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Ashford (Kent) 2026 May Bank Holiday Please note station is now known as ASHFORD INTERNATIONAL After the time of the standard timetable of this simulation, many changes have taken place at Ashford. The extra boat passenger trains connecting at Dover Western Docks and the Freight and Train Ferry to Dunkerque have gone. Also Folkestone Harbour passenger station has closed. Ashford Works land has been mostly sold off. After the Eurostar service started Ashford Euro Terminal opened and passengers would go through immigration and customs there but and it was sadly closed permanently after the coronavirus. Eurostar do not want to use it as it was not profitable. The Channel Tunnel itself had been built and a High Speed1 (HS1) line has been built from the Channel Tunnel to London Waterloo initially and later to London St Pancras coming through Ashford International and to the Channel Tunnel and into Europe. The European trains terminate in Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam and London St Pancras. A new fleet of trains will run from 2029 onwards also adding trains to Germany and Switzerland from St Pancras Also talks that maybe the Ashford Euroterminal will reopen by other operators. Ashford Eurostar Services now pass on the new avoiding line non stop to London or Europe. But due to engineering works on the avoiding line today the trains will come non stop through the old Euro Terminal platforms at Ashford which are closed to the public. located between the Up Fast and Down Fast (for your interest and enjoyment.only.) For your interest I have Eurostar HS1 services joining from the Down Tonbridge and exit back to HS1 on the Down Folkestone and from Europe on the Up Folkestone to Up Tonbridge back to HS1. The journey time from St Pancras to Ashford is 25 minutes plus 6 minutes from Ashford to the UK /Europe Border at the Channel Tunnel entrance at Cheriton as these trains have a maximum speed of 186 MPH. Eurostar Trains are controlled by digital signalling and are on 25K AC power throughout. Services to Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris. from London St Pancras International only. You signal as normal through Ashford on the Up and Down Fast Line. Ths HS1 line is controlled by the new Ashford signalling Centre from St Pancras to the Channel Tunnel entrance where the tunnel operator then signals trains to from Europe. Southeastern Javelin Services use High Speed 1 Between Ashford and London St Pancras on Digital Signalling and AC Power. Joining or leaving on the Up and Down Tonbridge, and at Ashford change to DC Power to from the Canterbury or Folkestone Lines using colour light signals as normal to Ramsgate or Dover etc. Other Passenger Services are all operated by Southeastern and as the timetable is for a Bank holiday weekend. The trains have extra coaches and some trains that terminate at Ashford in the morning are extended to Ramsgate or Margate via Canterbury or Folkestone for the hundreds of day trippers that go to all the Seaside Resorts along the North and East Kent Coast. Canterbury is always an attraction as well as London.The Javelin uses HS1 and has a maximum speed of 140MPH to and from Ashford International. It takes 35 minutes to London St Pancras calling at Ebbsfleet ,Stratford and London St Pancras with a Journey time of 35 minutes to from St Pancras and Ashford. The other passenger service is the Eastbourne to Ashford 3 car service operated by Southern Trains part of Govia Thameslink. Both Govia Thameslink and Southeastern are now part of the new GBR Great British Railways and now under public ownership as of this month. This service is known as the Marshlink Service As it crosses from Ashford the Romney Marshes to Rye. This leaves the Freight Sector. which almost became extinct when the coal industry collapsed in Kent The Channel Tunnel Opened and Dover Yard closed the boat passenger and freight trains to Folkestone and Dover from London stopped running. First Le Shuttle ran through the Channel Tunnel from Cheriton. Cars,Coaches and Lorries.on trains and still do so today Then a massive Freight Terminal was built at Dollands Moor Cheriton for Intermodal freight services by DB Cargo and GBRF started operating trains from all of Europe to all of the UK. via this terminal . This service runs 24 hours a day the peak times are from 1400 hours and after the Eurostar stops around 21:00 until midnight in this timetable with most trains using the Maidstone Lines . Some light engine movements through Ashford to and from their depots for loads at Dollands Moor. Trains are normally sorted before arrival at Dollands Moor and just a loco changed to Overhead Electric Locos for the tunnel run (Class 92 locos are used in the Eurotunnel from Dollands Moor). Other instructions and tips are in the Main train notes. This sim is your only chance to see Eurostar trains operating as PC Rail software it is not possible to deal with digital signalling so just signal as normal Also we have no other sims with the lines coming through on digital signalling in PC Rail. Fitting the Eurostar in with a busy local service was not easy. Eurostar starts early to Europe and the Up Service to London star arriving about 9am . Amsterdam services take about 4.5 hours and Brussels and Paris to St Pancras take 2 to 3 hours depending on their stops in Europe. Ordinary trains may run in front of the Eurostars from Ashford as the train will branch off immeadiately it leaves the panel and will not get held up. You the signaller regulate the services and you may use any route through the station for Non Stopping Passenger and Freight Trains they can run early at times and are allowed to proceed.. Because of the constant changing of freight train loads and lengths trains may run early than advertised its your job to work them through the area by regulating. Use the pass time as guide only via any route available to the exit point . Sometimes they are released early so again you have to deal with it.,by regulating the best route for it and other trains. Todays Scenario Due to the HS1 Europe Ashford Area Avoiding line being under engineers possession for the day for track renewals all Eurostars will divert via Ashford International Station Up or Down Fast lines. Eurofreight Services will also run all day, the busy period being from late afternoon to close of service to from Dollands Moor Freight Terrminal as required. They then go to and from all the UK and Europe via the Channel Tunnel. Locos Switch to Class 92. They fit between the Eurostar and the busy vehicle train ferries.Obviously at night when Eurostar finishes more pathways are available for Freight Services. Ashford Works and the West Yd and Shed have not been used for traffic in this timetable. Chart Leacon Depot is now closed and trains are serviced in the Station Sidings. Some freight trains are empty train or mixed wagons or container returning so can perform better than a loaded train time wise. Likewise a temporary power loss can happen in this area if too many trains are in the area for trains and sometimes they run slower and so extra time has been added. Passenger trains sometimes then do arrive early but they must be held for booked departure times. Ashford is known for trains to be stationary longer so as not to overwhelm a signaller in the next area. (Mainly Dover.) I have attempted to give you the real world situation problems. The New Ashford Signal Centre controls the line to Chislehurst Jn via the Tonbridge and Maidstone lines .The Canterbury Line has its own signal centre. The Hastings line is still on the old system It controls HS1 to St Pancras from The Channel Tunnel entrance and exit know as the UK Europe Border The Tunnel Company signal the trains to the French end and then the SNCF control it. 336 trains. 24 hours. Authors : G Butler. |
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This timetable is based on the Network Rail Working Timetables for passngers and freight for the period from 02 May 2014 - December 2014. Over 30 years have passed since the standard timetable and naturally traction has changed considerably since we now see the Ayshire Coast lines fully electrified. The Waterside line and its extension to Dalmellington are now but a memory but there is some activity at Waterside with the developement of the Doon Valley Railway there. The line from
Newton- on - Ayr shown as the Killoch Branch extended to Mauchline on the Glasgow and South Western Main line and onwards from there to the border at Carlisle and is now only used for through freight traffic. OPERATING NOTES 199 trains 24 hours. Authors : A Duckworth & D Palmer. |
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January1987 WTT starts at 00:13 with 156 train movments, a very easy timetable to run. MOTIVE POWER USED Units: Classes 101, 107, 318 Locos: Classes 08,20, 25, 26, 27,31, 37, 47, 85 ABBREVIATIONS USED COY Company Train ECS Empty Coaching Stock LD Light Diesel Loco R/R Run Round SLK Speedlink 156 trains 24 hours. Author : D Palmer. |
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A full 24 hour timetable for our popular Barnham simulation! As in the standard timetable, some passenger trains split and join here. With a total of 269 trains to handle, the signalman is kept busy! Most trains are of course formed of d.c. electric multiple units, while loco-hauled traffic are handled by BRCW Class 33 diesels and Class 73 Electro-Diesels 269 trains 24 hours. Author : Dave Blick. |
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A welcome addition for this popular simulation, this timetable goes back to Coronation year. The frequent Southern Electric service was formed of an earlier generation of stock dating back to the thirties. Best of all, though, is the wide range of steam traction to be seen at work on passenger and freight services. Relive the days of the West Countries, LBSC tanks, King Arthurs, Brighton Atlantics, and many more. 240 trains 19.7 hours. Author : P Mould |
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A more recent timetable but busy as usual. EMU Class’s 421, 422 and 423 form the backbone of the passenger services. 270 trains 19.4 hours. Author : A Rispoli. |
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A modern timetable with modern motive power to suit. With a total of 313 trains this forms the largest timetable created for Barnham. Can you handle it? 313 trains 24 hours. Author : R Weststrate. |
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This timetable was the last to have scheduled 4-CAP operation. Although mainly scheduled for shuttles between Bognor / Barnham / Littlehampton, one was scheduled to go to / from Brighton each day. They also strayed onto 4-VEP workings, not only on Coastway services but to London as well! All were replaced by 4-VEP's by December, 4-VEP's also strayed onto 4-CAP workings, but the scheduled type is given in this timetable. 280 trains 24 hours. Author : A Major. |
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A busy schedule as always on the Southern, with plenty to keep you on your toes. Passenger services, mainly in charge of the EMU Classes 411, 414 and 423. However, there are some loco-hauled trains hauled by the Class 33 and the 73 Electro Diesels. Even the Class 37’s make an appearance on some freight duties. 260 trains 24 hours. Author A Major |
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The earliest timetable for Barnham produced so far! Back to a era of pure steam only, the timetable is compiled from platform working and signal box documents for Barnham and Ford with locomotives allocated from information of the era. 184 trains 24 hours. Author : A Major |
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This Time Table is based on the 1987/8 Passenger and Freight WTTs. All the "Q Runs as Required" traffic is running and some additional trains have been added. These are representative of what was running at the time and are mostly from the Authors personal experience having driven Loco hauled trains in the area at the time and the period shortly after this Timetable, although the times have been altered to fit in with the 1987/8 timings. The stock in use at the time for the passengers was the Southern Region 1963 stock, VEPs, CEPs, BIGs etc., in 4, 8 or 12 car formations. The locomotives are mostly the Southern`s own Class 33 "Cromptons" and the Class 73 "ED", though by this date other region locos were showing their faces more and more and this is represented by the Class 47 "Brush" and the Class 56 on an aggregate train. 220 trains 17.8 hours. Author : R Roberts. |
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Basingstoke Summer Weekday 1909 This timetable is based on a Wednesday mainly because there are quite a few sailings from Southampton, thus creating more boat train traffic. Freight trains from the GWR are fictional and the passenger trains from that line are based on the LSWR 1914 passenger timetable summary of GW services. With any timetable over 100 yrs old there will be problems amending it to fit into a simulation layout of 50 - 60 yrs old. Some parts of the layout may have changed but the general station layout should be ok if it was remodelled in 1909. The one thing I have endeavoured to do is to show all servicesfor the year in question. That brings me to the Basingstoke - Alton Light Railway, opened in 1901, closed in 1917, surprisingly reopened 1924, but finally closed to passengers 1932. Maximum speed on the branch was 24.5mph! The Branch line diverged just to the west of the Basingstoke West Box and in 1909 had 6 passenger services each way plus 3 goods services.To include these services I have "moved" the junction on to the Up South line past Worting Junc and slightly amended the timings. This seems to work ok.In 1909 there was no connection via sig 239 from the GWR, the platforms being dead-end with a run around from platform 7 to platform 8. Therefore there are no through trains depicted here via this route, it has only been used for run arounds on the Reading trains. In later years this connection was put in. All other locomotives for the GW shed and yards travel via platforms 5 or 4, and through freights to GW usually using platform 5. Also all GW locos used the GW shed to coal, water and turn during this period, access to the shed from the spur. It's a fact that there are quite a few non-stopping expresses...but during this period Basingstoke was only a large market town, not the metropolis that it is today. 420 trains 24 hours. Author : Alan Duckworth |
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Bath Green Park 1961 Summer Saturday On Summer Saturdays, freight trains were cancelled to provide paths for the numerous holiday expresses entering and leaving Green Park. It was on these busy summer Saturdays that Bath became a "Mecca" for railway enthusiasts. In most cases, expresses heading southwards to Bournemouth over the steeply-graded S&D line required double heading. Many classes of engines could be seen, hauling coaches packed with families from the cities of the Midlands and North distant parts of Britain heading for their holiday on the south coast. Pigeon specials were also a regular feature of summer Saturdays and these too are included in this fascinating timetable. 165 trains 24 hours. Author : Dave Blick. |
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Bath Green Park 1970 Summer Weekday Operating any timetable at Bath Green Park is challenging. This 1970 version is of course fictitious and represents what might have been if the S&D hadn't been closed in 1966. Thought provoking! 101 trains 24 hours. Author : Dave Blick. |
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A unique and interesting period. Smart working is required to turn round trains and forward planning is needed due to the restricted movements possible. Locos in use are of course of the correct period. 98 trains 17.4 hours. Author : B Parkes. |
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Another excellent timetable for this popular Heritage simulation. Based on the working timetable for Weekdays in 1951, it contains 180 trains, all steam-hauled of course. One of the many interesting features is the inclusion of the banking locos which were used for all goods trains departing on the Somerset & Dorset line. 180 trains 24 hours. Author : P Mould. |
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Birmingham New St. September Weekday 1991 This timetable is compiled from the Birmingham New St arrival and departure book dated from 30 Sep 1991 and BR working TT section CC dated 8 July 1991 to 9 May 1992. 831 trains 24 hours. Author : P Mould. |
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Birmingham New St. Summer Friday 1976 The timetable is for a Friday in the summer of 1976. Source documents for the timetable are Midland Region working timetables sections CE and CD. These contain all mandatory and conditional train workings along with some, but not all light engine workings. Assumptions have been made regarding the latter and as a consequence there is a steady stream of locomotives arriving and departing to Saltley Diesel Depot and Bescot Depot. Although diesels were allocated to the latter, it is assumed that all diesels will work to/from Saltley and all electrics to/from Bescot. There are also regular movements of multiple units and rolling stock to/from Soho and Tyseley Depots, and Duddeston, Exchange and Oxley Sidings. The latter are covered in more detail below. The timetable has tried to remain as faithful as possible to the working timetables above but some minor amendments have been made. As with the real Birmingham New Street the pathing of services is extremely tight and a small number of workings have been adjusted to minimise conflicts between arrivals and departures. This is particularly the case where services use platforms 8 to 12 from the Stour line and must cross platforms 3 to 7. Platform numbers are as allocated however some changes have been made to locomotive services using platform 5 which was able to accommodate full length workings in 1976, but was subsequently remodelled in 2004. This resulted in the substantial shortening of platform 5B and the creation of a new platform, 4C. This platform is not used in this timetable. Locomotives used are broadly typical of those that would have worked these services in 1976. This was the last year that Class 52 'Western' locos would feature. Classes represented are Classes 25, 31, 33, 37, 40, 44, 45, 46, 47, 50 and A/C Electrics 81 - 87. DMU's still operate most long distance services to Norwich and Cambridge and most suburban services, though Classes 304, 310 and 312 EMUs work electrified lines. It is acknowledged that Class 86s and Class 87s and Class 50s did not receive names until the late 1970's however these show with their later names, rather than carry out extensive modifications to the locomotive database. 745 trains 24 hours. Author : M Cunningham. |
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Birmingham New St. Summer Saturday 1991 This timetable depicts Summer Saturdays 1991 at Birmingham New Street At the time the rail industry was in the throes of change caused by privatisation. The timetable is compiled from BR working TT section CC dated 8 July 1991 to 9 May 1992. Also used was a publication "Diagram Diary 1991" which provides details of passenger loco diagrams. The working TT showed most platforming but occasionally created conflicts and some adjustments have been made. In 1991 platform 5 was a full length platform and 4C was a short bay suitable only to stable a loco. This means that some trains have been allocated different platforms. Platform 4c is used only as a loco siding in this timetable. Class 1 Euston trains are Push Pull with the loco at the North end, usually class 86/2, although Class 87 and Class 90 locomotives do make occasional appearances. There are still some loco hauled Sleeper and Mail trains which spent time in the station in the early hours, some of which attached or detached coaches or vans. Cross Counry services are a mixture of HSTs and loco hauled. HSTs are shown as HST2+7 Cross Country. Some loco hauled services involved running round or loco changes. Where a loco change is made the train is treated as a terminating train linked to a departing train so that the correct locomotive is shown on the departing train Tyseley DMU depot maintained various first generation DMUs of classes 101, 108, 114, 115,116,117 , and 121. In the summer of 1991 the 3 and 4 car units were formed of hybrid sets using vehicles from classes 115, 116 and 117. In this timetable 4 car units are shown as class 115/6 and 3 car units as class 116/7. Also there were hybrid 2 car units of classes 101 and 116 and these are shown as 101/6. Second generation DMUs were provided by Tyseley, Derby and Norwich Tyseley duties were class 150/1 Sprinters of 2 and 3 car units. In order to distinguish the 2 car and 3 car formations in this TT the 3 car units are shown as 150/3. Class 158 and 156 Super Sprinters from Norwich shared duties from East Angila. Class150 from Derby provided the other services Soho depot was responsible for the overnight maintenance of EMU's (and some DMU;s) although the Class 304 units were at the time allocated to Longsight in Manchester and the Class 310 and Class 321 units were allocated to Bletchley.. Locos from a variety of classes appear although by 1991 the number of different classes was reducing compared with earlier years. In this timetable the long range Class 47 locos are shown as Class 47/4 numbered in the 478xx sequence as they retained their official designation as 47/4. All locomotives are numbered and DMU and EMU unit numbers have been allocated. At this time Tyseley first generation DMU's had set numbers and these have been used. Some trains that arrived before midnight are in position at the start of this TT. There is some shunting work to be carried out by train locos 853 trains 24 hours. Author : A Wrightson. |
