroe - Hellifield Jn [61] (94) CE
Dated Sunday trains between Blackburn and the Settle & Carlisle line
SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS FROM 24/25 SEPTEMBER:
Trains between Carlisle and
Preston
Heald Green North Jn - Heald Green South Jn [52] (65,84) CE
1050 SSuX Manchester Piccadilly - Penzance
SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS TO 2/3 JULY AND AGAIN FROM 13/14 AUGUST TO 17/18 SEPTEMBER:
Trains between Wilmslow / Crewe or south and Manchester not
shown to call at Manchester Airport
[note: On the weekends of 9/10 July to 6/7 August inclusive other engineering work supervened
and this route not in use.]
SUNDAYS FROM 25 SEPTEMBER:
Trains between Crewe or south and Liverpool Lime Street or 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 diversion - using this route - of trains between Birmingham New Street /
Buxton and Manchester Victoria applied 6/7 August and 15 October;
see local publicity and West Coast Project & Travel Update brochure.
Heaton Norris Jn - Guide Bridge Station Jn [58] (78) CE [Common with
previous entry south of Denton Jn]
D 1615 FO Stalybridge - Stockport [summer]
D 1123 SO Stockport - Stalybridge [autumn]
Dinting West Jn - Dinting East Jn (avoiding Glossop) [52] (79) CE
Until 18 September 2005:
0645 SSuX and approx every 20 mins to 0827 SSuX, also 1547 SSuX and approx
every 20 Mins to 1759 SSuX Manchester Piccadilly - Manchester Piccadilly via
Hadfield (morning trains use the curve on their outward journey,
afternoon trains on their inward journey)
[only these trains use all three sides of triangle Dinting / Hadfield /
Glossop]
2325 SuX Manchester Piccadilly - Glossop
From 19 September until 10 December 2005:
SSuX trains Manchester Piccadilly - Manchester Piccadilly via Hadfield until 1759 SSuX
(until 1147 SSuX trains use the curve on their outward journey, thereafter on their inward journey)
[only these trains use all three sides of triangle Dinting / Hadfield /
Glossop]
2325 SSuX 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 shown to call at Didcot
Parkway
Most down trains from Reading to Oxford (or beyond) not
shown 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 - St.Pancras
[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, 1025, 1126, 1826, 1927, 2027
SuO: 1525, 1715, 2319/2328
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
[note: Service subject to minor revision from 25 September 2005 for leaf-fall season.]
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]
Welwyn Garden City flyover [36] (24) YA
[note: Accessible
only from platforms 3 and 4.]
Most starting up local trains
Ely North Jn - Ely West Jn (via west curve) [44] (17) LB
1553 SuO Norwich - 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
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 1645 FSSuX Jetty Halt - Mulberry Halt (staff)
N 0745 SSuX, N 1335 FSSuX Mulberry Halt - Jetty Halt (staff)
Friday afternoon services withdrawn from unknown date
Portsmouth & Southsea Low Level - Blackfriars Jn [10] (157) WG
Most trains terminating or starting at Portsmouth & Southsea
Reading West Jn - Oxford Road Jn [35] (51) PA/WG
Summer service only
D 0946 SO Bournemouth - Glasgow Central
D 1046 SO Bournemouth - Aberdeen
D 0850 SO Edinburgh - Bournemouth
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.
Addlestone Jn - Byfleet Jn [15] (149) WH
0021 MO, 0742 SuO Staines - Woking
2252 SuX Waterloo - Woking (via Staines)
0525 SuX Woking - Waterloo (via Staines)
SuO trains between Waterloo and Woking via Staines
Stoats Nest Jn - Earlswood (via Quarry line) [12] (186) WE
Most trains between London Victoria or East Croydon and Gatwick Airport not shown to
call at Redhill. Exceptions: the GX xx.00 from Victoria, which often runs non-stop via Redhill;
between 2340 and 0530 trains run non-stop via Redhill.
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):
0620/0623 SSuX, 1631/1632 SSuX, 1900 SSuX Ashford International - Victoria
1024 SSuX, 1532 SSuX Canterbury West - Victoria
1448 SSuX Victoria - Ashford International
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 and for the special fares that apply.]
Minster Station and West Jn - Minster South Jn [14] (207) WA
SSuX trains between Minster and Sandwich
[note: During the period of the closure of line between Folkestone and Dover, additional trains
operated approximately hourly, SSuX, 3 May to 2 September 2005, as shown
in National Rail Timetable; thereafter, the more restricted normal service resumed.]
ENGLAND - SOUTH WEST
Coombe Jn (Coombe No. 1 ground frame) - Coombe [2] (140) PC
Trains shown 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 to 18 September 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]
D1 1335 Bishops Lydeard - Norton Fitzwarren and back
D1 = Gold timetable periods which are, principally,
Bank Holiday weekends and daily 19 July to 1 September 2005
[note: Passengers cannot join or alight at Norton Fitzwarren ]
As this facility is now advertised in the West Somerset Railway's
timetable it will not be referred to in future.
Stoke Gifford Jn and Patchway Jn – Filton West Jn - Holesmouth Jn
[28] PC
No service shown in timetable
Bristol Dr.Days Jn - Feeder Bridge Jn [28] (125,132) PC
0727 SSuX Filton Abbey Wood - Southampton Central
0725 SSuX Warminster - Filton Abbey Wood
2115 MTWThO, 2245 MTWThO Paddington - Swansea
0443 TWThFO Bristol Parkway - Paddington
2030 MTWThO Swansea - Paddington
Other trains (diverted from the direct Swindon - Bristol Parkway route) shown
to call at Bath Spa and Bristol Parkway or Newport, but not shown to call at
Bristol Temple Meads (see Table 132): none shown in current timetable
Yeovil Pen Mill Jn - Yeovil Jn [8] (135) WG
No service shown in timetable
Clink Road Jn - Blatchbridge Jn (via Frome avoiding line) [9] (135) PC
Trains between Reading and Taunton. Exception: trains shown to call 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. Exception: trains shown to call 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
1350/1450 SuO Edinburgh - Southampton Central
0839 SuO Southampton Central - Manchester Piccadilly
ENGLAND - WEST MIDLANDS
Bushbury Jn - Oxley, Stafford Road Jn [47] (131) CC
No service shown in timetable
Bushbury Jn - Portobello Jn [47] (65,68,401) CC
SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS FROM 24/25 SEPTEMBER:
Trains between Rugby and Stafford / Stoke on Trent not
shown to call at Wolverhampton. Exception: xx.03 SO hourly from Euston (VT8 route)
booked non-stop via Dudley Port and Wolverhampton station.
Darlaston Jn - Bescot Jn [47] (65,68) CC
All trains in previous entry
plus
:
2058 SO Birmingham New Street - Shrewsbury
1820 SSuX, D 1820 SO Glasgow Central - Birmingham New Street
1834 SSuX Holyhead - Birmingham New Street
D 2003 SO Manchester Piccadilly - Birmingham New Street
Pleck Jn - Darlaston Jn - Portobello Jn - Wolverhampton [High Level] Crane
Street Jn [47] (65,68,70) CC
Temporary new entry from 3 January 2005 - but normal services resumed 12 June 2005.
Galton Jn - Smethwick West [47] (51,57,71) CG
2050 SO Cardiff Central - Birmingham New Street
1940 SSuX Plymouth - Birmingham New Street
0835 SSuX Great Malvern - 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]
All SuX trains shown non-stop from Tame Bridge Parkway to Birmingham New Street
1820 SSuX, D 1820 SO Glasgow Central - Birmingham New Street
SATURDAYS FROM 24 SEPTEMBER:
Trains between Euston and the north-west (VT6 and VT8 routes) shown in Table 68 to call at
Birmingham New Street, with a "s" stop northbound or with a "u" stop southbound. Exception:
xx.03 SO hourly from Euston (VT8 route) booked non-stop via Dudley Port and Wolverhampton station.