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Birmingham New St. Summer Midweek 2008 This timetable depicts midweek in the summer of 2008 at Birmingham New Street. Privatisation has been completed and it is now time for a series of changes to the franchises that were put in place. The timetable is primarily compiled from the New Street station working book for the period along with the relevant Network Rail working timetables. As always little freight passes through New Street but Class 66 does make an appearance with Freightliner Heavy Haul coal trains. 1130 trains 24 hours. Author : A Wrightson. |
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Bradford Exchange Weekday October 1961 The sources for this timetable are the North Eastern Region working passenger timetable dated 11th September 1961 - 17th June 1962. Goods trains and light engine workings are typical of the period in respect of actual operations and locos used. This timetable utilises the old L&Y way of handling split trains at Low Moor and Halifax destined to and from Liverpool and Southport. These operations ceased in January 1962 with the introduction of the Calder Valley DMUs which reversed at Exchange station before continuing east or west. Most local services were in the hands of DMUs. The Bradford portions of the London trains via Leeds Central or Wakefield were still in the hands of B1 4-6-0 and 2-6-4 tank locos; a practice that lasted well into 1967. Liverpool, Southport and Manchester trains were all steam hauled in October 1961. Note that Low Moor platform 1 was very rarely used by passenger trains. Local goods trains and light engines used platform 1 quite regularly but other through goods trains towards Bowling Junction used platform 2. 601 trains 24 hours. Author : A Sugden. |
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Back to the days when there was plenty of steam on the Southern! West Country Pacifics, Brighton Atlantics and M7 tanks on the push-pull "Horsham Flyer". A slice of history! 276 trains 8 hours. Author : Dave Blick. |
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Expect to work hard when you run this timetable - in just 11 hours of operating, there are 300 trains for you to handle! Authentic unit and loco numbers are included for every train. According to one of our users who helped with testing ; "This is a very busy and complex timetable. Although there is a basic pattern, especially during the afternoon, there are so many additions to and deviations from this pattern that there is continuously a lot of variety, even more so of course during the rush-hour and the change-over to the evening pattern." 303 trains 11.3 hours. Author : A Rispoli. |
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Test your operating skills with this one! With 529 trains to deal with over the 24 hours of a Summer Saturday, don't forget to watch out for some interesting special services, including a steam special worked by 35028 Clan Line. 529 trains 24 hours. Author : A Rispoli. |
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Users of our Brighton simulation will know what a challenge it is to keep the intensive services moving. This certainly applies to these 2 new 1979 timetables from Peter Mould, the weekday timetable containing 516 train. 516 trains 19 hours. Author : P Mould. |
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By comparison, the Sunday timetable, with only 389 trains, should seem a little less hectic but interesting nevertheless. 389 trains 18.6 hours. Author : P Mould |
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If you want to be kept busy, this is one for you! Over 540 trains for you to deal with, in and out of this busy terminus on the south coast. Though most of the trains are Southern Electric multiple units, the timetable is not as straightforward as you might suspect. There are over 50 loco-hauled trains, which are in the hands of Class 33 BRCW diesels and the class 73 Electro-Diesels, while the diesel shunters have a mixture of duties to attend to. Empty stock movements to and from Lovers Walk depot need to be fitted in, there are trains to be split and others to be coupled in the platforms ... and don't forget to watch out for those trains using the Cliftonville Spur! 543 trains 24 hours. Author : S Murray. |
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With 743 trains, this is a big one!! In the Summer of 1953 many people used the trains for day trips to the seaside and there were numerous extra service trains and excursions.Despite the extensive Southern Electric services, including the Brighton Belle, Brighton then had a large steam depot housing 80 locos. These included West Country Pacifics and Brighton Atlantics, freight locos and a wide assortment of ancient and modern classes of tank engines. This timetable provides a lively and varied scene, and many happy hours of operating for the PC-Rail user. 743 trains 19.8 hours. Author : P Mould. |
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This is a big one! The passenger services are intensive, with no less than 642 trains included. The timetable features the last scheduled use of class 47/4 locos on Virgin Train services, which from the Winter timetable were scheduled for Voyager units. You will need eyes everywhere, with 3 main routes converging at Brighton, not forgetting the Cliftonville Spur. 642 trains 24 hours. Author : Andy Major. |
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Another authentic timetable, this one compiled from the Working Timetables, stock diagrams and platform working instructions for 5th May 1975. As over 600 trains are to be handled, the inclusion of platform numbers will be greatly appreciated. 605 trains 24 hours. Author : Andy Major. |
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The timetable was compiled from working timetables, stock diagrams and platform working documents dated 24th September 1995. Thameslink services had been stepped up to on average 4 trains per hour and through trains to/from theWestern Division and Western Region introduced on an hourly basis. Most Coastway services worked through from east to west and vice versa. London to West Coastway services were extended to Bournemouth and split/joined at Worthing, with one portion going to/from Bournemouth (1 unit) and the other portion going to/from Littlehampton (2 units including the buffet). There were also through trains to Ashford (Kent), operated by Class 207 (3D) DEMU Oxted units. Through trains also operated to the Midlands and Scotland and these were still loco hauled (Class 47), with the associated shunter/empty stock movements. 533 trains 24 hours. Author : Andy Major. |
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Brighton just keeps getting busier! Since 2004 there has been a few changes. The main difference is there are no longer any slam door stock. All have been replaced by 377 Electrostars (Southern) and 450 Desiros (Southwest). Southern on the East Coastway have added Turbostars serving Ashford Intl. direct from Brighton. With this they have also added an hourly stopping service to Lewes (due to the Ashford service running fast to Lewes). Along the Brighton Mainline 377/2s have replaced 319s on Watford Junction services. The West Coastway continues to get busier, with 2 or 3 new services added every timetable issue! Southern have also renovated Hove Yard and now use it for train storage. Virgin Trains has added an additional train to and from Manchester Piccadilly as well. 762 trains 24 hours. Author : Ian Manson. |
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It is 1912 and not an electric or, for that matter, any diesel in sight. Therefore you will be inundated with lots of LE and shunting moves. In fact the timings are quite tight and you will need to keep a watchful eye for any future moves to avoid clashes. The LBSCR (London, Brighton and South Coast Railway) relied heavily on tank locomotives for its services with some tender locos used on the London express trains and of course goods trains. In its early years the LBSCR had very little goods traffic and concentrated on moving the masses of passengers located in its area. There is an abundant use of railmotors (push pull) on the Worthing and Kemp Town lines and often furher afield to East Grinstead and Tunbridge Wells. You will also note that the LBSCR incorporated Pullman cars into some of its London services (one of the first to do so), with the Southern Belle being an all Pullman car service catering to the many businessmen who commuted between Brighton and London daily. The LBSCR had motive power depots situated in London at Battersea and New Cross and depots scattered around its territory at Brighton, Coulsdon, Eastbourne, Fratton, Horsham and Littlehampton. 667 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth. |
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Bristol Temple Meads August Weekday 2016 This timetable is sourced from the Network Rail Working Timetable dated May 2016 - December 2016. 488 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth. |
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This timetable is taken directly from the Network Rail timetables dated 18th May - 13th December 2014. Only minor changes to locomotives and rolling stock compared with the standard timetable. However it is for the full 24 hours and 980 trains to keep you busy. Some minor amendments have been made to timings and platforms to avoid conflicts. Cardiff is quite a busy place and the many movements from the Valley Lines will keep you on your toes. Locos used are as per the timetable column headings, with the class 66 units dominating the freight movements with an odd class 60 showing up and a few class 47s filling in the minor roles. There is a through return working north and south to and from Holyhead using a class 67 loco. DMUs make up the remainder of the services, with class 142 units prominent, followed by class 150 units for the local services. Longer distance trains use classes 158/1,170 and 175 units, whilst the London - Swansea/Carmarthen trains utilise HSTs. 980 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth |
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We feel that announcement of this timetable, for 1963/64, should be accompanied by a health warning! It really is very busy, and difficult, with no less than 470 trains. This includes a lot of freight traffic, so the through goods lines see a lot more use than with the modern-day timetable. Motive power is very mixed, including new type 4 diesels, both English Electric class 40 and BR/Sulzer class 45’s, and type 2's of various classes. Athough steam locos were being withdrawn, half the trains are still steam-hauled. Their duties and areas of use were changing so that, for example, large Pacifics could be seen on parcels and local stopping trains. Most of the Britannia Pacifics were at Carlisle or Crewe and the remaining Clans were at Carlisle. Ex-LNER types were being used on LMRroutes and vice versa, often on the Perth-Euston trains, which changed locos at Carlisle, and the G&SW route to Glasgow St. Enoch. 470 trains 24 hours. Author : P Mould. |
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At this time the Speedlink network was still in operation, although it would not be long before B.R. pulled the plug on wagon load traffic to concentrate on block loads only. Some first generation DMU's are still in use, particularly on the Cumbrian Coast line. Newer Sprinters and Pacers are gradually taking over on the Newcastle line and are now used on all Anglo-Scottish services. InterCity West Coast is using it's DVT's on many services and the new Class 90's are coming on stream. 248 trains 24 hours. Author : Dave Blick. |
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Privatisation is now well advanced on the former B.R. network. The former Trainload companies are all under the ownership of English, Welsh and Scottish Railway along with Rail Express Systems.InterCity West Coast is not far away from joining Richard Branson's expanding Virgin Rail group with Cross Country. It is interesting to compare this Timetable with the 1990/91 WTT to see how things have changed in just five years. 221 trains 24 hours. Author : Dave Blick. |
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There's a good variety of traffic to be handled through this interesting operating location, including loco changes on the West Coast main line services to/from Glasgow and Stranraer. Loco numbers are included for all loco-hauled trains. 251 trains 24 hours. Author : S Murray. |
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In the words of those who have tested this timetable, it is "a real beauty", "most interesting", "excellent". Full of action, it makes use of every part of the complex track layout, with many freight workings to the various yards in the area among the total of 570 trains. All the through lines are heavily used, including the lines now known as the Goods lines, which led to the Waverley route, as well as serving goods yards at Viaduct, Canal and Kingmoor and the Canal and Kingmoor motive power depots. Lots of interest in the motive power too. The ex-LMS classes include Coronation and Princess Pacifics, Royal Scot, Patriot, Jubilee and Black 5 4-6-0's, Midland Compounds, Crabs, 8F and WD 2-8-0's. Also Ex-LNER loco classes, including B1, K1, K3, V2 and Shires, while DMUs had recently appeared on the Cumbrian coastal services. 571 trains 24 hours. Author : P Mould. |
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Carlisle Station stands at the junction of five major railway routes and trains depart in all directions throughout the day. Both passenger and freight trains need careful regulating through the Carlisles' three through platforms, not to mention the local passenger services constantly in and out of the bay platforms. Many freight trains stop for crew changes and Transpennine Cl 185s are on crew training trips, all of which add to the signalmans workload. It only needs one train to break down and the station could become a signalmans' nightmare! Times taken on a Tuesdays between 11 Sept to 16 Nov 07. 267 trains 24 hours. Author : I Birch. |
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In 1966 Carlisle was still busy with goods trains passing through to all points north and south and heading to Kingmoor Yard. Also of note were the many steam locos still around, although they were being superceded by diesel locos on most express services. Diesel multiple units had taken over the Whitehaven, Newcastle and Workington via Keswick services, but services to Glasgow St Enoch and to Edinburgh Waverley were still steam hauled as were local services to Appleby and Hellifield. Goods trains mostly travelled via the Through Goods lines except for Freightliner trains which stopped in the station to change traincrews. Loco changes were less common than they were 3 or 4 years previously, due to diesel loco usage with their longer range. 461 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth. |
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Carlisle is always an interesting spot especially in the wee small hours when it is busiest. This period was the freightliner era and it was also the time that BR decided to accelerate timings between Preston and Glasgow by double heading locos. Usually class 50 although sometimes class 47. The 50's were known to fail somewhat and the standard joke at the shed was with 2 of them they still only had a 50-50 chance of getting there. It was also a busy period for extending the electrification north of Preston and consequently many freight services were diverted via the S&C line with modified timings. This timetable is taken from the working timetable of weekday mandatory train services section G dated 7 May 1973-5 May 1974. 267 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth. |
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This timetable is sourced from the Network Rail worrking timetable dated 01 May 2016 - Decembere 2016. A pretty modern timetable incorporating the latest motive power and stock. Owing to a runaway freight train causing a bridge collapse past Caldew Junction on the Up and Down Goods lines in 1984, this route is no longer available. The freight avoiding lines around Carlisle are now mostly out of use and most freights travel via the station. Most freights are in the hand of class 66 diesels with appearances by class 86/6, 90/1 and 92 electric locos. In the case of passenger trains, most anglo-scottish trains are in the hands of Pendolinos or Super Voyagers with appearances by 86/2 loco hauled stock on sleeper trains. DMUs cover services to Newcastle, Leeds, the Cumbrian Coast line and the Kilmarnock line to Glasgow Central. Class 37 push-pull trains also operate on the Cumbrian Coast line. 324 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth. |
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Following the excellent Simulation made by Rob Roeterdink, I decided to update the timetable to the present day. You can easily compare the years difference when operating the timetable. Changes have been made since the original layout. The loops are no longer in use and the Down Goods Loop is now actually platform 3 but we are using only the up and Down Main lines for the sim. The Yards and Sidings are no longer used. The Station Area was re-signalled in 1983and over the years most country stations have now closed. This leaves Bruton
still operating on the Westbury side and South to the Weymouth Line the next
stop is Yeovil Jn. Taunton only is the next stop on the main line to the West. We
are still having to use Rob's layout and I have decided to create this Weekday
WTT of 8th April 2025 from the details in the National Rail
timetable. The main reporting letters are as follows :- A
Train to London from Devon and Cornwall C
Trains to Devon and Cornwall via Taunton from Western Region Origin Points Trains to Weymouth and Salisbury and
Southern region destinations V
Trains from all other regions to the GWR L
Trains from London Waterloo to this Region X 1X00 The Royal Train
Other Destination Region Codes apply as
Normal M Midland. S Scotland. E Eastern. The Passenger Rolling Stock in use in this timetable. GWR Great Western Railway Class 800 Hitachi 9 Car Trains Class 802 Hitachi 5 Car Trains The timetable
uses 9 Car on the non-stop services and 5 Car on the stopping service at Castle
Cary in case of software restrictions. Class 158
Sprinters of GWR are 3 car and are used on the Weymouth to Gloucester Services
via Westbury Bath, Bristol Temple Meads and Parkway and via Yate. GWR are in the
process of retiring this stock and replacing with Class 165 and other types in
the next year or so on these routes. SWT South West Trains Class 159 3 car trains
are used on the Weymouth to Westbury and Salisbury Services with some trains to
and from. Special Traffic Notice The Royal Train will run today 1X00 from
Truro to Paddington. Try not to stop or delay it unless in an emergency. Keep
your eye out for it mid-afternoon. Freight
Services Sadly the demise of freight services over
this area. The main freight services now are mainly
aggregates or Departmental Engineering Trains. The companies that operate are
Colas, Freightliner, GBRF and DB Cargo. The main locomotives are Class 66 but
others do operate from time to time. The Cornish sleepers are usually Class 67 hailed.
Castle Cary Station has been modernised and
the Weymouth line is now a single line. The Absolute Block System is still used on
these lines. Do not forget to check the trains approaching if you have not got
line clear ahead on your block instrument. In this case you need to stop the
train at each signal or below 10 MPH from the first Home signal at each signal to the section signal unless
you are able to get line clear in which case you can proceed then clearing all
remainder signals. The first train is in the early hours of the
morning and the last train is around 22:40. No movements between these times -
this is the nature of the area. Thank you to Developer Rob Roeterdink and to
John Dennis for his software and help with advice and the PC Rail Timetable
Test Team for checking the timetable. Thank you all from myself. I hope you enjoy this sim as much as I have
creating it. I drove the class 31, 47, 50 and 52 and a
one off Class 55 Deltic on a special trip over these routes from Paddington in
the 70s a lovely scenic line. 92 trains. 20 hours. Author : G Butler. |
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Cheltenham 1948 - 50 Early BR Weekday This timetable has been compiled from :- BR LMR Midland division passenger WTT dated 5 June 1950 Combining these timetables gives a good idea of service in the early years of British Railways with little change from the GWR,LMS & SR days. Southern region class U loco's were introduced on trains from the ex Midland and South Western Junction Railway in the 1950s but trains were hauled by ex GWR loco's prior to that. The M&SWJ passenger stock was serviced in High Street Yard but later used Lansdown and then St James for a few years before closure. High St Yard was located just off screen on the Northern edge of the ex LMS main line. It was used by both the London Midland and Western region. It was possible to enter the shed at Malvern Rd directly from the yard at the South end. Shunting at St James' station and yards was carried out by various loco's that had arrived on trains from Gloucester. Cheltenham to Gloucester services were mainly by 2-6-2t large Prairie tanks supplemented by 0-6-0t pannier tanks along with 0-4-2t Push Pull trains and an ex GWR diesel railcar. Trains to Paddington were hauled to Gloucester normally by a large Prairie 2-6-2 tank where a Castle class 4-6-0 with extra coaches was put on the other end for the journey to London. There was a very unbalanced service from St James' to Cardiff and South Wales. 6 outward and only 2 inward. The railcar shared duties to Gloucester and the Ledbury branch. Please note that there are trains in position at the start of this timetable so if an extracted start is made before 11:35 these trains will be missing. 399 trains 24 hours. Author : P Mould. |
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This timetable is sourced from the Working Timetable dated 9th September 1963 - 14th June 1964. Times are a changing with motive power usage. Some diesel hauled stock is now appearing especially on the Newcastle - Bristol trains whilst local services have been infiltrated by DMUs. There are still lots of steam hauled services however, although this was to change within 2 years as the Western Region eliminated all steam locos by 1965 leaving only LMR locos passing through. Paddington services are still handled by large prairie locos which run to and from Gloucester before attaching or detaching to the Gloucester - Paddington trains. A number of services run to and from Swindon and attach or detach at that location. 263 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth. |
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The area covered by the simulation includes six freight marshalling yards, three motive power depots, fourteen signalboxes and five stations. Since the Merseyside and North Wales regions contained much industry in the 1950's, there was a correspondingly large amount of freight traffic passing through Chester. Adding in the passenger traffic, many trains requiring engine changes, made the railway very busy indeed. Considering also that the user will be doing the work of sixteen signalmen (the massive Nos. 2 and 4 boxes were double manned), it is hardly surprising that the operation of this timetable is very challenging. It is certainly not one for the faint-hearted! The timetable has been set for a weekday in May 1959 during the Chester Races week. The first six hours, unsurprisingly, see a steady mix of freight trains with a few mail, parcels and passenger trains. At about 6am, the passenger service starts to get into its stride and, from that time onwards, the level of activity is very busy with some periods being best described as 'frantic'. A number of movements from the weekly STN (Special Traffic Notice) have been included, both freight and passenger, the latter being focussed mainly upon the special trains arranged for racegoers. 1256 trains 24 hours. Author : R Young. |
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The timetable has been set for a Saturday in August 1957, just a few weeks before the withdrawal of passenger services between Chester and Whitchurch. The first six hours see a steady mix of freight trains with a few newspaper, mail, parcels and passenger trains. At about 6am, the passenger service starts to get into its stride and, by 9am, the very busy service of trains to and from the North Wales Coast holiday resorts begins and the freight traffic almost disappears. The level of activity is intense throughout the morning and afternoon periods but the evening period, when freight trains start to reappear, is much quieter. This is a large and complex simulation with a very busy timetable. The user will be doing the work of 16 signalmen, many of whom would be working Special Class boxes. There are periods when the activity level is so great that working at Skill Level 5 may not be achievable. 1201 trains 24 hours. Author : R Young. |
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Documentation used in making this timetable were the WTT and passenger TT dated 21/05/17 - 09/12/17. Two visits to Chester in 2016 and 2017 gave me additional knowledge. The current scene and layout. There are two routes to/from Manchester from/to Chester. The class 1 trains go via Warrington whereas the class 2 trains go via Northwich but both use the Up and Down Warrington lines. 400 trains 20 hours. Author : D Howell. |
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A full 24 hours
summer weekday WTT with 262 train movements. The Up Main track
in the station had been lifted by the time of this WTT, from point 465 to point
593. Units used: 101/3.150,156,
158 & HST 262 trains 24 hours. Author : D Palmer. |
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Winter weekday 1988, with 297 movements a steady flow of passenger trains and some freight, not a difficult WTT. Motive Power Used. Units: 108, 142, 150/0, 150/1, 150/2, 155, 156. Locos: 31, 37, 47. 297 trains 24 hours. Author : D Palmer. |
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This timetable recaptures the demanding traffic conditions of the wartime years. Pacifics haul trains of 16 coaches on the Scottish runs and there are heavy overnight trains on the North and West route. Most passenger trains spend a long time at Crewe dealing with mail and parcels. Operating this timetable on the modern Crewe layout provides a few headaches! 363 trains 24 hours. Author : P Mould. |
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A full 24 hours of the heavy traffic of a Summer Saturday in the heyday of post-war steam. Authentic motive power allocations add to the realism of the scene. One not to miss! 517 trains 24 hours. Author : P Mould. |
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Crewe was much busier at this time, handling many overnight long distance mail, parcels and passenger trains, plus feeder services to and from Liverpool, Manchester and North Wales. This huge timetable contains 472 trains! 472 trains 24 hours. Author : Dave Blick. |
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This major timetable provides a fascinating historical record of an exciting period of change. The 430 trains over a 24-hour period are, almost without exception, still steam hauled. But times are changing, with brand-new DMUs having just been introduced on local services to Derby. BR Standard Pacifics and 4-6-0's are to be seen on passenger and freight traffic, although most trains are still hauled by ex-LMS locos. Working this timetable presents a real challenge! 430 trains 24 hours. Author : P Mould. |
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You'll never get bored with running this timetable ... almost non-stop action, with 460 trains to handle in the 24 hours of a summer weekday in 1996. 460 trains 24 hours. Author : D Halliday. |
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Busier than ever, with 484 trains in this comprehensive timetable. Features Virgin Voyagers, Coradias, Turbostars, etc. and the units and locos are identified for every train by number and (in many cases) by name - "Unicorn" , "Starlight Express", "Wigan Pier", "Lord of the Isles", "The Lion of Vienna" and many others! 484 trains 24 hours. Author : R Westrate |
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This timetable is based on the Mandatory Working Timetable section CB and CE from 11th of May 1992 to 27th of September. There are minor alterations to fit around the simulation but the majority of services are correct. The motive power is usual for the time and area. Headcodes have had to be changed to fit in with the simulation on this. 418 trains 24 hours. Author : K Thompson |
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This is a 24 hour WTT with some 462 train movements. The WTT was taken from a station working book dated 8th July 1991 to 28th September 1991, freight workings from a BR WTT of freight train services, section CC and CE. 462 trains 24 hours. Author : D Palmer |
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Classic Motive Power! This timetable is compiled from the official British Rail arrivals and departures of passenger trains at Crewe, dated 12 May 1980 - 10 May 1981. All movements are included in the timetable. 567 trains 24 hours. Author : Alan Duckworth. |
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This timetable is gleaned from the Network Rail working timetables dated 02 May 2014 - December 2014. Crewe station has always been a busy place with through trains and also terminating and departing trains, it seems to all points of the compass. The biggest majority are passenger trains although a few freight trains traverse the station. The bulk of the other freight trains use the "dive under" mostly to Basford Hall and Gresty Lane Yards. There are services arriving and departing to and from Euston via the Up and Down Fast lines and also via Stoke-on-Trent, whilst there is a steady frequency of trains coming and going between Liverpool Lime Street and Birmingham. Local services to Manchester and Shrewsbury, Chester and the North Wales line to Holyhead, also services to Derby are also in place. and longer distance services via the Salop Line to and from Manchester - West Wales and Scottish cities are also frequent. 601 trains 24 hours. Author : Alan Duckworth. |
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An authentic snapshot of one day's operations at Darlington, over the 24 hours of 23rd November 1993, accurately reflecting the workings which occurred on that day. 224 trains 24 hours. Author : Dave Blick. |
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Darlington 2003/04 Weekday Diversion. A full weekday in October 2003, with engineering works resulting in a lot of additional traffic (mainly freight) being diverted through Darlington, where locos need to be changed or run round. The usual relaxed pace of this simulation is shattered, with over 374 trains to deal with. 374 trains 24 hours. Author : R Weststrate. |
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If you thought Darlington was an easy one to operate, then think again! A busy early period piece compiled by Peter Dean with valuable assistance in testing by Vagn K. Poulsen and Richard Thornton. Passenger trains in this Timetable have been compiled from Bradshaw's July 1922 Railway Guide with added Freight typical of the period. Following the Great War trains were becoming quite heavy and maintenance standards had improved allowing higher speeds. It became necessary to resort to double-heading on some of the heavier and faster trains. By now the NER was considering building more of its Pacifics - NER Class 462, which later became LNER Class A2. However, following the amalgamation in 1923, Gresley continued construction of his superior GNR Pacifics and also the GNR Class H2 2-6-0 (LNER Class K3). NER Designs were still built, notably about half of the B16 4-6-0 (former NER Class S3) and Class J72 0-6-0T (former NER Class E), the last of which were built by BR in 1951!! 284 trains 24 hours. Author : P Dean. |
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This timetable has been a little difficult to stay exactly to the working timetable on these branches as the simulation depicts the line as singled were in 1963 they could pass each other freely on double track. This has made it necessary to adjust timings, but all the trains are present. The Barnard Castle line diverged to the left north of North Road Station, however the simulation does not show this junction and so all services use the Bishop Auckland line. There is still a bit of steam around, and being a steam man I have made use of them, not forgetting to depict the diesel locos that were very swiftly making them redundant. The branches were 100% DMUs on passenger trains and I have depicted the class 101 in 2-car and 3-car formations as these units were the most prolific in this part of the world. I have added class 108 for the Leeds services. In the days of steam, the engine shed was situated roughly where the up sidings are, so all light engines and DMUs are accessed from there. I am also making use of the Down sidings to store DMUs, horse boxes, parcels vans and the like. 361 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth |
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Darlington Winter Weekday 2016 This Darlington Timetable is set for a typical winter weekday in the early part of 2016. The passenger traffic movements are based on Sections YA04 and YD01 of the Network Rail WTT for December 2015 to May 2016 and the freight movements are based on Sections YH03 and YH06 of the same WTT. Passenger services between London, Kings Cross, Newcastleand Scotland are provided by Virgin Trains East Coast with Class 91 push/pull consists. Services between Edinburgh/Newcastle and Birmingham New Street, Reading, the South Coast & the South West of England are provided by Cross Country Trains, mainly with the Class 221 'Super Voyager' DMU sets, while First Trans-Pennine Express operate services to Liverpool, Lime Street, Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport using predominantly Class 185 'Desiro' units. Northern Trains operate the service between Bishop Auckland, Darlington, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Saltburn with Class 142 DMUs. 308 trains 24 hours. Author : M Mawson. |
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Some years ago, Alan compiled a timetable covering the period of 1963. Here we are just over 50 years on and so many changes have happened, including some loss of branch line services in the vicinity. This timetable is sourced from the Network Rail working timetable dated 2nd May 2014 - December 2014. Motive power consists of electric locos, diesel locos on freight services and DMUs on the remainder. Classes include 91,66,60;47 and 37 for locos and 142,150,185, 221 and 325 for DMUs. 322 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth |
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Dearne Valley Winter Saturday 1992/93 Winter Saturday 1992/93, with 309 train movments. MOTIVE POWER USED OPERATING NOTES: Freight trains running between Swinton & Moorthorpe both direction have make up time built into timings, so if on time at Swinton or Moorthorpe will then run early at next timing point. 309 trains 24 hours. Author : D Palmer. |
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Dearne Valley Summer Weekday 1997 Summer Weekday 1997 WTT with 345 train movements. There are trains North to South and back hauled by Diesel Loco’s and HST’s from Dundee, Newcastle, Edinburgh and York to Bournemouth, Exeter St Davids, Plymouth, Penzance, Swansea, Poole and Paignton in this Summer weekday WTT. MOTIVE POWER USED OPERATING NOTES: 345 trains 24 hours. Author: D Palmer. |
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This WTT is for weekdays 1987 taken from a Derby station working book, and a BR London Midland Region WTT. Trains are DMU's, Loco-hauled trains and HSTs. Freight trains should use the goods lines to by pass Burton-on-Trent and Derby stations, but can run through the station with out penalties, but then will run early and could conflict with other movments, some freight trains stop at Derby to change crews and should do so on the goods lines. Please read the train notes before routing. 390 trains 24 hours. Author : D Palmer. |
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A few years on from the Standard Timetable, this one is based on the Network Rail Working Timetable dated May 2nd 2014 - December 2014. There are minor timing changes and platform adjustments to avoid conflicts. During this period Willington station became operational once more, but as this station is not depicted in the simulation, and the fact that there were only 2- 3 stops a day there, it doesn't alter the timetable much at all. Also included in this timetable are ECS movements to and from Bombadiers Central Rivers depot which is a litlle west of Burton-on-Trent at Barton under Needwood and again not depicted in this simulation. I was advised to use the Burton MPD as an alternative. 492 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth. |
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This timetable is set on a Summer Friday in 1979. At the time there were frequent services through Derby on the main North East to South West routes from Newcastle, Leeds and Sheffield to Birmingham, Bristol, the South West and South Wales. These were principally handed by Class 45, 46 and 47 locomotives, though it was not unknown for Classes 31, 37 and the occasional Class 40 to appear. In the timetable there is also a Class 50 returning to the Western Region following overhaul at Doncaster Works. Trains to and from London St Pancras were worked by Class 45's. These would either terminate at Derby or continue to Sheffield, usually alternating on a two hour pattern. Local services from Crewe and Birmingham to Nottingham, Grantham and Lincoln were largely worked by Class 120 DMU's. Trains to and from Matlock would also use 120's, supplemented by Class 104 DMU's. Derby also handled significant volumes of freight traffic at this time, mainly coal, oil and steel trains. These are fully represented in this timetable and include services to and from Drakelow and Willington Power Stations which are shown to the sim, as well as traffic for Didcot and Rugeley. All sadly no longer exist. Freight could be worked by almost any classes, and representatives of Classes 20, 25, 44 and 56 also appear. 438 trains 24 hours. Author M Cunningham. |
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A major timetable, which one of our testers rated as maybe the most difficult power box timetable so far. We resisted his suggestion that we charge extra for it, but it certainly gives good value! Traction is a mixture of steam, diesel hydraulic and diesel electric, and added interest is provided by the named expresses, including the Bristolian, Cheltenham Spa Express, Cathedrals Express and Red Dragon. 358 trains 24 hours. Author : P Mould. |
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Almost as busy as the preceding timetable, but a lot has changed! Steam has disappeared completely, but a wide range of diesel traction is in evidence, including the Blue Pullmans. 337 trains 24 hours. Author : Dave Blick. |
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Didcot provides much of interest for the timetable authors as shown by the number available. A busy Summer Saturday provides another insight into the operation in the 90’s. 217 trains 18.5 hours. Author : A Rispoli. |
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This timetable provides a snapshot of modern-day operating at this favourite junction location and with nearly 500 trains you won't have much time to relax. But you will have many hours of non-stop action and keeping the trains running to time will call for your full attention throughout. 486 trains 24 hours. Author : R Roeterdink. |
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Back in 1955, just a couple of years before the diesels arrived, a lot of extra trains were run on summer Saturdays to cope with the number of passengers eager to travel to their holiday destinations. The additional traffic made great demands on the operating staff, and you can have the pleasure of sharing that. If you can find a spare moment, watch out for the interesting locos pressed into passenger duty. 424 trains 24 hours. Author : P Mould. |
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There have been many changes in the traffic pattern in the Didcot area over the last couple of years and these are reflected in this new timetable. The new direct service between Oxford and Bristol operated jointly by First Great Western and Thames Trains using class 165 Turbo units are included, as well as the new Great Western half hourly service between Paddington and Bristol. On the freight side, the General Motors class 66 is now to be seen on many trains, and Freightliner's class 57 locos are to be seen on the heaviest trains which previously required 2 locos. Hinksey yard near Oxford has become one of Railtrack's "Virtual Quarries" and was re-activated earlier in the year, with daily services from Temple Mills and Eastleigh as well as local trip workings. 428 trains 24 hours. Author : Dave Blick. |
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Ageing DMU's are still in charge of the local train services. The Class 50's command the Oxford Paddington express services and the commuter peak trains. Didcot yard is used as a major hub for the Speedlink Coal Network, the Class 37 the main motive power. 370 trains 24 hours. Author : R Rees. |
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A great historical timetable from 50 years ago, authentically recreating the steam era when the Newbury & Southampton line was still open. Forty different steam loco classes appear, including Great Western classes such as the Kings and Castles, as well as Britannia's and West Country Pacific's and many more. 360 trains 24 hours. Author : P Dean. |
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This Working Timetable is based on a Tuesday in February 1976. The date of this timetable was the last available before a reduction in the local services on the Western Region which commenced 1 March 1976. Most services are hauled by Class 47 or Class 50 diesel-electrics. Some Class 31 and Class 33s are also present, along with the prototype HST on one out and back working to Swansea (switching later to Bristol). A number of Class 52 Western diesel-hydraulics have also been included to show the variety of diagrams they were employed on at that time. By the October of 1976 HSTs had replaced many loco hauled workings on the Bristol and Swansea lines, the Westerns were to be seen very rarely on passenger and nearly all services were allocated 100 mph Mark 2 coaches as opposed to 90 mph Mark 1 coaches. All services are hauled by an accurate representation of the classes used on a typical day. 406 trains 24 hours. Author : G Harris. |
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Didcot 2008 Sunday Engineering An easy Sunday at Didcot with 140 trains. Due to engineering work between Swindon and Bath Spa services are terminating at Swindon and trains re-timed to run a little later than the usual timetable. After Lunch the engineering possession is given up and things return to normal for the afternoon. Watch for the High Speed non-stop trains on the main lines and keep the Voyagers separated from the local stoppers on the Avoiding and Oxford lines. Also there is engineering work on the Relief lines at Tilehurst, Up Relief re-opens approx 0810, Dn Relief approx 0930. Furthermore there are engineering works in the Basingstoke Area and Cross Country Trains are diverted via Guildford. Intermediate Stops Appleford, Culham and Radley are between Didcot Parkway and Oxford, services to Radley are hourly, Appleford 2-hourly and Culham no Sunday service. The timetable is an exact replica of services and stock that actually ran on Sunday 13th January 2008, compiled using reports from TSDB. 140 trains 16.6 hours. Author : M Taylor. |
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This timetable is sourced from both the passenger and freight working timetables of the Western Region dated 12th September 1960-11th June 1961. 410 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth. |
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It is September 1948, and British Railways is 8 months old, formed from the previous "Big Four" (LMS, LNER, GWR and SR). The GWR became the Western Region of British Railways and in 1948, not a diesel or electric main line loco was to be seen on the Western Region, just a couple of main line diesels on the London Midland Region which were introduced in 1947. This timetable follows closely the timetable dated "27th September 1948 until further notice" with some minor timing amendments to avoid conflicts and some adjustments to trains arriving and departing around midnight. 363 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth. |
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A very modern timetable sourced from the Network Rail working timetable dated 2nd May 2016 through to December 2016. Didcot is an interesting location operationally with the need for careful control at its merging junctions to avoid conflicts, especially at Didcot East Junction. Nowadays this timetable is primarily a clock face one and the motive power involved is mostly DMUs. Primary use of class 165/1 on the locals to and from Oxford or Banbury to Paddington, some class 180 units and class 221 Super Voyagers on cross country journeys and abundant use of 8 car HST units on the main express trains. Freight locos used are mainly class 66 units with a sprinkling of class 59 and class 60. Some timings have minor changes to avoid conflicts. 526 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth. |
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This timetable is based on the GWR Service Timetable dated October 1910 until further notice. Didcot has always been an interesting place and the motive power listed in this timetable is certainly different to the more modern timetables. Some services around midnight have been adjusted in order to include them in this timetable and some times throughout the timetable have been adjusted to avoid conflicts. The timetable lists some stopping points for freight trains which are not possible in this simulation due to stopping points for these locations not included in the simulation. Where this is the case, the departure time has been nominated as the passing time. Operations for the purpose of this timetable.