Soho North Jn - Perry Barr South Jn [48] (68) CC [common with adjacent
entries between Soho East Jn and Perry Barr West Jn]
2051/2054 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]
Autumn/Spring service only
D1 0948 SuO Birmingham New Street - Bournemouth
D1 1940 SuO Bournemouth - Birmingham New Street
D1 = from 25 September
Birmingham Grand Jn - St Andrew's Jn - Bordesley Jn - Small Heath South
Jn [48] (51,71) CG [partly common with next three entries]
VT cross-country trains between Birmingham New Street and Leamington Spa
not shown 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, D 1858 SuO Bristol Temple Meads - Manchester Piccadilly
D 1858 SO Bristol Temple Meads - Preston
2058 SSuX Bristol Temple Meads - Birmingham New Street
2050 SSuX Cardiff Central - Birmingham New Street
D 0934 SuO, 1005 SSuX Glasgow Central - Penzance
D 1522 SO Newquay - Manchester Piccadilly
1738 SSuX Nottingham - Hereford
1358 SuO, D 1410 SO Paignton - Manchester Piccadilly
0930 SSuX Penzance - Glasgow Central
D 1825 SO, 1943 SuO Plymouth - Birmingham New Street
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
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
Lichfield Trent Valley High Level - Wichnor Jn [41,42] (51,57) CC
No service shown in timetable
Aston South Jn - Stechford South Jn [48] (65) CC
D1 0948 SuO Birmingham New Street - Bournemouth
D1 1940 SuO Bournemouth - Birmingham New Street
D1 = from 25 September
SATURDAYS FROM 24 SEPTEMBER:
Trains between Rugby and Stafford / Stoke on Trent not shown
in Table 68 to call at Birmingham New Street
2340 FO Glasgow Central - Euston
2040 FO Inverness - Euston
SUNDAYS FROM 25 SEPTEMBER:
Trains between Rugby and Stafford / Stoke on Trent not
shown to call at Birmingham New Street or Wolverhampton
2325 SuO Euston - Glasgow Central
2315 SuO Glasgow Central - Euston
Kingsbury Jn - Whitacre Jn [42] (57) CC
D 1940 SuO Bournemouth - Derby
1805 SSuX Edinburgh - Birmingham New Street
2016 SuO Newcastle - Birmingham New Street
Nuneaton North Jn - Nuneaton Abbey Jn [42] (66)
SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS UNTIL 17/18 SEPTEMBER:
Trains between Birmingham New Street and Rugby/Euston
Hatton West Jn - North Jn [42] (71,73) CG
0558 SSuX Birmingham Snow Hill - Stratford upon Avon
ND 1204 SuO, ND 1700 SuO Stratford upon Avon - Birmingham Snow Hill
ND = Vintage Trains' Shakespeare Express and Bullring Express;
Sundays 3 July to 25 September 2005
ENGLAND - YORKSHIRE & HUMBERSIDE
Sowerby Bridge, Milner Royd Jn - Greetland Jn [61,62] (39,40) YG
0727 SuX, 1823 SuX Hebden Bridge - Leeds
1713 SuX Leeds - Hebden Bridge
SUNDAYS/MONDAY MORNINGS FROM 25/26 SEPTEMBER TO 30/31OCTOBER:
Trains between Manchester Victoria and Huddersfield or Dewsbury -
from 0751 SuO Manchester Airport Middlesbrough / 0855 SuO Leeds - Liverpool Lime Street
[note: Prior to this, trains run via and reverse at Bradford Interchange.]
until 0324 MO Manchester Airport - York / 0226 MO York - Manchester Airport
Bradley Wood Jn - Heaton Lodge East Jn [61,62] (39,40) YG
0727 SuX, 1823 SuX Hebden Bridge - Leeds
1713 SuX Leeds - Hebden Bridge
SUNDAYS/MONDAY MORNINGS FROM 25/26 SEPTEMBER TO 30/31OCTOBER:
Trains between Manchester Victoria and Dewsbury not shown to call at Huddersfield -
during same period as previous entry
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.
Departures from Leeds to the Wakefield Westgate line:
SSuX: 2309
SO: nil
SuO to 18 September: 0900, 2100
SuO from 25 September: 0845, 1700
Arrivals at Leeds from the Wakefield Westgate line:
SSuX: 0218 MX, 0913, 1213, 1313, 1400, 1500, 1530, 1813, 1914, 1932, 2143, 2205, 2244, 2305, 2330
SO: 0218, 0711, 0905, 1001, 1101, 1201, 1301, 1401, 1501, 1931, 2144, 2216, D 2246, 2259/2329, 2304
SuO: 1245, 1653, D 2147, D 2149, D 2332
Calder Bridge Jn - Turners Lane Jn [62] (31) YE
2315 FO Sheffield - Leeds
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 shown in timetable
Sheffield: Park Square triangle, east chord [Stagecoach Supertram]
[56]
Morning trams from Cricket Inn Road at the following times 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": 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
Summer service only
D 1758 SO Bristol Temple Meads - York
Holmes Jn - Rotherham Masborough - Aldwarke North Jn [56] (29,31) YE
Trains between Sheffield and Doncaster or Leeds not shown to call at
Rotherham Central or Barnsley
Masborough Jn - Beighton Jn [53,56] YE
No service shown in timetable
Woodhouse Jn - Beighton Jn [53,56] (53) YE
0610 SSuX St.Pancras - Sheffield
Beighton Jn - Tapton Jn - see East Midlands section
Aldwarke North Jn - Thrybergh Jn - Mexborough East Jn [56/62] (29) YE {service restored 13 June 2005}
0540 SuX Doncaster - Manchester Airport
0345 MSuX Manchester Airport - Doncaster
Milford Jn - Castleford [62] (39) YE
SUNDAYS TO 18 SEPTEMBER:
Trains between York and Leeds until 0622 SuO Manchester Airport - Middlesbrough / 0755 SuO
York - Manchester Airport
TUESDAYS TO FRIDAYS:
0135 MSSuX, 0322 MSSuX, 2324 FSSuX Manchester Airport - York
0210 MSSuX Newcastle - Manchester Airport
0026 MSSuX, 0214 MSSuX York - Manchester Airport
Milford Jn - Moorthorpe [62] (33, 51) YE/YG
1758 SX Bristol Temple Meads - Newcastle
2016 SuO, 2025 SSuX Newcastle - Birmingham New Street
D 0720 SO Newcastle - Bristol Temple Meads
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
SuX trains between York and Selby shown to call at Sherburn in Elmet
Hambleton North Jn - East Jn [62] (42) YG
Trains between York and Selby not shown to call at Sherburn in Elmet
Hambleton South Jn - West Jn [62] (31) YA
0745 SO Harrogate - King's Cross
Knottingley - Potters Grange Jn [62/63] (32) YE
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.]