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A modern timetable sourced from Network Rail and dated 16th December 2019 - 15th May 2020. 682 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth. |
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Doncaster 1968 Summer Saturday This timetable has been compiled from BR Eastern Region working timetables for passenger and freight trains Section A dated 6 May 1968. The GN section of the East Coast line has been made "Steam Free " by 1968. The WTT shows which trains should be Deltic hauled (Even though on Saturdays some are only timed for 90 MPH ) but other Loco's and stock should only be seen as a selection of what was available in 1968. Common locomotive types as well as the Class 55 Deltics were Class 47 (Not yet sub divided )Class 40 ,Class 37 (Not sub divided ) Class 31, some class 24's and class 20's and occasional class 25's. Various types of DMU could be seen at Doncaster including Class 101,104,105,111 and 114. 374 trains 24 hours. Author : P Mould. |
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This timetable is for 1986, by which time some track alterations had taken place. (Simulation track diagram is based in 1950). The main changes were the addition of facing crossovers both North and South of the station to allow trains from the North to terminate in Platforms 6 and 7 and to allow trains from the South to terminate in Platforms 2 and 3. Additional shunting of stock has been incorporated in this timetable to overcome these shortcomings. In addition, by 1986 , the Garden Sidings had been removed and the Up and Down South Yorkshire Goods Lines were temporarily out of use for layout alterations. The timetable has been compiled using the British Railways Doncaster Arrivals and Departures book for 12 May to 30 August 1986. Freight workings are derived from a 1986 Freight Book, together with the BR Freight WTT, section YJ. 396 trains 24 hours. Author : D Palmer. |
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Doncaster November Weekday 1977 This timetable is set on a winter weekday in 1977. This year marked the final year of the Class 55 Deltics on mainline expresses on the ECML. Just six months later HSTs were introduced, taking over the majority of services to Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Newcastle and Leeds. The Deltics were relegated to semi fast services and the end was in sight, though they were to last another three years before final withdrawal. 443 trains 24 hours. Author : M Cunningham. |
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Doncaster PSB Winter Sunday 1993 A very easy WTT with no freight trains running through Doncaster on a Sunday. Starts at 08:01 with 2R01 signalled out of platform 5, other units in platforms. 152 trains 16 hours. Author : D Palmer. |
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Edinburgh Waverley Eureka Summer Weekday 2011 The timetable includes all passenger and associated Empty Stock Movements at Edinburgh in the Summer of 2011. Almost 900 movements are scheduled during a busy 24 hours weekday shift. Included are the new and amended services from East Coast's "Eureka" timetable as well as the new services from Edinburgh to Glasgow and Strathclyde via the newly electrified Bathgate route. A selection of freight trains have been included to increase variety. 893 trains 24 hours. Author : P Poole. |
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Edinburgh Waverley Easter Sunday 2012 Public holidays are traditionally the time when Network Rail undertake major engineering works. The Easter break is no exception and gives Network Rail up to four days to maintain, repair and upgrade the railway system. In this timetable, Network Rail are undertaking a major track renewal at Haymarket East Junction. Platforms 3 & 4 at Haymarket are closed and all trains are using the remaining two platforms. Also, trains are unable to access their normal route from Waverley to the Midcalder lines and trains are being diverted via the Suburban line. The Class 380's that are used on the North Berwick Branch are unable to reach Shields Depot in Glasgow and need to be stabled in Waverley overnight. The timetable in this simulation includes all passenger trains that were scheduled to run on Easter Sunday 2012. However the engineering work did not take place in the real world. Certain trains have been retimed in this simulation to allow for the diversions and replatforming. 432 trains 17 hours. Author : P Poole. |
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Edinburgh Waverley July Weekday 2016 This timetable is compiled from the Network Rail Working Timetable dated 01 May 2016 - December 2016. The obvious difference between it and the standard timetable is the inclusion of the reopened Tweedbank Branch. Owing to the date when the standard sim and timetable were created, it is not possible to include stops at Brunstane and Newcraighall as per the real timetable, so all trains run non stop through these stations to and from Waverley. Allowing for the different timing period, rolling stock has been upgraded to that in use in 2016 and incorporates electric MUs on the refurbished Bathgate line to Glasgow Central and Helensburgh. Also introduced at this time were some loco hauled services on the Fife Circle in the morning and afternoon peak periods using class 68 locos. 950 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth. |
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Edinburgh Waverley Weekday 1977 This timetable is set on a winter weekday in 1977. This year marked the final year of the Class 55 Deltics on mainline expresses on the East Coast Main Line. Just six months later HSTs were introduced, taking over most services to Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Newcastle, and Leeds. The Deltics were relegated to semi fast services and the end was in sight, though they were to last another three years before final withdrawal. A specific date of 2nd November 1977 has been selected. Using different sources, it has been possible to identify the actual locomotives used for the majority of express passenger services. This date represented peak availability of the Deltics, with 17 of the 22 locomotives in service that day. Locomotives from Classes 20, 25, 26, 27, 31, 37, 40, 46 and 47 also appear. Edinburgh to Glasgow push-pull services were handled by two Class 27 locomotives topping and tailing a rake of Mk 2 coaches however, limitations in the loco database mean that only one locomotive can be shown. This timetable has been written to complement theDoncaster and Peterborough November Weekday 1977 timetables which have also been written by the author. The track layout on the sim is based on the remodelledWaverley station from 2006. There were a number of differences in the 1977 track plan, principally that platforms 1 and 20 did not exist. In their place was a loop and sidings for holding ECS, parcels vans, and spare locomotives. In this timetable platforms 1 and 20 are used purely for storage facilities, and not for arriving or departing passenger services. A new platform 10 was provided and other platforms were renumbered. Wherever possible the original platforms are used, however the remodelling of Waverley has meant that some alterations have been required. There are a number of manoeuvres that require use ofStation Shunters. Two Class 08 Shunters are provided at the start of the sim - 08 763 (0Z01) which works the West platforms, and 08 881 (0Z02) which works the East platforms. Please note that there are some shunting moves which require movement between the two different ends. This is best achieved by exchanging ECS between the two Shunters, e.g. between sigs 270 and 271. My main source of information for this timetable was a1977 Edinburgh Waverley Station Arrivals and Departures Book. Freight services are taken from Working Timetables GC and GG, both from 1978. I consider these sufficiently accurate, and the including of freight traffic, to and from Millerhill Yard considerably adds to the authenticity of the timetable. 702 trains 24 hours. Author : M Cunningham. |
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Set beneath the wide East Anglian skies it would be an idyllic life for the signalman here, were it not for the frequent interruptions caused by the ringing of block bells and the passing of trains ... the drivers of each expecting to be given the correct route! Times were changing, though - already by 1968 diesel traction had taken over all traffic and steam was just a memory. But it was a different scene to the present day, with well over half the traffic being freight and more than half the passenger trains were loco-hauled. The most common loco classes were the Brush Type 2 and English Electric Type 3, with the earlier EE Type 4's in charge of the long-distance cross country expresses between Scotland and the north of England and Harwich,Colchester and Yarmouth. 222 trains 24 hours. Author : P Mould. |
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Back to those classic days of East Anglian steam - taken from the last LNER timetable before nationalisation. 182 trains 24 hours. Author : P Mould. |
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This timetable is taken from British Rail working timetables section LB dated 3rd Oct 1988-14th May 1989 for passenger and parcel trains and section LD dated 3rd Oct 1988 for freight trains. The particular day of the week this timetable represents is a Thursday. Class 156 sprinter units are in use on cross country services some reversing at Ely. London Liverpool St to Kings Lynn services are worked by class 47/4 diesel locomotives. Local services are worked by class 101 Metro-Cammell units. Freight trains are worked by locomotive classes 31,37,47 and 56. 190 trains 24 hours. Author : A Haseman. |
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Evercreech 1957 Summer Saturday Summer Saturdays on the Somerset and Dorset were a complete contrast to normal weekdays. Freight during daylight hours was almost non existent. What freight did run would need banking up to Binegar. The banking loco would normally attach to the rear end in the station. Because it is not possible in Heritage simulations to have a loco at each end of the trains the banker is presumed to be able to attach in the Middle Yard. Instead was a series of Class 1 Expresses from the Midlands , North West and Yorkshire to Bournemouth. All of these would need additional pilot locos over the Mendip hills between Bath and either Evercreech Junction or Templecombe. For this extra pressure on the loco department additional motive power was called for. In 1957 this consisted of 4 West Country pacific's from Bournemouth and 2 British Railways standard class 4 2-6-0 locos from Eastleigh. 100 trains 24 hours. Author : P Mould. |
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Exeter Central Summer Saturday 1932 This timetable is taken exactly from the Southern Railway(Western Division) WTT of passenger and freight trains and is dated 17th July 1932 and until further notice. Set on a Summer Saturday all manner of locos were pressed into service to handle the large holiday traffic to the resorts, so it wasn't uncommon to find a freight loco on a holiday passenger train and some ancient locos filling in on the secondary duties. I have used as my source for stock The Southern E Group who have a very informative site including allocations of locos back to 1879. The use of pilot locos is necessary because of the very severe gradient up from St David's station. In the real world the train was pushed up the hill by the assisting loco. However this is not possible in the simulation so they are attached in the front. I have used pilots for all passenger trains over 7 coaches and most goods trains ascending the hill. 434 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth. |
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Exeter Central Summer Saturday 1961 Summer Saturday 1961 - a very busy day. There are frequent expresses between London and the West, and a half-hourly service on the Exmouth branch. Most trains require a change of engine. Down trains may be divided, and dining coaches detached and shunted to the sidings; the Up trains requiring additional coaches brought from the sidings. Many Up trains require assistance from Exeter St David's. This timetable has been compiled using the 1961 Working Timetable for Passenger Trains, the 1961 Passenger Services Timetable, and with reference to various books by Xpress Publishing. Arrival and departure times in the Timetable Notes are those shown in the Public Services Timetable - times shown in the Timetable Information are taken from the Working Timetable (these were not always the same). Some times have been adjusted for operational reasons, and goods trains around midnight have been adjusted in order to include them in this timetable. 530 trains 24 hours. Authors : R Pleasant & A Sugden. |
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Exeter Central July Weekday 1909 This timetable is sourced from the 1909 London and South Western Railway working timetables. The west of Exeter services involved splitting of trains at different locations such as Yeoford, Barnstaple, Halwill Junction and Wadebridge. The line from Exeter St David's to Exeter Central was steeply graded and required an assisting loco for most freight services. In real life the assisting loco just pushed from the rear but that is not possible in the simulation. Instead a pilot loco is attached at Exeter St David's to the front of the train and is then detached at Exeter Central to run back down to St David's. Locomotives used in this timetable are indicative of locos in use at the time. Most long-distance services required a change of loco at Exeter Central, the exception being where locos were changed at Salisbury. Local services to Exmouth were frequent and involved a run around there whilst trains arriving from Exmouth shed their loco at Exeter and used a previously detached loco from the Down Sidings for the following service to Exmouth. Other local services ran to Crediton, Sidmouth Junction, Honiton and Topsham. Railmotors with an attached carriage were used on the Topsham shuttle and some services to Sidmouth Junction and Honiton. 368 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth. |
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Faversham Summer Saturday 2025 This is the 3rd timetable in the story of Faversham. Sadly, Freight had ceased to operate on the Sheerness Branch and all the freight yards and sidings have either been taken out or left derelict. The platform lines at Sheerness have lost the Middle Roadand at the platform buffer stops the points have been removed. The steel yardhas gone completely the track removed and now a storage depot for road transport. At Queenborough all sidings have gone or are foliage overgrown. Ridham Docks the track has been covered in foliage and no longer used. The outlet signal is disconnected. Sittingbourne Yard is hardly used Sidings and Teynham and Newington sidings now gone. At Faversham the Creek line is no longer there and the Loco Shed and Goods shed now on an industrial estate in a wood. Track removed. Only the Up Field Sidings and Back Rd and some down sidings are left. Today's Service is an August Summer Saturday Service with a couple of Specials running. A couple of Bridge lifts of Kingsferry Bridge and a T3 Possession at the end of the day. The service now is from London Victoria to Ramsgate and Dover Priory. Additionally, there is a High Speed 1 service to and from London St Pancras with class 395 Javelin services. A few seaside specials run out of Cannon St to Ramgate in the morning and back in the evening. Javelins are restricted to 100MPH on this area and only do 140 MPH on HS1 from Ebbsfleet to St Pancras. Sheerness today has an hourly shuttle service interrupted by two bridge lifts at Kingsferry Bridge. A bridge lift takes 20 minutes to complete and restore the train service to allow Shipping to go in & out under the Bridge to and from Ridham Dock. Instructions and information are in the trains notes to guide you . The bridge has to lift 10 minutes before the ship arrives. Large ships can only get in during a short period of high tide. Then the next available time is 11 hours later. Ships cannot pass each other on River Swale. The two special trains operating. One is a top and tailed train from Princes Risborough to Margate and back via Sheerness to Strood and Medway Vally line . (4 coaches top and tailed by 2 class 50s loco’s). The other is actually to Ashford Railworks open day to London Victoria via Ramsgate and Faversham. These are real trains and the Sheerness train got held at Swale by the Bridge Lift. The loco numbers are correct on both trains. The other trains are all EMU trains on other services using class 375,376 and 377 stock and the Javelins. 170 trains 24 hours. Author : G Butler. |
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Following the release of the original Finsbury Park Simulation which the late Richard Wade RIP started and I finally finished it with the late 70s timetable, and now some 46 years has since passed with the history of this area changed drastically. I therefore have put together this timetable from late morning until 1900 hours. The main changes are Finsbury Park Diesel Depot has been demolished and Kings Cross Fuel Point is now an office block. So no diesel locos use either of these sites and the track is lifted. The East Sidings has gone and recently the East Siding 1 is now platform 0 but not in use in this simulation as not long enough. At Kings Cross Goods Yard it is now closed and the land sold. A business village has appeared built on top of the old site. It would appear that the old lines through the East Gasworks Tunnel has been restored. Unfortunately we cannot change the track layout or names in this track diagram as it will affect the standard timetable. I therefore have programmed this timetable as it is. Despite missing a platform 0, I have managed to fit the 2026 timetable in for your enjoyment. The timetable has been long in coming as LNER kept putting it off. So when it was released I have used it.. So some trains are not in the booked real world timetable platforms, they are changed to fit in what trains platform 0 had. I replatformed.them and I did manage get the trains in other platforms. PLEASE NOTE WE CANNOT REMOVE THE LAST SIMS UNUSED LOCATIONS AS IT WILL ALTER THE ORIGINAL TIMETABLE IN THE STANDARD SIMULATION SETTINGS. NO TRAINS IN THIS 2026 TIMETABLE ARE THEREFORE PROGRAMMED TO USE THESE LOCATIONS THAT ARE NO LONGER USED. HOWEVER WE SIMULATE THE THAMESLINK SERVICE ONLY AS IT ENTERS AND EXITS Which ARE ON THE SAME TRACK USED BY TRAFFIC INTO THE OLD GOODS YARD but THEN GOES UNDERGROUND UNDER THE KX GOODS YD. INTO A TUNNEL To assist you in regulating trains in the Belle Isle area with Thameslinks Crossing over the slow line a guidance waypoint has been put in which will not affect yout timings at Belle Isle they are advisory. More on regulating Belle Isle area is below, Please read fully. On average it takes 2 minutes from Belle Isle to Finsbury Park and 3 minutes from Kings Cross to Belle Isle. We also have a Next train indicator added (named Goods Yard for exit towards Finsbury Park and the trains in the Thameslink Direction on the Up have advisory passing timings to help you at signal 310. the train can go onto Down the Fast LIne 1 and Cross to Down Slow at Holloway JN if it is booked Down Slow. The Thameslink service to the Southern Region via entry and exit at SiG 50 and 29. and signal 300 and 50. please ensure your bidirectional control is turned on.. (Please note signal 300 we can only use the one yellow aspect clearing the route to Thameslink here) . In the timetable we now signal Main line Services to the North and Scotland with mainly High Speed Trains of various Private Operating Companies including LNER ,Lumo, Grand Central and Hull Trains. We simulate operating the Thameslink Service owned by Govia Thameslink (GTR) and the Suburban commuter services by Great Northern into Moorgate and Kings Cross . Also services to Anglia Cambridge, Ely and Kings Lynn.(GN GTR are a managed part of the same company of GTR) which are becoming part of GBR the new Railway name when the railway conversion is completed. Freight is now normally worked up the West Coast Main Line and the postal and sleeper trains no longer run. . Due to WCML engineering work some freight is diverted via the East Coast Main Line This is still a busy freight railway here. The freight is the correct trains the day that I did the timetable. Passenger Stock is on now its third generation of High Speed Trains, The trains out of Moorgate and the Thameslink service are dual voltage for 3rd Rail and overhead wires. Many locos and other units are gradually being fitted with ECTS and digital signalling which is controlled from the train cabs and signal posts will eventually be removed. At the time of writing the Moorgate trains run from Moorgate to Finsbury Park is on Digital Signalling as well as colour light signals . It is currently being extended to Grantham but will be sometime before all the colour light signals will be all removed New Bi or tri mode locos of class 93 and 99 are on trial as they can run on Overhead Wires. Diesel or Battery making less needs to change locos and complete Journey to Freight terminals on non powered approaches especially as the Thames Gateway Port does not have overhead wires to the terminal in the last few miles. Class 9 trains in this sim are passenger trains so you do not get confused operated the Thameslink In 2025 many freight operators clients switched their sea operations from Felixstowe to Thames Gateway this has brought more traffic into this area also some Channel Tunnel services comes through. So expect traffic in and out from Canonbury and the North London Incline going North and coming South. This traffic was added over the 7th 8th Jan 2026 from monitoring the live traffic programs. I hope you enjoy this modern day timetable which LNER have only just released. Shortly this will all be GBR and back in the public sector. Class 3 trains are sometimes empty coaching stock All passenger trains are multiple units some are third generation High Speed Trains dual powered. Other services are EMU all Elecric and some are Bimode. AC and DC or have diesel engines as well for going on non electrified lines. A PDF file is made for you advising this in more detail. Timings of Trains Pathing time is added for all trains and trains may enter Kings Cross early if the platform is available. It is noted that a train that is booked on the Up Fast if diverted for regulating via Up Slow lines will take an extra minute to get into Kings Cross. So enjoy the simulation and set the routes as you think best and you do not always have to obey the instructions - its called regulating. Enjoy the challenge. 100% punctuality is possible but often in the real world its around 98% and that is within 5 minutes of late running, Weather and track conditions and can cause this and recently electrification problems are being reported when the power supply is at busy periods and at breaking point as too many trains are drawing full power at the same will make the trains sluggish at accelerating. 284 trains 8 hours. Author : G Butler |
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Glasgow Queen St. 2011 Summer Weekday This 24 hour timetable is set during the summer of 2011. Glasgow Queen Street is the third busiest station in Scotland in terms of footfall. Between 7am and 7pm there are a minimum of 22 services an hour for you to get in and out of Glasgow Queen Street's twin-track tunnel, with more at the morning and evening peaks. It is largely a 'clock-face timetable'. There are four services an hour to and from Edinburgh, two to Anniesland and one each to Alloa, Dunblane, Aberdeen, Cumbernauld and Falkirk Grahamston. There are less frequent services to/from Inverness, Perth, the West Highland Line and other Scottish destinations. Trains will often be held in the tunnel on approach to Queen Street awaiting a free platform, or a service to depart. In contrast to days gone by, passenger services are exclusively DMUs now, with the 100 mph Class 170 most frequently used. There are only occasional freight services using the West Highland Line these days and these have been included, as has the Fort William-Euston Sleeper and the luxury summer tours known as the 'Royal Scotsman'. 445 trains 24 hours. Author : K McCormick. |
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Glasgow Queen St. July Weekday 2019 This timetable is sourced from the Network Rail Working Timetable dated 20th May - 13 December 2019. The main difference to the standard timetable is the use of the new electric services introduced for these lines and the resultant improved speeds attained by the new rolling stock. Almost exclusively the services are in the hands of multiple units apartfrom an odd freight train. As it stands in 2019, the sidings and goods yard at the station are no longer in situ. The platforms at Queen Street have had some lengthening and some signalling improved. There is an intensive service between Glasgow and Edinburgh using multiple routes plus services to places such as Alloa, Stirling, Dunblane, Perth, Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness. There is also an intensive service to Anniesland and longer services to both Oban and Mallaig. 462 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth. |
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Glasgow Queen St. Weekday 1989 A 20 hour WTT for a weekday in 1989 starting at 04:50 with 251 train movements. Starting with 2N41 and 5D01 in platform 3, 5Z01 in platform 4,1O04 in platform 5, and 5P14 in platform 7. OPERATING NOTES Freight trains stopping for crew changes do so at Sig 302, 303 or Cowlairs Loop. Cowlairs Chord was not commissioned at the time of this WTT. There are no TRS at Cowlairs Loop, so keep a eye on departing times. When setting routes in and out of the station it may be needed to run trains on wrong track, so to get trains in or out with out blocking each other. The two sidings in the station had been removed in early 1987. 251 trains 20 hours. Author : D Palmer |
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Glasgow Central (1950) July Weekday 2017 It should be noted that in 2017 platforms 12 and 13 had been redesignated as 14 and 15, however they were essentially the same platforms. This timetable is a faithful rendition of the Network Rail working timetable dated May 2017 - December 2017. Being 28 years on from the Standard timetable there are quite a few changes apparent, not the least of which are the extra services and the more modern stock used. Being a passenger terminus there
are no freight activities within the confines of the simulation. 1156 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth |
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Glasgow Central (1950) Winter Weekday 1962/63 This timetable is taken from the Scottish Region passenger timetable of Winter 1962/63. Note that at this time electrification was not available on all lines and platforms. In the day, St Enoch station was still open, hence in this timetable there are no trains to Ayrshire or East Kilbride. Also there were limited stations in England served directly from Central. The sleepers only ran to and from Central. I have assumed that loco-hauled stock based at Smithy Lye and Larkfield was brought in and taken out by the pilot locos. After the ECS was brought into service at Central, the suburban coaches for Wemyss Bay and Gourock were continuously used during the day with a loco bring them into Central from either outpost and a fresh one (from Polmadie) taking them back down the coast, releasing the incoming loco to return to Polmadie. With the EMU base not being directly accessable to their routes, there is a lot of ECS movements from Smithy Lye into Central and then back out in the morning with the reverse at close of play. I find it better to usually route ECS from Smithy Lye to their platforms via the No. 4 Down Line, rather than crossing to the No. 2 Down Line and vice versa. Also of note is the large number of LE movements between platforms 12 and 13 and Polmadie via the No. 4 Up Line and
the Up Relief which can clash with the 303s coming off the Branch line. Whilst the passenger services have entry times chosen to arrive on time, most ECS and LE movements have been given extra time to allow these to be held to give way to the passenger services. Likewise, on ECS and LE movements out of the station. Service train exit times for Up G&P are 4 minutes after departure, with the other three lines being 6 minutes after departure. Trains that stop at Eglinton Street have exit times of 3 minutes
after departure from that station. ECS and LE exit times for Up G & P are 6 minutes after departure, with the other three lines being 8 minutes after departure. The class 303 services had been running for a few months by this time and consisted of five services in to and five out of Central running to regular times half-hourly relentlessly from 05:53 (first out) to 23:45 (last in). As all go via the Branch Lines, this makes the junction at Eglinton Station somewhat busy. There are also extra trains at the morning, lunch-time and evening peaks. In addition there are the DMU hourly inner and outer Hamilton services. The coast trains did not run to a clock-face timetable, but were timed to serve passenger needs and connections to the steamers at Gourock and Wemyss Bay. Most of the latter had such a connection. 917 trains 18 hours. Author : R Darling. |
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Glasgow Central (1950) Winter Weekday 2006 A full 24 hours with 1083 train movments starting at 00:10 with 5G97 signalled into platform 13, 2G98 just arrived in platform 12 and coupling to the ECS, 2K61 in platform 10, 2P14 in platform 9 and 2J10 in platform 5. By this time the West Bank Siding had been made into platform 11a, but can not be used in this simulation, so the WTT has had to use one less platform that would have been used in 2006. Some routing as been put in the train notes to help the user, trains using platform 1,2,3 or 4 would use No 1 Dn Line unless different routing in the train notes. Reversing stock in Carriage sidings will allow them to come out of the siding more quickly when time to depart. DMU used are 156, 158, 221. EMU used are 314, 318, 320, 322, 334, 390. Loco hauled class 86 and 91 Push Pull used, with class 37 used as well. 1083 trains 24 hours. Author : D Palmer. |
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Glasgow Central (2024) May Sunday 2025 EMU’s and DMU’s abound in this not so quiet Sunday
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Guildford 1949 Summer Saturday Pure nostalgia! Be prepared to be fascinated by the variety of exotic steam locos which appear in this recreation of days long gone by. If only there was time to sit back and watch, but with nearly 500 trains to signal you won't have much time for that. The traffic is just as varied, from the Portsmouth Direct electric expresses and stopping trains, the suburban e.m.u. services, the steam-hauled cross-country trains from Reading to Redhill and Tonbridge, to the steam push-pull service on the branch to Horsham. There's something for everyone here! 495 trains 20 hours. Author : P Mould. |
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It's market day, long ago in Edwardian days ... classic steam locos of the L&SW, LB&SC and SE&C railways on every train, even the cattle specials. 313 trains 24 hours. Author : G Gorringe. |
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Almost as large is this recent Saturday timetable for Guildford, covering the period from 05.00 until midnight. Although a little quieter than during the week, with an average of 22 trains every hour you might not notice it! 423 trains 19 hours. Author : A Rispoli. |
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Back to the Summer of 1968 for a dose of nostalgia, although not relaxation with over 400 trains to keep you busy. Most of the trains are formed of stock which had already been around for several decades. Remember the old 2-BILs and 2-HALs? And of course the distinctive 4-COR and 4-BUF express units used on the Portsmouth Direct services. 408 trains 24 hours. Author : A Major. |
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This timetable is sourced from Network Rail timetables dated 02 May 2014 - December 2014. It embodies more modern rolling stock than the standard timetable. Guildford is quite a busy place with many local services to Reading, Redhill, Ascot, Aldershot and further afield to Gatwick Airport and Waterloo by different routes, and one service to / from Newcastle. Main line services to and from Portsmouth area from Waterloo incorporate fast and slow services denoted by class 1 and class 2 trains usually travelling via Woking. Some class 2 trains terminate and return from Haslemere. 478 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth. |
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Halwill Junction 1961 Summer Saturday Time to slow down a bit but users of our heritage series know how difficult Halwill can be with some odd shunting arrangements thrown in for good measure. The times for this Timetable have been taken from Xpress Publications "District Controllers View" No 16 North Cornwall 1961, the final year of T9s. 62 trains 15 hours. Author : P Mould. |
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Plenty of action in this 24 hour timetable, with diesel traction in charge of all trains. The main line Norwich expresses are powered by Brush Class 47 locos. These, together with Brush class 31 and EE class 37's, are also extensively used on other loco-hauled trains, whilst local passenger trains were formed of Cravens and Metro Cammell units. 191 trains 24 hours. Author : Dave Blick. |
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Back again to the Seventies, for a busy day's operating at Ipswich. No sign of electric wires, with diesel haulage the order of the day, plus 'Heritage' units on local passenger services. |
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This timetable, by Nick Goward, reflects an interesting period at Ipswich, with electrification to Norwich having been just been completed, and an increased cross country service worked by the newly introduced class 156 Sprinters. Container traffic to and from the port of Felixstowe was also very busy at this time, with plenty of other freight workings too. The stabling point is used extensively for fuelling the locos used on the inter regional freightliner services. 226 trains 24 hours. Author : N Goward. |
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A challenging timetable as the number of passenger trains has doubled and freight is on the increase. The slightest delay can easily result in considerable snarling up! The signallers at Colchester are no doubt hard pressed to think ahead all the time and achieve the optimum regulation, and this timetable allows you to join in the fun. 356 trains 24 hours. Author : Various. |
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This timetable takes us back to the days when the Brush Class 47's were new. In their smart two-tone green livery, these had taken charge of express passenger services on the Great Eastern main line. Other loco-hauled traffic through Ipswich was in the hands of the first generation of diesel locos, BTH Type 1 Class 15, Brush Type 2 Class 31, BR Sulzer Class 24 and EE Type 3 Class 37. English Electric Type 4s, class 40, appeared on cross-country expresses including the Harwich-Manchester boat train, while local passenger services were operated by the familiar Cravens and Metro Cammell diesel multiple units. There was a lot of freight traffic in those days, although Freightliner services were a new development in 1968. 252 trains 24 hours. Author : P Mould. |
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Going back over half a century to the final LNER timetable before nationalisation and a very different scene to the present day. Steam locos dating back to the Great Eastern Railway share the workload with modern and not so modern LNER classes. 323 trains and plenty of loco run-rounds and shunting of empty stock. 323 trains 24 hours. Author : P Mould. |
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Ipswich 1951/52 Winter Weekday This Timetable covers the full 24-hour period of weekday working in the 1951/52 Winter service during the steam era. The main Liverpool Street to Norwich services were being worked by the new Britannia Pacifics on regular interval services, but most of the traditional ex-GER locos were still in evidence. Winter services are considerably reduced from the Summer schedules, even so, this Timetable has almost 400 tabled movements, including lots of Light Engines to and from Ipswich MPD. Terminating trains frequently require ECS movements to/from the Stabling Sidings. Full details of locomotives used are provided, together with the Shed allocation of each one at the date depicted. 398 trains 24 hours. Author : P Dean. |
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This timetable is sourced from the Network Rail working timetable dated May 2018 - December 2018. Being a very modern timetable, it incorporates all the latest motive power used on the lines depicted. Liverpool - Norwich services are handled by class 90 locos in a push/pull arrangement with the London bound loco heading the train south, whilst in the Norwich bound direction a DVT is used heading the train North with the 90 class loco pushing from the rear. Liverpool Street - Ipswich services are handled by class 321 or class 360 EMUs. Class 153 DMUs are used on the Ipswich - Felixstowe services with the odd appearance heading to and from Lowestoft. Class 170 DMUs are used on the other Ipswich - Lowestoft services as well as being the motive power for the Ipswich - Cambridge and Ipswich - Peterborough services. Use is also made of class 150 DMUs on some local services. Freight is handled by class 66, class 86 and class 90 locos and there is a frequent change of loco needed at Ipswich from diesel to electric locos and vice versa. 394 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth |
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The ringing of bells, pulling of the levers, answering of telephones, boiling of the kettle (not included in the simulation!) and the endless processions of trains, hauling coal and empties back and forth, usually late and getting in the way. Express passengers accelerating from Kettering, or braking for the station on the Down, or crossing over. The scene would last forever ... whoever thought that sometime in the future part of it would be simulated by the powers of a piece of silicon! Where locomotive numbers have been shown these are the actual locomotives which appeared on Saturday 3rd August 1957, recorded thanks to Arthur Turner, who worked in St.Pancras control at that time. 165 trains 2 x 8 hours shifts. Author : R Ashmore |
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Even further back into history and a very different, but just as evocative steam-laden atmosphere. Many of the locos date back to the Midland Railway, with Compounds and 4-4-0's in charge of the expresses, often double-headed. There are many 0-6-0's on freight duties but the huge Beyer-Garratts are well in evidence too, contrasting with Kirtley 2-4-0's. 143 trains 14 hours. Author : R Ashmore. |
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With 763 can you handle the pressure? Top expresses hauled by the famous Deltic (Class 55) together with the Brush Type 2 (Class 31, Brush Type 4 (Class 47) locomotives and also EE Type 4 (Class 40's.). 1968 was also the last full year of the troublesome EE class 23 Baby Deltics. These 10 loco's had been almost completely rebuilt in 1964 were then allocated to Finsbury Park. We will presume they are having a good day and that most are on duty. Suburban passenger routes covered by Cravens 2-car Class 105 AEC and Class 106 Leyland DMU's. In the peak hours Brush Type 2 class 31 and Baby Deltic class 23 loco hauled trains were also used on suburban duties. Freight was mainly company express goods, oil trains and freightliner services. GE division freight from Temple Mills and Stratford worked through to the East Coast main line via Cannonbury line. There were also through freight trains from the Southern Region to the North. 763 train 24 hours. Author : P Mould. |
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This timetable is based on a specific date of Friday 25th July 1980 with over 700 trains to keep you very busy. Movements consist of over 450 trains on the busy Suburban services, freight movements in and out of the Freight Terminal Yard, the Cannonbury Line down to Temple Mills and Stratford and last but no means least the East Coast Main Line and it's associated empty coaching stock workings to keep it running smoothly. The 'Deltics' work horses of the East Coast Main Line are still putting in appearances even though the HST's were now ousting them from what was their regular duties. The actual workings for the 'Deltics' on this day have been used with the information being obtained from actual sightings and detailed records obtained from various sources. Locomotive working allocations for other Diesel Locomotive movements are what could have been used. The transition to the HST's was nearly complete, however formation changes and reliability with their Paxman engines meant that you could turn up at Kings Cross and not be at all shocked to see a 45 or a 47 rushed into service at a moments notice along with any sort of make shift stock formation. Timings have been taken from the actual working timetables in force at the time however the Suburban services reporting numbers have had to be changed for the afternoon workings due to the duplication of numbers in the timetables. Timetable supplements in force at the time have not been included. Actual WTT's used were Sections YB (Working Timetable of Mandatory Train Services King's Cross Suburban District) and Section YK ( Working Timetable of Mandatory Train Services Hauled and HST Empty Coaching Stock Trains between King's Cross etc. and Stabling Points). The timetable has been compiled over many hours by Geoff Foster and Geoff hopes that you have many hours enjoying it. A word of caution......don't stop for coffee. 715 trains 24 hours. Author : G Foster. |
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Kings Cross February Sunday 2017 A very modern timetable sourced from the Network Rail timetable dated 2nd December 2016 - May 2017. This being a Sunday, there was little freight movement and a quieter station area than a weekday setting, though there is ample movement to keep you busy. All modern stock has been used as per the Network Rail
timetable with predominately EMUs on the shorter services and loco hauled
push/pull services using class 91 locos on the long distance services with the
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Leeds City September Weekday 1961 This timetable is sourced from the British Railways North Eastern Region Working timetable dated 11th September 1961 - 17th June 1962 and is set some years ahead of the mass upheaval in 1967 when the station layout was changed. There are mostly steam locos on the loco hauled trains with ominous signs of the incursion of diesels. The majority of local services are handled by DMUs of one class or another. There are a number of trains starting from the East Sidings at Neville Hill Down Yard which is not shown on the sim. These proceed to Leeds City via the Up slow E and Up Fast E lines. Being some 11 years on from the standard timetable, there are many loco changes and a flood of new DMUs to contend with. 801 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth |
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Over 40 years ago and so different to the present day - loco hauled expresses between St Pancras and Manchester, steel trains to Corby steelworks and a lot of freight of all kinds. 246 trains 16 hours. Author : R Ashmore |
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To compliment the above timetable and set on the Saturday the timetable has almost as much freight and also holiday trains to Scarborough, Blackpool, Yarmouth, Paignton, Poole and Skegness. 217 trains 16 hours. Author : R Ashmore |
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A lot of interesting traffic in this 1986 timetable. Most of the Midland main line expresses had been taken over by HSTs, although there were still some workings for the Peaks and the Birmingham-Norwich services were still loco hauled, by Class 31's. Freight traffic now had a more modern look but includes some local "trip" trains. 164 trains 12.9 hours. Author : R Ashmore |
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Back to the days of the 'Peaks' (class 45/46) on the Midland Main Line expresses and loco-hauled Birmingham-Norwich trains. With lots of freight and parcels trains too, this timetable will keep you on your toes! 296 trains 24 hours. Author : S Murray. |
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Same place, same year as Weekday version but a different pattern of traffic. Less freight in this one, but the added interest of holiday expresses to/from Poole, Paignton, Scarborough, Portsmouth, Skegness, Blackpool and Folkestone. 251 trains 24 hours. Author : S Murray. |
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Leicester 1994 Summer Saturday Another busy Summer Saturday timetable to keep you busy. Although HST’s have mainly taken over the express passengers services on the Midland Main line there’s still a few loco-hauled train to watch out for hauled by the Class 47’s. Look out for the railtour hauled by 2 class 31’s! 147 trains 16.5 hours. Author : A Rispoli. |
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This timetable has been created using information for services during the Summer 2009 timetables. The majority of services are now worked by East Midlands Trains using Meridians and HST's on express services and Class 153/156/158's on local services. Also, Arriva Cross Country operate the Birmingham - Leicester - Stansted Airport services plus freight by DB Schenker, Freightliner, GBRF & Fastline plus the odd Network Rail test train. 307 trains 24 hours. Author : C Sansome. |
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Current day operations at Leicester, control of which (on 31st December 2011) passed from the Power Signal Box at Leicester to the EMCC - East Midlands Control Centre at Derby. East Midlands Trains provide the mainline services to/from London St Pancras International to/from Leeds, Sheffield, Derby and Nottingham using their Meridian Class 222 units supplemented by the stalwart Class 125 HST's. Local services; Leicester - Lincoln via Nottingham provide an hourly service using the Class 153, 156 and 158's Multiple Units. This service serves Syston Station which was built after the date of the simulation (May 1994) and is situated between signals 454 and 448 on the Up/Dn Slow. Cross Country Trains provide an hourly Birmingham New St - Stansted Airport using their Class 170's together with an hourly New St to Leicester service. Freight services are handled by the numerous Class 66 with the odd Class 60 working to brighten the day. 339 trains 24 hours. Author : R Ashmore |
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A less busy timetable than the normal weekday one with fewer freights running. As an example, freights to and from Burton didn't operate on a Saturday. However, we hope it will still have interest for many. 196 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth |
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A modern up to date timetable sourced from the Network Rail working timetables dated 2nd December 2016 - May 2017. This timetable incorporates all the latest traction of the time. These are represented by 5 and 7 car Meridian units, 8 car HSTs for the long distance services. There is also an appearance by a class 47 on a London Victoria - Chesterfield working. Services from Birmingham New Street - Leicester and Stansted Airport are handled by class 170 units. Services to and from Leicester - Lincoln area are handled by class 150 units. On the freight side there are numerous class 66 locos and a sprinkling of class 60 locos. There are appearances also of class 37 units. OPERATIONS There are a number of freight trains using the Burton linewhich have a stop-over at Knighton Up/Down Goods line. As this is a location without a timing point you will experience annoying bell ringings until the train is on its way again. Care must be taken to leave on time from this location as you will receive no warning as to when to move off. 415 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth. |
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Covering the period from 14:00 to midnight, 464 trains in all. Includes the challenge of handling the evening peak period - not for the faint hearted! 464 trains 10.2 hours. Author : A Rispoli. |
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Lewisham 1987/88 Winter Weekday A lot of differences compared to the present day, including trains running to Holborn Viaduct and a large number of empty stock movements between the London termini and the carriage depot at Addiscombe. This timetable runs from 00:01 to 14:00, during which time there are over 450 trains, more than a tenth of which are freights, hauled by locos including classes 33, 37, 47, 56, 58 and 73. 456 trains 14 hours. Author : P Curran. |
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This timetable is sourced from the Network Rail Working Timetable dated May 2014 - December 2014. It should be noted that in 2014 Cannon Street station closed in the evenings and indeed all of Sunday, and trains were redirected to and from Charing Cross. Quite a busy timetable, as you would expect for this location. The timetable has been compiled and tested at level 3 and zero configuration, and is best run at these speeds without having to pull your hair out.There are instances where some timings have been amended to avoid conflicts and some reporting codes amended also. Traction is made up of EMUs for passenger trains and is covered by class 465/1 and 465/2 for local trains and class 375 for the longer distance ones. Freight trains are hauled by mostly class 66 diesels with appearances by some class 60 diesels, class 73 electro-diesels and an odd class 37. It is recommended you peruse the notes for each train as they have a habit of switching from Slow to Fast lines and vice versa, often at differing signals. 1106 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth |
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Liverpool Lime St 1976/77 Weekday This is a nightmare!! Our testers have recommended this to be issued with a health warning ... although accurately recreating the British Rail timetable that was worked to, they have proved conclusively that it's impossible to achieve 100% punctuality. Can you do better? A fascinating challenge ... with thanks to Stuart Murray. The motive power at that time included all the electric loco classes from 81 to 87, and diesels of classes 45, 46, 47 and 50, plus lots of Heritage dmu's. 425 trains 24 hours. Author : S Murray. |