0728 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.]
No outbound service between Doncaster and the Gainsborough line was shown in this working timetable to
use this route (and did not do so because of the difficulty of getting the 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
[Kilmeadan -] Carriganore - Bilberry [= Waterford South] [Waterford &
Suir Valley Railway] [91 - not shown]
{new route from 16 June 2005}
Unadvertised "Sunset Express" excursions operate on Thursday evenings (at 1930 from Kilmeadan) 16 June,
21 July, 18 August and 15 September 2005.
Because of road works, it is not expected that any further services will use this route until the 2009 season.
NORTHERN IRELAND
Belfast City Jn - Central Jn [101] (1,5)
Trains between Belfast Central and Lisburn or Portadown not shown to call at (Belfast) Great Victoria
Street
SCOTLAND
Larkfield Jn - Muirhouse South Jn [82] (400) GA
No service shown in timetable
Maryhill - Knightswood North Jn [81] (227,404) GC
Trains between Edinburgh or Glasgow Queen Street and the West Highland line.
[note: from 26 September 2005 heading to read: Maryhill Park Jn - Knightswood North Jn
Cowlairs North Jn - Cowlairs East Jn [82] (227,404) GC
1910 SuO, 1955 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
No service shown in timetable
Law Jn - Shieldmuir Jn [78] (26,65,225) GA
Principal uses:
Inverness Rose Street Jn - Welsh's Bridge Jn [88] (239) GC
1523 SuX Aberdeen - Kyle of Lochalsh
[notes: Train used this route between Inverness and Muir of Ord. Despite information in
the National Rail Timetable, this is the only train shown at First ScotRail's website
and in the working timetable as using this route (and allowed extra time for the manoeuvre).]
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
2106 SSuX Dundee - Edinburgh
Haymarket West Jn - Craiglockhart Jn - Portobello Jn [79] (229) GC
[common with next entry between Craiglockhart Jn and Portobello Jn] {new route from 13 June 2005}
2106 SSuX Dundee - Edinburgh
Slateford Jn - Craiglockhart Jn - Portobello Jn [79] (26) GC
[common with previous entry between Craiglockhart Jn and Portobello Jn]
Summer service only
D 0725 SO Glasgow Central - Bournemouth
WALES
Carmarthen Jn - Carmarthen Bridge Jn [30] (128) PB
Summer service only
D 1016 SO Cardiff Central - Fishguard Harbour
D 1335 SO Fishguard Harbour - Cardiff Central
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
D 1016 SO Cardiff Central - Fishguard Harbour
D 1335 SO Fishguard Harbour - Cardiff Central
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 shown in timetable, but see below under Regular but infrequent services.
Landore Jn - Swansea Loop West Jn [31] (128) PB
No service shown in timetable
Barry Jn - Bridgend, Barry Jn [7,27,31] (130) PD
Regular local service restored from 12 June 2005; this route will not be referred to in future.
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
[note: On departures from Cardiff Central look for signal indication N.]
Maindee North Jn - Maindee East Jn [32] (131) PB
1349 SuO Manchester Piccadilly - Penzance
D 0928 SO Manchester Piccadilly / D 0855 SO Manchester Oxford Road - Penzance
0624 SSuX Penzance - Crewe
1327/1328 SuO Penzance - Manchester Piccadilly
0610 SO Penzance - Manchester Piccadilly / Manchester Oxford Road
[note: Regular services over this route withdrawn from 11 December 2005.]
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] Llangollen Loco Shed [former Goods Yard] - Llangollen Goods Jn
[a.k.a. Ffordd Jn or Pentrefelin loop] [Llangollen
Railway] [63] Aylesbury - Quainton Road [35] Mossend East Jn - Mossend North Jn [94] Groombridge - Birchden (former junction near Eridge) [Spa Valley Railway] [12] {new route from 25 June 2005} Downpatrick Loop Platform - present end of line towards Ballydugan (Ringreagh) [Downpatrick & County Down Railway] [100] |