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Liverpool Lime St 1996 Summer Weekday This WTT is taken from Railtrack's North West Zone Section CE & Section CZ Working Timetables for Summer 1996. Most train headcodes are the correct ones, although some licence has been taken to identify local services, as Railtrack was using the same headcodes for more than one train in the Liverpool Area. Most noticeable is the use of letter "W" for trains to Wigan and Warrington; all other destination letters have been used according to BR/Railtrack destination indications. Some extra ECS and light engine movements have been added to keep the trains moving and avoid congestion at the (already congested) station platforms. For the operator to keep track of joining or splitting trains, or to allocate the right loco to the booked trains, it is recommended to have a notebook next to the control panel, although there are observations and reminders in the train/loco info panel for further help. 432 trains 24 hours. Author : F Sabate. |
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Liverpool Lime St 1995 Summer Sunday This WTT in taken from Railtrack's North-West Zone Section CE Summer Edition Working Timetable, for the period between 23rd of July and 17th of September, 1995 and from the Great Britain Passenger Railway Timetable, valid from Sunday 28th of May to Saturday 23rd September, 1995. Due to engineering works, the main line section between Allerton, Runcorn and Weaver Junction is closed to traffic until approximately 2pm. During this time, InterCity trains between Liverpool and London are diverted via Warrington Bank Quay and Earlestown and require therefore diesel haulage to and from Crewe. This requires engine changes at Lime Street and a few LE and LD movements to allocate the required motive power to each train. 206 trains 24 hours. Author : F Sabate. |
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Liverpool Lime St Summer Weekday 1992 This time table is based on the WTT for Summer 1992. The platform numbers used are as per the WTT though some of the timings have had to be altered to allow 100% running on the timetable. Some services need to change from up/down main to up/down slow and vice versa, but these are mentioned in the service notes. The motive power used is as the WTT mentions or from that era. 395 trains 18 hours. Author : Karl Thompson. |
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Liverpool Lime St September Weekday 1954 Lime Street today is a shadow of its former self. Nowadays, if you want to travel to Plymouth, Glasgow or Cardiff you have to change trains elsewhere. This timetable depicts trains using the Canada Dock /Alexandra Dock Branch with a R/R at Edge Hill. At the timetable date, the Olive Mount Chord was fully in use and no reversal was necessary. However, we don't have the luxury of that on the sim that is depicted. Also, at this time, Southport trains travelled along this branch to Bootle thence on to Southport. For the purpose of this timetable, and because of the reversals needed, the Southport trains have been diverted via Wigan Wallgate due to a landslide north of Bootle and timings adjusted accordingly. There are a considerable number of LE movements within the station area that cannot be timetabled. I have found a humble pen and paper helps keep track of their next duty. There has to be a number of constraints on depicting thistimetable accurately. Some stock movements to Edge Hill Carriage Sidings for the sake of cleaning purposes have been omitted due to the lack of paths being available due to the high ECS and LE movements required on this timetable. 431 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth |
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Liverpool Lime St August Weekday 2017 This timetable incorporates sections CE03 and CL02 for passenger trains and CZ09 for freight trains from the working timetables of Network Rail dated May - December 2017. Being a pretty much up to date timetable it includes all the modern stock used at this time. The lines from Manchester and Wigan to Liverpool are now electrified and some electric trains are running on these routes. At this date only 20 class 319/3 units have been transferred in from their last duties on Thameslink and are not enough to cover all the services on these lines, so we have a situation of class 142 Pacers and class 150 Sprinters being used to fill these services and these units are scheduled to run until late 2018 until new electric stock arrives. There are a limited number of freight trains which are directed via Wapping Sidings with a R/R of the loco. Most other freights travel via the Olive Mount Chord east of Edge Hill. 483 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth |
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Llandudno Jct Summer Saturday 1977 The Timetable is set on a busy Summer Saturday with day trippers and holidaymaker's taking full advantage of the many services on offer. These are hauled by Class 25s, 40s, 47s and various DMUs - along with the odd surprise. After some sporadic overnight services, the day soon gets going with the locos and stock arriving at Llandudno to form the morning long distance services. Things quieten down for a while before the first of the long distance services to Llandudno arrive. Later in the day these services depart back to destinations across the UK after the carriage sidings at Llandudno and Llandudno Junction have serviced the stock. While this goes on, local DMU services and loco-hauled freight and passenger services to/from Holyhead are running throughout the day. Some services split/join or run-round at Llandudno Junction to add to the variety! The 1977 track layout was a little different from the 1950's layout presented here. Most obvious is that Platform 4, 2B, 3B and 4B at Llandudno Junction were not in use. However, to facilitate taking these out of service some additional routes were been made available, especially from the Blaenau Ffestiniog branch, and therefore without these in place it has been necessary, on occasion, to use Platform 4 in the simulation. I've made use of the Goods Yard at Llandudno to store a DMU with a long layover during the day. In reality, by 1977 this remained only as a siding. Also, the south connection to Llandudno Yard CS was disconnected long before 1977 so ECS from the Yard had to be propelled out of the West exit into the station at Llandudno before going forward. 176 trains 24 hours. Author : Kevin McCormick |
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Llandudno Jct September Weekday 1964 It is always interesting to see what motive power was around nearly 50 yrs ago. Here we have a case in point, steam locos gradually being infiltrated by diesel locos and DMUs. Four years later, steam locos were no longer operating in the Llandudno area. This timetable is derived from the passenger working timetable dated 7th September-13th June 1964 and the freight working timetable dated 1963-1964. Some timings have been amended slightly to avoid conflicts and allow a smooth operation. 259 trains 24 hours. Author : Alan Duckworth. |
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Llandudno Jct Summer Saturday 1957 Overnight express passenger trains are a feature of the early hours together with parcels trains and a few freight trains. The period from 08:00 to 17:00 is dominated by a procession of passenger trains carrying holiday-makers to and from Llandudno. Owing to the limited station accommodation there, much shunting of coaching stock is required. Early DMUs were allocated to Llandudno Jn in 1956 for operation on the Blaenau Ffestiniog branch and other local services. The timetable is intended to be a 'companion' to the Chester Summer Saturday 1957 timetable, showing the activities at the other end of the line. The most famous train running between London and Holyhead was the 'Irish Mail'. Despite its name, however, it did not convey much mail. It connected with the ferry crossings to Ireland and could run in more than one part, up to five relief trains being required at very busy times. At such times, problems were encountered with Down trains at Holyhead owing to limited platform availability and the need to clear trains quickly. This was often difficult because of the inebriated state of some of the passengers! Most of the overnight mail was carried by the heavily loaded 02:05 from Crewe and the corresponding Up working which departed Holyhead at 19:35. Both of these trains were unofficially known as the "Mailbach" by railwaymen over the length and breadth of the line - quite an inappropriate description since "bach" means "small" in Welsh and these trains were often loaded up to 12 vehicles! On Summer Saturdays, there was a huge amount of passenger traffic to and from the North Wales coast holiday resorts. The starting points / destinations of these trains was very varied, but principally involved places in the North of England and The Midlands. The motive power for these trains was equally varied but one remarkable feature was the vary large number of locomotives based at Patricroft used on traffic to / from the Manchester area. Also, on Summer Saturdays, a number of freight trains were retimed to run earlier than normal so as to avoid the extremely busy daytime period. 634 trains 24 hours. Author : R Young. |
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This timetable is based on workings covering 1975-1976 Weekdays. It contains all the dated traffic, and additional's, some of which only ran on Fridays, but are all included to make it a bit more 'interesting', it is also based on some of my own notes which I made while working at Euston at that time. Some of the more regular freight diversions along the North London Line are also included that normally ran via Hampstead Heath. Because of the layout being different from the time depicted several trains which would have arrived directly into the high side platforms (12-15), arrive on the low side and work to the Downside shed via Camden, instead. Many of the actual timings have had to be adjusted by a few minutes to fit the train service into the old track layout; the layout during the time depicted, being more flexible than the old one. 899 trains 24 hours. Author : A Armitage (revised A Sugden) |
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London Euston Saturday 1975/76 This timetable is based on workings covering 1975-1976 Saturdays and contains all the dated traffic and additional's. Also covered are special workings based on my own notes from working at Euston during the period depicted and represents a fairly 'typical' Saturday at Euston of the time. Many of the timings have had to be adjusted by a few minutes to fit the trains into the old layout, as the track layout was more flexible at the time depicted. All lines have 25Kv OHLE except Down and Up North London, Down and Up North London Goods, Down and Up Electric line. Although shown as sidings on this simulation platforms 10 and 11 are used for some passenger services. DC Electric on Slow Lines only as far as junction with the Electric Lines at Camden, Platforms 4, 5 and 7 at Euston. Also the Down and Up North London lines. DC Electric services run as *Y** on this simulation to avoid confusion with other services not destined for the Electric lines at Camden. These trains were all described as 2E11 on the Signal Box Train Describers at this time. The Down E & C line from Euston to Camden can be used by passenger trains, at this time was in the process of being changed in designation from Carriage Line to 'Departure Line'. Camden MPD now consists of sidings mainly for van traffic and EMU AC stock. Also contains a Carriage Washer Plant. Empty Trains from Euston to the Downside Shed travel via the Carriage Washer at Camden SE, propelling back from Camden. As this uses the old track layout some services which would have remained in the platform for later departures have been dealt with in the old style of working out to the Downside Shed, with corresponding Departures originating from the Downside Shed. Trains from Downside Shed to Euston have the loco at the Country end leaving the shed, and propel back from Shunt Lines 1 & 2. Parcels Trains run as Class 3 (90 mph, conveys bogie vans only), Class 4 (75mph, also conveys 4 wheel PMV CCT long wheelbase vans), and class 6 (55 mph, also conveys short wheelbase four wheel 10 ton 'vanfits'.) Loco numbers were added using the Motive Power Manager, and it should be pointed out that at this time very few of the class 86's had been named, and even the class 87's were just beginning to acquire names, but the later names are displayed in this simulation. 757 trains 24 hours. Author : A Armitage (revised A Sugden) |
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This Sunday timetable is based on 1975-76 Sunday operations. Andy Armitage who worked at Euston at the time, has supplied the timetable details, and information from his own notes. Many of the actual timings have had to be adjusted by a few minutes to fit the train service into the old track layout; the layout in 1975-76 being more flexible than the simulation layout. All lines have 25kV OHLE except Down and Up North London, Down and Up North London Goods, Down and Up Electric line. Although shown as sidings on this simulation platforms 10 and 11 are used for some passenger trains. DC Electric on Slow Lines is only as far as junction with the Electric Lines at Camden, also the Down and Up North London. Platforms 4, 5 and 7 at Euston.(Due to the old layout used it isn't possible to use 9 and 10 for DC traffic without causing delays to other services). DC Electric services all carried the Train Description 2E11 (Euston-Watford) or 2E22 (Broad Street-Watford) on the Signal Box Train Describers. The Down E & C line from Euston to Camden can be used by passenger trains; at this time it was in the process of being changed in designation from Carriage Line to 'Departure Line'. Trains from Downside shed to Euston leave the shed and propel back from Shunt Lines 1 & 2. Parcels Trains run as Class 3 (90 mph, conveys bogie vans only), Class 4 (75mph, also conveys 4 wheel PMV CCT long wheelbase vans), and class 6 (55 mph, also conveys short wheelbase four wheel 10 ton 'vanfits') Loco numbers were added using the Motive Power Manager, and it should be pointed out that at this time very few of the Class 86 had been named, and even the Class 87 were just beginning to acquire names, but the later names are displayed in this simulation. 368 trains 24 hours. Author : A Armitage (revised A Sugden) |
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London Euston Winter Weekday 1956 The sources for this timetable are Xpress Books: "Operation West Coast" and "The North London Railway - The District Controllers View". The visible area covered is Euston to Kilburn and the section of the North London railway between Kilburn and Primrose Hill. In addition to services in and out of Euston, those services which operated on the North London railway running between Camden Junction and Primrose Hill are included. The section between Camden Junction and Kensal Rise, to Willesden, is outside the scope of the layout. ECS Operations Euston's empty stock came from Willesden carriage sidings, Euston downside and upside carriage sidings. The normal method of operation from the downside carriage sidings was for the ECS to be placed in one of the backing-out roads by one of the 3F 0-6-0 pilots. The pilot was uncoupled and the ECS would then run by gravity into the platforms under the control of two shunters. In a few instances it was hauled in. ECS from the upside carriage sidings was also allowed to run in by gravity although, again, in some instances it was hauled in. This timetable utilises an extra pod of 3F 0-6-0 pilots to propel the gravity operated ECS into platforms. These pilots, although timetabled, can then be expediently disposed of as their function is only to assist 'gravity operated' stock. The reason for that, is because if stock was hauled in, an innumerable number of pilots would be needed if each had to remain in the platform until the outgoing train had departed. In a number of instances, the pilots are diagrammed for additional work before returning to the carriage sidings. The locos bringing in ECS from Willesden retain their 'target' code (0Wxx) throughout the timetable, except when locos are changed or when allocated additional work. Similarly with the Camden pilots. The code 0Pxx is retained. Several trains are too long to fit completely into a platform. In such cases it is necessary to manually set the points to the next outgoing signal. When that signal is cleared, the train will start. (See also Local Information) There are a number of minor timing changes to suit the layout. ECS was often banked out of Euston, however such operations cannot be undertaken on the simulation. To this end, disposal times of some ECS have been adjusted to facilitate the departure of incoming locos before an arrival is scheduled to use the same platform. The generous recovery time on the southern portion of the West Coast main line into Euston for incoming trains is reflected in the early arrivals of many trains, some of which are allowed 'congestion time' approaching Euston to avoid late arriving late. Loco movements have also been given generous arrival and departure times. In almost all instances, the actual diagramming of the class / type of loco and its home depot has been followed. Unlike many timetables, arrival times, other than auto-generated times, have not been given. The focus here is to "look after the trains and on-time arrivals will look after themselves". With the varied choice of routes available, a particular recommended route is not suggested, nor are the signals from which to reverse locos, except in one or two instances; the choice is left to the operator. 949 trains 24 hours. Author : A Sugden. |
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London Paddington 1969 Weekday This timetable is compiled from BR Western Region working timetable Section 1 for passenger and freight trains, dated 5 May 1969 to 3 May 1970. BR Blue had been adopted as the colour for locomotives in 1967. In 1968 the Diesel Hydraulic locos common on the Western Region were deemed to be non-standard and would be taken out of service over the next few years. The original class 41's were withdrawn in Dec 1967 and the remaining D/H classes all started to be withdrawn from 1968,but most D/H types were still to be seen on passenger duties in 1969 with the addition of Class 47's. A few Class 31's had been allocated to 81A and were now to be seen on ECS workings from Old Oak along with Class 22's. 511 trains 24 hours. Author : P Mould. |
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London Paddington 1995 Winter Sunday WTT taken from Section PA, Railtrack Great Western Swindon, Working Timetable, SUN 24 September 1995 to 31 December 1995, Passenger and Parcels Train Services. Due to engineering works, the two main lines are out of use in the Paddington area. All trains are running on the relief lines to/from Slough. There are no freight trains on Sundays, other than one works train in the early hours. 248 trains 24 hours. Author : F Sabate. |
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London Paddington 1996 Winter Weekday This WTT for PC-Rail has been taken from Railtrack's Section PA Working Timetable SX 25 September 1995 to 31 May 1996, Passenger and Parcels Train Services, and Railtrack's Section PD Great Western WTT of Freight Train Services. Most ECS and LD movements have been taken from the above mentioned WTT, although some have been added and/or retimed to keep the trains moving and the platforms clear! The Fast or Main Lines are used from 6am and until 10pm. For the rest of the day, all trains are routed via the Relief or Slow Lines. Local trains are operated by 90 mph class 165/1 "BREL Network Turbo" units, although the 75 mph class 165/0 units also see occasional use. Express trains between Paddington, Oxford, Banbury, Cotswold Line, Stratford-upon-Avon, Henley-on-Thames, Newbury and Bedwyn are usually operated by 90 mph class 166 "ABB Network Express Turbo" units. Express InterCity trains to destinations beyond Didcot Parkway are operated by 125 mph HST's. Cross-country services to other Regions are locomotive hauled, usually by class 47/4 or 47/8 diesel locomotives. Mail and Parcels trains are hauled by the Railnet dedicated pool of class 47/7 locos. Only occasionally, freight trains run to and from New Yard hauled by classes 59 or 60 locomotives. 585 trains 24 hours. Author : F Sabate. |
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London Paddington 1998 Winter Weekday This WTT has been taken from Railtrack's Great Western Zone Section PA Working Timetable from 24th May to 26th September, 1998 Passenger and Mail Train Services and Section PD Working Timetable of Freight Train Services from 15th March to 23rd May, 1998. Local trains are operated by 90 mph class 165/1 BREL Network Turbo units, although the 75 mph class 165/0 units also see occasional use. Express trains between Paddington, Oxford, Banbury, Cotswold Line, Stratford-upon-Avon,Henley-on-Thames, Newbury and Bedwyn are usually operated by 90 mph class 166 ABB Network Express Turbo units, although a few class 1 trains are sometimes operated by class 165/1 units. Class 158 BREL Express units see occasional use on a couple of express services from/to Wales. Trains to/from Heathrow Airport are operated by class 332 Heathrow Express electric units. Express InterCity trains to destinations beyond Didcot Parkway are operated by 125 mph HST's. In this WTT however, there are two loco-hauled InterCity trains running to/from Penzance as well. Most Cross-Country services to other Regions are locomotive hauled, usually by class 47/4 or 47/8 diesel locomotives. Only occasionally, freight trains run to/from New Yard hauled by class 59 or class 60 locomotives. 758 trains 24 hours. Author : F Sabate. |
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London Paddington July Saturday 2014 This timetable is sourced from the Network Rail Working Timetable dated 02 May 2014 - December 2014. A fairly modern timetable with corresponding changes in traction from previous timetables. Paddington has always been a busy terminal station and this is reflected in the 760 movements in this timetable. There are local services to Greenford, Reading and Oxford as well as the intensive service on both the Heathrow Express and the Heathrow Connect services. Paddington, of course, also is host to long distance services to places such as Bristol, Plymouth, Penzance, Swansea, Cheltenham, Worcester and Hereford. 760 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth. |
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London Paddington September Weekday 1960 This timetable is sourced from the Western Region working timetables for passenger and freight trains both dated 12th September 1960 - 11th June 1961. Operation differences. 708 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth. |
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London St. Pancras Winter Weekday 1989/90 Taken from a London Midland Region WTT Section CG, dated 16th May 1989 to 13th May 1990. In the period of this WTT some times and sevices could have changed, however the one provided represents a realistic interpetation. There are 369 train movements over the 24 hours. The simulation starts at 00:08, with 5E33 in platform 3 and 2C02 in platform 7. HSTs and some Loco hauled trains in / out of St Pancras, class 317 EMUs for Moorgate and St Pancras trains, and class 319 EMUs for the Thameslink trains, Parcel Diesel Unit class 114 also on duty. Some timings have been adjusted to make the simulation flow. 369 trains 24 hours. Author : D Palmer. |
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London St. Pancras Winter Sunday 1990 Slow down the pace a while with a nice Sunday shift. Taken from a London Midland WTT section CG Sunday Reissued, dated 7th October 1990 to 12th May 1991 116 train movements in 24 hours starting at 00:24 with 2C03 about to come on screen. 116 trains 24 hours. Author : D Palmer. |
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London St. Pancras Weekday 1992 This WTT is for a Weekday in1992. Taken from an Intercity Midland and Cross Country WTT section CG dated 11 May 1992 to 27 September 1992. Simulation starts at 00:43 with 5C90/1 in platform2 and 0C35 at buffer stop, 1D81 in platform 3, 0C90 about to come on screen. Trains are mostly HSTs with a few Loco hauled trains with class 47, 31s working to and from Cricklewood with a Class 08 making a show. Units are EMUs Thameslink class 319/0 and 319/1 376 trains 24 hours. Author : D Palmer. |
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Machynlleth August Saturday 1953 This timetable is taken from the British Railways, western operating area "Service Time Tables" , Whitchurch, Brecon, Pwllheli and Aberystwyth 8th June to 20th September 1953. The trains selected for this timetable are those that ran during the summer on a Saturday, so the timetable is placed firmly in the main holiday season. The trains are timed so as to remain as authentic as possible to the original timetable, apart from 0J51. This train is shown as leaving Machynlleth at 10.15 and arriving at Dovey Junction at 10.22. On an August Saturday it would conflict with the 1A32 travelling in the oppostite direction, therefore in this simulation it has been retimed. The locomotives used in the simulation were all noted on the Cambrian lines at the set time, and were allocated to Machynlleth, Oswestry and Shrewsbury sheds. Headcodes were not in use yet in 1953, so the headcodes used in the timetable are based on information from later dates. 112 trains 20 hours. Author : Dave Gray |
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Motherwell Weekday 1985 (cont'd) 1985 WTT from 12 noon until midnight with 356 train movments. It is an add-on WTT to the standard timetable. Simulation starts at 11:50 OPERATING NOTES Keep an eye on trains at Newton which need shunting, trains departing after shunting have tight timings, always shunt the incoming train immediately as soon has it has re-described, set shunt to sig 155 in Dn South Goods Loop, keeping Dn Pass Loop clear, then shunt back to P1 immediately P1 is clear. Because of the software trains from Motherwell to Dn Main or Dn Kirkhill via the Dn Hamilton line have to terminate then re-describe at Hamilton Central. Timetable Notes. 356 trains 12 hours. Author : D Palmer |
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1967 saw quite a few changes around Newcastle. In June of that year, the Tyneside electric services after many years finally succumbed to progress and were replaced by diesel multiple units, albeit suffering increased journey times. These invaded the former electric sheds at Gosforth for servicing and storage. At the same time, the elimination of steam locomotives in the North East was rapidly coming to a close. The reasoning behind this date of the timetable is due to the fact that a limited number of these steam locomotives are used on goods services passing through Newcastle. Sadly, they were all withdrawn 3 days later after many years of service. 805 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth |
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The timetable is for a Friday in early July. It represents the end of an era since within a year HSTs will start to appear on the East Coast Main Line and the North Tyneside circle will be partially closed for construction of the Tyne & Wear Metro. Source documents for the timetable are Eastern Region working timetables sections YA, YD and YH, Newcastle Division DMU workings, ER carriage workings and various depot locomotive diagrams. Also used is a copy of local trip workings dated 1965 which has been modified to take account of the general reduction of local freight terminals in the area (such as the closure of Forth Goods Depot and New Bridge Street Goods Depot). The main locomotive depot on Tyneside was at Gateshead. There was a small sevicing and fuelling location at Tyne Yard. A number of locomotives were stabled at Blyth and at Sunderland South Dock for local workings. Diesel multiple units were based at South Gosforth. A few services were worked by units from Darlington. The timetable includes all the splitting and joining of units that took place at Newcastle. Locomotive hauled coaching stock was stabled at Heaton. Almost all trains originating from/teminating at Newcastle worked to/from Heaton with their train engines and this resulted in a large number of light engine movements between Heaton and Gateshead. The layout at Newcastle permitted arrivals and departures to use a number of routes. The timetable replicates this by giving routing instruction in the notes. Please note that some trains depart via the King Edward Bridge but then turn East to travel via Sunderland. The train ready signal will suggest a departure direct via the High Level Bridge. Full advantage must be taken of the reversible working available on the Up and Down Main lines between Newcastle and Manors. In 1977 there was still a large amount of mineral leading work on Tyneside. This was full and empty coal trains which were worked to control orders on a daily basis depending on colliery output. Much of this traffic would not have run on Saturdays but trains 9J92 and 9J94 demonstrate some of this work. 1004 trains 24 hours. Author : A Wrightson. |
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This timetable is for Saturday 30 July 1960 which at that time was the August Bank Holiday Saturday (August Bank Holiday Monday was the first Monday of August). As such there are many additional and relief trains which in some cases meant normal timetabled trains were retimed. Freight train activity is much reduced compared with a normal weekday (or even a normal Saturday). This means that almost all the traffic passes through Central station making it very busy. Source documents for the timetable are
Newcastle is in a period of rapid change. Diesel multiple units now work many of the local services and main line diesel locomotives are beginning to appear. However the vast bulk of main line passenger services remain steam hauled as do virtually all freight services. Locomotives types used in the timetable are generally as diagrammed although it is unlikely that in reality diagrams were maintained as written. While English Electric Type 4 (class 40) diesels are widely used they are still operating almost entirely on steam locomotive diagrams meaning that they are almost always changed at Newcastle. Very few trains pass through Newcastle without a change of locomotive. At the time there were 3 main locomotive depots in the area for passenger and freight trains; Gateshead, Heaton and Blaydon although passenger locomotive work at Blaydon had been reduced significantly due to the introduction of DMUs. Although not rigidly adhered to, in general Gateshead was responsible for locomotive changes for through trains while Heaton provided locomotives for trains originating at Newcastle. Most locomotive hauled carriage stock was maintained at either Heaton or Scotswood Bridge Sidings (Blaydon) although there were other locations where stock was stored (e.g. Delaval Sidings in Scotswood on the Carlisle line). DMUs and the Tyneside Electric stock were serviced at the depot at South Gosforth. DMU's were also stabled at Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Carlisle and at Scotswood Bridge Sidings. Diagrams for DMUs are as planned. The Tyneside Electric operation on Saturdays was less complex than during the week with fixed formations operating for much of the day. Stock was stabled overnight at Monkseaton, Tynemouth and South Shields. The North Tyneside circle line to the coast has a regular interval service throughout much of the day. Outward trains via Wallsend are shown as "To Monkseaton" while the returning train via Benton is shown as "From Tynemouth". Those routed via Benton are shown as "To Tynemouth" with the returning train via Wallsend shown as "From Monkseaton" The layout at Newcastle permitted arrivals and departures to use a number of routes. The timetable replicates this by giving routing instructions in the notes. Please note that some trains depart via the King Edward Bridge but then turn East to travel via Sunderland while others depart via the High Level Bridge and then turn West to travel via Durham (or Dunston). The train ready signal will suggest a departure via a different route. Trains arriving at Newcastle also follow similar routes in reverse. 1312 trains 24 hours. Author : A Wrightson. |
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This timetable is set on a Friday in July 1958 and includes the timetabled service for passenger and freight at that time. Also included is local traffic which does not appear in the working timetables. Source documents for the timetable are
On 21 June 1958 D201 arrived from Kings Coss on the Down Flying Scotsman heralding the start of main line dieselisation in the North East. Diesel multiple units are already working many of the local services and are in the process of introduction onto Sunderland services. However in this timetable all main line passenger services remain steam hauled as do all freight services. Locomotive workings used in the timetable are as diagrammed. Very few trains pass through Newcastle without a change of locomotive whether this is at the station or in one of the many freight yards in the area notably at Heaton. At the time there were 2 main locomotive depots in the area for passenger workings; Gateshead and Heaton. Passenger locomotive work at Blaydon had been reduced significantly due to the introduction of DMUs. Whilst not rigidly adhered to, in general Gateshead was responsible for locomotive changes for through trains while Heaton provided locomotives for trains originating at Newcastle. A further depot at Borough Gardens provided freight locomotives for workings in the area although it would close later in the year with its duties being largely taken over by Gateshead. Both Gateshead and Heaton also provided locomotives for freight workings. Most locomotive hauled carriage stock was maintained at either Heaton or Scotswood Bridge Sidings (Blaydon) although there were other locations where stock was stored (e.g. Delaval Sidings in Scotswood on the Carlisle line). DMUs and the Tyneside Electric stock were serviced at the depot at South Gosforth (referred to as Gosforth sheds in the WTT). DMU's were also stabled overnight at Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Carlisle and at Scotswood Bridge Sidings. Diagrams for DMUs and EMU's are as planned. The Tyneside Electric train operation on weekdays was quite complex. Stock was stabled overnight at Monkseaton, Tynemouth and South Shields. The North Tyneside circle line to the coast has a regular interval service throughout much of the day. Outward trains via Wallsend are shown as "To Monkseaton" while the returning train via Benton is shown as "From Tynemouth". Those routed via Benton are shown as "To Tynemouth" with the returning train via Wallsend shown as "From Monkseaton". This reflects the way the service was described in working documents. The layout at Newcastle permitted arrivals and departures to use a number of routes. The timetable replicates this by giving routing instructions in the notes. Please note that some trains depart via the King Edward Bridge but then turn East to travel via Sunderland while others depart via the High Level Bridge and then turn West to travel via Durham (or Dunston). The train ready signal will suggest a departure via a different route. Trains arriving at Newcastle also follow similar routes in reverse. 1355 trains 24 hours. Author : A Wrightson. |
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A modern timetable using the old Newcastle Layout? Can it be done? A most unusual concept for additional timetables. Please read the notes and watch a video produced by the author to see how it all fits together. Since the last PC Rail timetable was producedmuch has changed around Newcastle. A massive remodelling of the station and trackwork. The railways have now been privatised, Tyne Yard and the Station sidings have been removed after the loss of the freight and parcel traffic, being lost to road traffic. Sleeper services and some freight have been moved to the West Coast Main Line. Royal Mail now has a new terminal at Low Fell. Both the loco sheds at Gateshead have closed. The Jesmond and Tynemouth lines now have transferred to the Tyne and Wear Metro, to name a but a few things. 221 trains 8.8 hours. Author : G Butler. |
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Newton Abbot Saturday August 12th 1950. A very busy Summer Saturday at the height of the season with all manner of locos pressed into service to accommodate the holiday crowds. There are still a considerable number of freight movements and local trip workings to attend to also. 621 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth. |
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Newton Abbot Summer Saturday 1957 Publications used to compile this simulation are : • BR Passenger timetable (WR) 17th June 1957 to 15th September 1957. This particular book is based on the actual day chosen for this simulation and on this day there were observers taking notes at a few locations on the route which gave me a lot more information not contained in the timetable. Notes about this simulation. 392 trains 24 hours. Author : D Howell. |
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Northallerton Weekday July 1963 Quite a lot of changes since the standard timetable.The Hawes branch no longer sees passenger trains and only one return working of a parcels train to Leyburn. The Ripon - Harrogate line is still open, but only just, it was to go the same way, closed to passenger trains in 1967 and freight in 1969. Major changes have taken place at the start of the decade regarding motive power; diesel locomotives and diesel multiple units are steadily taking over from steam, albeit lots of steam workings still around. Changes too regarding freight yards. Major freight yards have been established in the area, such as Tees Yard, Tyne Yard, Healey Mills and further afield Tinsley and Carlisle Kingmoor. This timetable reflects all those changes. 244 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth |
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North Lancashire July Weekday 2014 This timetable is a few years on from the standard timetable and is sourced from the Networl Rail timetables dated May 2nd 2014 - December 2014 and incorporates sections CE02, CE05 and CE06 for passenger services and sections CZ03, CZ13 and CZ14 for freight services. Minor adjustments to train timings to avoid conflicts have been implemented and some train reporting numbers changed where the timetable doubles up on reporting numbers of some trains. Motive power has been updated somewhat from the standard timatable. 304 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth |
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North Lancashire July Saturday 1973 This timetable is taken from the Mandatory Train Services Working Timetable dated 07/05/1973 - 05/05/74. By this date work was going on with the electrification north of Preston and electric locos were changed to diesel locos at Preston.Also many freight trains were diverted via the Settle and Carlisle line via Hellifield and Blackburn. It was also decided by the London Midland Region powers that be that services had to be speeded up on the line north of Preston and many long distance trains were double headed mostly by class 50 locos. Local services were handled by Diesel Multiple Units with the Lancaster - Morecambe shuttle using a class 101 and the remaining services using a class 108. Diesel locos used include classes 25,40,47 and 50 with an odd apperance by class 37's. 262 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth. |
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Our first additional timetable for Norwich. Back to the swinging 60’s this WTT is compiled from the BR Eastern Region Passenger Trains Section F Dated 6 March 1967 - 5 May 1968 combined with Freight trains Section K dated 7 October 1968. The Brush Type 4’s (class 47) were still in use on most of London Express trains together with Brush Type 2 (class 31) on the remaining loco hauled passenger trains. Along with the Class 47 and 31 the English Electric class 37 shared most of the freight duties. Loco's from Stratford, March and Ipswich were regular visitors to Norwich. At the start of 1968 Ipswich still maintained BTH Class 15 Bo-Bo type 1's but these would soon be withdrawn and Ipswich diesel depot would close during 1968. The EE type 4 class 40 which used to be seen regularly in East Anglia were now only rare visitors on inter regional trains. Loco's allocated to trains should only be seen as a selection of the types available in East Anglia. 288 trains 24 hours. Author : P Mould. |
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Based on Network Rail WTT details for a Weekday in October 2010. Clock face timetables dominate modern timetables and this one is no exception. In the morning, once the stock has arrived from the Crown Point depot for the days service, the timetable settles into a generally repeating pattern, dispersed with a few freights and the RHTT. Powering the Liverpool St Expresses are the 8 or 9 coach plus DVT in charge of the Class 90's. The rake numbers are shown as NC01, NC02, etc. Local passengers services are in charge of the Class 156, 158 and the 100 mph Class 170 units with the odd 153 sneaking about. Freight and RHTT's are hauled by the Class 66's. During the Autumn, Network Rail run RHTT's (Rail Head Treatment Trains) to combat adhesions problems caused through leaf fall. These usually comprise a special set of tank wagons with sprays with locomotive at each end. More details can be found at : http://www.flickr.com/photos/27045884@N05/4109691412/ 313 trains 24 hours. Author : R Ashmore |
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This is a timetable for Norwich created using the LA03 section of the Network Rail WTT for December 2015 to May 2016, which covers twenty-four hours of a typical mid-week schedule in the early part of 2016. Only passenger traffic is featured. The services to London, Liverpool Street and local services to Cambridge and to Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft, Cromer and Sherringham are operated by Abellio Greater Anglia. East Midland Trains operate the services to Liverpool, Lime Street and Nottingham. 305 trains 24 hours. Author : M Mawson. |
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This timetable is sourced from the Network Rail working timetables dated December 2017 - May 2018 and incorporates trains from sections LA02, LA03, LB03 and LD02. The loco hauled stock using class 37 locos are actually top and tailed (loco both ends), however that is not possible in the simulation and so they detach at Norwich and are replaced with a new loco at the appropriate end. Apart from those, most local services are handled by DMUs of classes 153, 156 and 170/2. Cambridge - Norwich trains use class 170/2 units, while the Liverpool - Norwich services use 158 express sprinters. Trains to and from London Liverpool Street are handled by class 90 electric locos running as push pull with a driving van trailer at the opposite end. Freight services are mostly handled by class 66 diesel locos with the odd incursion of classes 47 and 60. 365 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth. |
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Welcome to the long hot summer of 1976! This timetable is set at the time when electrification to Norwich was still some years distant and Class 31's, 37's and 47's ruled the roost, along with first generation DMUs. There is an hourly service to Liverpool Street with some trains originating or terminating at Yarmouth. This necessitates regular changes of locomotive. Services to and from Birmingham were largely in the hands of Class 120 DMUs, though some services are Class 31 hauled. It would be another twelve months before all services were loco hauled. Full locomotive numbers are used, with the majority of workings using Stratford or March based engines. There is still much local and regional freight. The latter sees longer distance trains from March, Temple Mills, Ripple Lane and Parkeston. Local traffic originates from Yarmouth, Lowestoft, North Walsham, Wroxham and Fakenham. This was however very much in decline and largely comprises of Class 8 and 9 unbraked freight. Most local DMU traffic is in the hands of Class 101 and 105 DMU's, along with a small number of remaining Class 100 DMUs that were still stabled at Norwich. Many services are comprised of multiple DMUs, reflecting the significant amount of holiday traffic to places such as Yarmouth and Lowestoft. 327 trains 24 hours. Author : M Cunningham. |
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A timetable for the early diesel enthusiasts, particularly of the hydraulic variety! This timetable has been created from the British Railways, Western Region working timetable of passenger and freight trains, Didcot to Kingham and Banbury, London to Banbury ( via High Wycombe) and branches, 6th March 1967 to 5th May 1968. The timetable is as authentic as possible, but it must be remembered that the track layout in 1967 was somewhat different to that in the simulation. The track changes to the simulation layout being completed in 1970. Due to the singling of the Bletchley line a number of services have had to be routed via Banbury, but these services are clearly noted as such in the train information notes. Also the DMU, and some loco hauled services operated on a route number basis, which is not compatible with PC-Rail simulations. Therefore, the last two digits of some of the train identification numbers have had to be changed. Please note that trains terminating at Oxford, and which then become ECS workings to the carriage sidings, should proceed to the sidings on the same side of the tracks as the platform that they have terminated at. That is trains terminating at platform 2 should proceed to the down carriage sidings, and those terminating at platforms 1 and 3 should proceed to the up carriage sidings. 309 trains 24 hours. Author : D Gray |
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This timetable is taken from the BR Western Region working timetable of passenger and freight trains, Tavistock Junction to Penzance and branches. 4th May 1970 to 2nd May 1971. All timings are accurately transposed from the actual working timetable to the simulation timetable as possible. 106 trains 24 hours. Author : D Gray. |
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Warships and Westerns! 137 trains 18 hours. Author : D Gray. |
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Peterborough October Weekday 2014 This timetable is based on the Network Rail WTTs for passenger and freight services. dated 2nd May 2014 to December 2014. Some 5 years earlier than the Standard Timetable. and therefore incorporating differing motive power used for the period. Peterborough has always been a busy rail centre and with different lines merging on it from so many directions sometimes a confusing one. Freight traffic is numerous mostly handled by class 66 diesels with th odd class 60 and class 92 thrown into the mix. 595 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth. |
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This timetable is set on a winter weekday in 1977. This year marked the final year of the Class 55 Deltics on mainline expresses on the ECML. Just six months later HSTs were introduced, taking over most services to Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Newcastle, and Leeds. The Deltics were relegated to semi fast services and the end was in sight, though they were to last another three years before final withdrawal. A specific date of 2nd November 1977 has been selected. Using different sources, it has been possible to identify the actual locomotives used for the majority of express passenger services. This date represented peak availability of the Deltics, with 17 of the 22 locomotives featuring in this timetable. Locomotives from Classes 25, 31, 37, 40, 44, 45, 46 and 47 also appear, as do a variety of first generation DMUs. This timetable has been written to complement the Doncaster November Weekday 1977 timetable which is available for the Doncaster 1960 sim. It is designed to show the traffic flows further south at Peterborough, including the many trains to/from the Whitemoor Marshalling Yards at March and the Birmingham to Norwich cross-country service. However the old GN/GE line between March and Spalding was still open at the time so much freight traffic took this route, avoiding Peterborough altogether. 349 trains 24 hours. Author : M Cunningham |
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This timetable is taken from the Network Rail working timetable dated May 2014 - December 2014. Moving on 9 years from the standard timetable we still find Portsmouth to be a pretty busy place. The rolling stock has become more modern and the frequency of services seems to have increased a little. It is comprised mostly of EMUs from either South West Trains or Southern stock and Cross Country services from Cardiff using class 158 DMUs. Freight services are minimal. 488 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth. |
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A timetable that is over 100 years old compared to the modern timetable has been a bit of a challenge. Operationally some services that were current at the time, such as the Fratton - Southsea East shuttle have not been possible to portray on the sim. Mention should also be made of the Havant - Hayling Island services. These trains used a bay platform at Havant and were push pull operated. Having no bay platform depicted at Havant they now use either platform 1 or occasionally platform 2. They departed from Havant on a line that curved away to the south on the east side of the station. In order to include these trains, I have sent them via the Up and Down Brighton lines past Warblington. Services are supplied by two railway company’s. The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR) held sway on lines to the East and trains to London Victoria and London Bridge via Havant and Horsham. The London and South Western Railway (LSWR) had trains to London Waterloo via Havant and Guildford as well as services to Eastleigh, Southampton and Salisbury. They also had a through train both ways between Brighton and Salisbury with through coaches to and from Bournemouth and Plymouth. Fratton Motive Power Depot was a joint facility for the two company’s. Steam railcars were utilised by the LBSCR between Portsmouth and Southsea (previously known as Portsmouth Town) and Chichester. Some trains on the LSWR were also used in a push pull mode. All other trains were locomotive hauled making it necessary to change engines at both Portsmouth terminuses, so a great deal of light engine movements took place. Freight movements were minimal for both company’s and both used Fratton Yard. 404 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth |
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Portsmouth Winter Weekday 2022-3 This timetable is based on the working timetable for the area, current from December 2022 to May 2023. The pattern of services has altered considerably in recent decades and is interestingly varied. There are more direct trains from Portsmouth to London Waterloo via Eastleigh and Basingstoke, but no longer any direct passenger services to Reading. Regular services operate from Southampton to London Victoria via Cosham and Havant, merging with trains from Brighton at Horsham. The local services along the Coastway line to/from Littlehampton are more frequent. There are fewer destinations on the Great Western route from Portsmouth, most going to Cardiff or Bristol. Motive power for passenger trains is largely EMUs, apart from the DMUs on the Great Western routes. Diesel locomotives appear infrequently, but there are guest appearances by a Voyager DMU or two and you may even spot an HST! The highlight for vintage EMU fans will be the swansong of the class 313 units. These were gradually replaced between March and May 2023. 457 trains 24 hours. Author : G Willis |
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Unlike the Standard Timetable which has North Road and Friary as the two main stations, in 1911 the main station for the GWR was at Millbay and North Road became a shared station with the LSWR. Millbay had not only the station, but extensive goods facilities and a MPD in addition to the facilities in use at Laira. The simulation portrays a South Straight shed at Laira which was not built until 1931 and therefore is not used in this timetable. The marshalling yards at Tavistock Junction were just a future dream, not being constructed until 1916, so, again, not used in this timetable. The station layout at North Road was minus platforms 8, 6 and 2 and there was only 1 loco spur at North Road East Sidings holding 1 loco rather than the 4 sidings portrayed in the simulation. Facilities for pilot or banking locos not being available at Tavistock Junction, this loco spur was used for pilot locos ready to be attached to east bound trains attacking Hemerdon Bank, whilst Laira MPD supplied pilots and bankers for trains emanating from the various east bound yards there. In addition, the Down Loop line to the west of Platform 3 was a truncated spur and not a through line as depicted in the simulation. There was a heavy use by both the GWR and the LSWR of steam rail motors on the local services with the GWR being one class, whilst the LSWR conveyed both first and third class passengers. LSWR used push-pull motors (later called autotrains) on the Friary - St Budeaux services. 692 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth |
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This timetable is based on the weekday section of the published WTT for 1992, sections CB and CE. The platform numbers are as the WTT so I have used these no matter how congested the platforms are. The motive power for loco hauled services is usual for the West Coast Main Line for the period of time. The multiple units are correct as per the WTT. Most ECS movements are fictional but I have tried to make them fit into the rest of the timetable and they all have flexible movement. 351 trains 17 hours. Author : Karl Thompson. |
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Preston Weekday 2009 This timetable is based on trains running on Wednesdays during April/May 2009 Information taken from WTT Section CE & CZ Passenger Operations Freight Services 493 trains 24 hours. Author : I Birch |
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Preston Weekday 1984 This timetable is based on Wednesdays between 9th July and 22nd September 1984. There is no time to relax with this timetable! Overnight at Preston in 1984 was just as busy as during daylight hours. Trains of all types and from all over the UK converge at this busy junction station in the north-west of England and the operator will have over 400 movements to contend with. There is not a lot of space and with many loco changes, re-platforming, shunting, through and terminating trains the whole layout will get a thorough workout. Watch out though - it is very easy to get tied up in all kinds of knots if you don't keep an eye on what is due! 409 trains 24 hours. Author : I Birch |
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Welcome to this Preston timetable based set on a summer Saturday in 1988. Trains are coming from, and going to, all points of the compass on this very busy Saturday. Whilst freight and mail services are noticeably fewer, however, there are extra "Saturday Only" loco hauled passenger trains, meaning that there are well over 400 timetabled services and many more non-timetabled movements to keep the operator on their toes! The Preston-Barrow-in-Furness services are still mostly in the hands of the 1st Generation Class 108s, (due to the unreliability of the Cl.108s some of these trains were replaced by locos and coaches, however, this timetable has used the rostered 108s). With plenty of loco changes the operator must be ready with the replacement loco or else you may find that delays will be incurred as there may be a lot of other movements that might conflict at the same time. Certain trains will be seen to arrive earlier than is timetabled. This is because some trains have additional recovery time built in to their schedule. Care must be taken when regulating trains, particularly at Euxton Jn and Farington Curve Jn as some may be required to be held at signals to allow others to pass ahead first, (certain trains have junction or signal passing times). Some trains may need to be held awaiting platforms. Also watch out for trains which may not take the obvious route - for example, certain Manchester trains are routed via Blackburn or Wigan. 408 trains 24 hours. Author : I Birch |
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This timetable is sourced from the Network Rail working timetable dated 2nd May 2014 - December 2014 and is a few years on from the Standard timetable. This is reflected in the motive power used at this time. There was a need to adjust some timings to avoid conflicts and some trains around midnight have also had adjusted timings in order to include them. The simulation layout shows that trains to / from Manchester Airport and Manchester Piccadilly use the Central lines. With later area re-organisation many of those trains now use the main lines between Preston and Wigan but some still use the Central lines. 538 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth. |
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Preston September Weekday 1973 This timetable is taken from the working timetable of mandatory train services for section G dated 07/05/1973 - 05/05/1974. An interesting time for the anorak and duffle bag fraternity which congregated at the south end of platform 3 (4 years earlier I was one of them, before migrating to Australia in 1970). Electric traction had reached Preston but points north were still devoidof wires which meant any main line service arriving with an electric loco had to be replaced by a diesel loco and a change from diesel to electric on southbound trains. This was also the time when the London Midland Region decided to accelerate the timings of certain trains by invoking double heading, usually using class 50 locos in pairs and sometimes class 47s. All this made for many shunting moves of locos between depots and station. With ongoing electrification work going on north of Preston manydaylight freight serrvices were redirected via the Settle and Carlisle line and Blackburn using the Farington Junction curve. 465 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth. |
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This timetable is taken from Network Rail passenger working timetables CE02, CL06 and CL07 and freight working timetables CZ03 and CZ13 all dated May - December 2018. Being a very modern timetable, it incorporates all the latest traction in use at that date. The wires are now through to Blackpool North so we see Pendolinos and class 319s heading to and from the Fylde lines. Preston is a very busy station with lots of passenger movements and a considerable amount of freight movements passing through as well as some freight movements using the Blackburn - Settle&Carlisle line via Farington Junction. 633 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth. |
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This timetable is based on the Working Timetable dated 14th Jume 1965 - 17th April 1966. The North West of England was to be a bastion of steam locos for another two and a half years after the date of this timetable and this is reflected in the many passenger and freight services hauled by steam locos in this timetable. Many of the long distance trains had succumbed to diesel haulage by this time, but the Brittanias still put in good work on the West Coast mainline to Carlisle and beyond and southwards to Crewe. DMUs handled most of the Manchester - Blackpool services and the East Lancs services. There were still many parcels trains about at that time, some of them spending quite a time in the station. OPERATIONS The timetable also shows movement of locos to and from Lostock Hall MPD which of course didn't close until August 1968. Owing to the modern layout and no timing points at Lostock Hall, these locos have been redirected into and out of the Dock Street Depot. In 1966 work was underway north of Preston on the electrification north to Carlisle with a change of loco happening there. As a result many freight trains were redirected over the Settle and Carlisle line and via Blackburn to free up the line somewhat. 505 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth. |
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Preston 2020 Spring Weekday 2024 **Important This timetable is taken from a typical day in February/March/April of 2024 Introduction- Regular express (class1), passenger services from London (Euston), Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester, Liverpool, Blackpool (North), York, Barrow-in-Furness and the Lake District as well as local, (class 2), services from East Lancashire, Ormskirk and Blackpool South with occasional services from other locations too. Freight and mail services to and from locations all over the UK also pass through the area. There are also crew-training and new-train testing services during this period too. The area covered by the simulation can get very busy and congestion is almost guaranteed, especially during late-running or failures. The signallers shift starts just after midnight. General Information and Hints & Tips- Ormskirk Line Trains to and from the Ormskirk Branch have only a short stretch of track in which to pass each other, (Farington Curve Jn to Ribble Junction), and it is recommended that a train departing Preston Station for Ormskirk is not released from the Preston platform until the train from Ormskirk has reached Midge Hall Signal-box otherwise the train from Preston will block the up Slow Line causing knock-on delays very quickly. Note that when route setting a Preston-Ormskirk train set route - PN56 to ORM (Farington Curve Jn to Ormskirk Stn) and for Ormskirk to Preston trains - DEP-PN55 This will set the route throughout. If trains are required to pass at Rufford then the route should be set "signal to signal" (Be aware that not all Ormskirk or Colne services use bays 3c and 4c). Euxton Junction is probably the second busiest location after Preston station itself, and will see constant use, with trains passing over it to and from all directions. Where regulation is not obvious or a train is scheduled to dwell at a signal protecting a particular junction or location, then an extra passing time for that junction has been added. However if trains are running late, (for whatever reason), it will be up to the signallers discretion in which order to release services. Main-Sim Update (2024) Sig 82 (Up Goods at Ribble Jn) has been added as a "destination", (Please ensure you have uploaded the recently updated version of Preston 2020). This is due to the increased shunting of trains at Preston during this timetable and the lack of locations for ECS trains to dwell. Previously the Colne-Ormskirk-Blackpool South services operated on a "triangle" type arrangement, but on this timetable the Blackpool South trains operate independently with the Colne and Ormskirks sharing stock. This means that every hour, the arrival from Blackpool South must shunt out of the platform for several minutes to free it up for other services before it returns to the station again. Due to the very busy nature of the timetable Sig 82 has been fitted with a TRS. As there is limited places where this can occur the Up Goods at sig 82 is now frequently used as a dwelling location as well as the Shunt Line Loop to the north of Preston. (DO NOT use the "shunt-to" function for "scheduled" timetabled movements** only for non-timetabled moves). Watch out for trains that use the Barton & Broughton and Oxheys Loops, and also trains that are routed via the Lostock Hall avoiding line. 527 trains 24 hours. Author : I Birch, |
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This Timetable is compiled from the BR Western Region Passenger WTT for June-September 1955 combined with BR Western Region Freight WTT for September 1955-June 1956. People still used the railway for many holiday journeys in 1955. This was a period of great interest to the locospotter. On a Summer Saturday all kinds of locos were pressed into passenger duty. 4300 2-6-0s and Granges from normally freight depots were in regular use and even 2800 2-8-0s were not unknown on class 1 passenger duty. Most main line types can be seen at Reading and if"Running in" from Swindon works can be seen on some local stopping trains. Kings and the Gas Turbines were not allowed on the lines to Oxford. 6100 2-6-2Ts are in charge of most of the class B trains to or from Reading. Some SR locos work through to Oxford and others work to Moreton Cutting and Scours Lane. 1957 will see considerable change when Diesel Hydraulics are introduced. 806 trains 24 hours. Author : P Mould. |
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This timetable is based on a typical Friday in summer 1991. This is the last summer before the arrival of Class 165 and 166 turbos virtually eliminated outer suburban locomotive haulage on the Western Region. Source documents are the Working Timetables for both passenger and freight for the period 8 July to 29 September 1991 and the Reading Station Working book for the same period. Almost all Western Region expresses are in the hands of HST sets and the Thames Valley semi-fasts to Didcot, Oxford, Newbury and Westbury are Class 47/4 hauled 6 coach sets. Cross country train services are standard 7 coach sets hauled by Class 47/8 locos which reverse at Reading. In 1991 a middle siding existed between Platforms 8 and 9 and this was used by locos to run round their trains. In this timetable this has been altered so that Reading becomes an engine changing point with, in many cases, a new loco coming off the TMD for each train and the arriving loco going onto the TMD after departure of the train. One cross country train a day is a HST set. Western Region Thames Valley suburban trains to and from Paddington, Henley, Didcot, Oxford, Banbury , Newbury and Bedwyn are in the hands of a variety of DMUs of classes 117 and 101. There are regular services to the Southern Region via Basingstoke which occupy a fleet of 3H DEMUs. Services out of Platforms 4A and 4B to Waterloo and the Gatwick Airport line are frequent. Generally services towards Gatwick use Platform 4B and are Class 119 DMUs. Services towards Waterloo generally use Platform 4A and are formed of a variety of 4VEP, 4CIG and 2HAP units some of which are stabled in the EMU sidings overnight. Parcels traffic in the early morning and late evening is in the hands of Class 47. Several minor adjustments have been made to accommodate the complexities of the actual timetable. On the freight side there is a regular variety of traffic although by now the Speedlink network had been abandoned. The range of locomotives is much wider than it would be in just a few years time. 944 trains 24 hours. Author : A Wrightson. |
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This timetable is based on a typical Friday in summer 1994. The introduction of Class 165 and 166 Turbo diesel units has seen the complete disappearance of first generation DMUs and all outer suburban loco hauled trains. Source documents are the working timetables for both passenger and freight for the period 29 May to 24 September 1994 and the Reading Station working book for the same period. A few trains have been added using the Manual of Agreed Pathways for Special Freight trains for the same period. By now the railway is being privatised and the services are being provided either by a privatised operator or a shadow franchise as follows :
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This timetable is set in August 1968 and is sourced from the working timetable of Passenger and Freight trains dated 6th May 1968-4th May 1969. A very interesting period with lots of changes. Steam locos had disappeared from the scene two or three years prior and diesel hydraulics now monopolised most main line trains and class 47's were also heavily used. Most local services were in the hands of DMUs, DEMUs or EMUs. Being a summer Saturday, many freight trains did not run in order to accommodate the extra passenger services. 568 trains 24 hours. Authors : K Logan & A Duckworth. |
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This timetable is set on a Summer Friday in 1977 and represents a particularly interesting point in the history of Reading Station. The first HST's had been introduced in October 1976 and had taken over the majority of services to and from Bristol, South Wales and Weston-Super-Mare. Sadly this also meant the final withdrawal of the Class 52 Westerns at the start of 1977. However loco hauled services still remained to the West Country, as well as cities such as Birmingham, Hereford and Cheltenham Spa. There were also many rush hour commuter services to and from Oxford and Newbury which remained, to supplement the constant Class 117 DMU's which ran in and out of Paddington. Additionally, there were a number of loco hauled cross-country trains from the North to places such as Southampton and Poole. These invariably involved a change of locomotive at Reading, though a small number used the curve at Reading West and bypassed the station altogether. Locos which feature in this timetable include representatives from Classes 31, 33, 37, 46, 47 and 50. Full numbering is used throughout. A date of Friday 10th August has been selected and the actual loco used is shown, wherever possible. It is acknowledged that the naming of the Class 50's didn't commence until the following year but the names are shown to avoid wholesale changes to the Motive Power Editor. All freight services are represented and include Freightliners, aggregate trains to and from Westbury and Theale, coal trains to and from South Wales, and inter-regional services to and from Eastleigh. A small number use the goods yard at Scours Lane. Class 205 and 206 Diesel Electric Multiple Units feature on services to Basingstoke, Salisbury, Tonbridge and Redhill. There is also a full Southern Region service on the electrified lines to Waterloo using Class 423 VEP units. There are some differences in the 1977 track layout and that shown in the sim. There were extensive carriage sidings in the Reading West triangle, and access was possible to these, and the fuelling point, from Basingstoke and Westbury. Some compromises have needed to be made as a result, and it has not been possible to incorporate a very small number of train movements. Source material for this timetable were the PA and PF Working Timetables from 1977. 729 trains 24 hours. Author : M Cunningham |
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This timetable takes you back 50 years to just after the electrification of the West Coast main line and the disappearance of steam. Almost the full range of AC electric locos, known later as classes 81-86, is featured, as well as a variety of diesel locos, DMUs and EMUs. The Mark 1 coach was the standard on most passenger trains and there were up to 11 of these plus a BG van on most express services. A lot of traffic to be handled. 418 trains 24 hours. Author : P Mould. |
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This Timetable was derived from the WTT dated 28 Sept 92 to 16 May 93 with locomotives scheduled typical for the period. There are a number of light engine movements of locomotives available for 'rescue' duties plus plenty of freight to keep you busy! 351 trains 24 hours. Author : anon. |
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Salisbury in 1909 was rather different from the standard timetable; being served by two different companies, namely the London and South Western Railway and the Great Western Railway. Each of these companies had their own station, goods facilities and MPD, although there were some freight movements from the GWR in to LSWR yards using the Exchange Siding. I have treated the GW station as being accessed via the GW Arrival line and owing to no direct access without reversals and shunting for goods trains from the GW line to the Goods Yard and Goods sidings, these trains reverse into the Exchange Siding and then continue on from there. Salisbury was a fairly busy station even in those far off days and this is reflected by the many loco changes and light engine movements in and around the two stations. Most trains on the LSWR required a change of loco at Salisbury. Being a weekday, there are a considerable number of freight trains either passing through or terminating in the yards. There are also through trains from Cardiff and Bristol to Portsmouth using the LSWR station which require a change of loco at Salisbury. 604 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth |
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Salisbury on a Friday in the summer of 1962 was still a busy place with a significant amount of both passenger and freight traffic. Freight traffic reduced on summer Saturdays to accommodate the significant number of passenger trains on both the West of England main line and the cross country route from the South coast to Bristol and South Wales. The Western region was busy with dieselisation and although the impact here at Salisbury is not yet significant we are beginning to see the use of Hymek type 3 locos. The Southern region has already implemented the Hampshire dieselisation programme which brings 3H DMU's to the area on trains to/from the Portsmouth area. Apart from these inroads all traffic is steam hauled. 673 trains 24 hours. Author : A Wrightson |
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This timetable was developed using "Bradshaw" for March 1950 for Passenger trains. Freight trains are from personal memories from the period, or from some incomplete WTTs. For this timetable it has been assumed that there was a major Gas Leak near Millhouses Shed which necessitated removal of Locos to Grimesthorpe (19A), Canklow (19C) and Hasland (18C) Sheds, with some using the ex-GC shed at Darnall (39B). It also resulted in the sidings at Heeley being inoperable, with stock being stabled at Unstone Colliery Sidings about four miles South of Dore on the Up Main Line (which were used for storage of stock after closure of the Colliery many years earlier), at Chapeltown on the Barnsley Line and Darnall on the Worksop Line. This did actually happen, but I don't think it was in March 1950 ! It has also been assumed that the ex-GC line was partially closed through Woodhead for Electrification works and as many trains as possible were diverted via the Hope Valley Route. Most of the trains to/from Wath Yard were able to use the Woodhead Route, but during the night possessions it was necessary to divert trains. Some were diverted via Crigglestone, Huddersfield and Stalybridge with others via the Hope Valley. Locomotives are typical of the period and it will be noted that some have still to receive their BR numbers - a couple were actually withdrawn before this occurred. 490 trains 24 hours. Author : P Dean. |
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Sheffield 2007 Summer Saturday This timetable is based on WTT Section YE between 11th August & 9th September 2007. The operator must regulate trains very carefully at Wincobank Jn, (Meadowhall) as units are required to use the platforms in a certain order, especially platforms 3 and 4. You will often find units queuing up at Nunnery Main line Jn awaiting the allocated platform (careful regulation here too!). The published WTT gives a generous allowance for trains into Sheffield. The timetable shows platforms "a or b", (if req'd), and trains will stop at the appropriate part of the platform, if no there is no letter then the train will stop at the platform end as it will require the whole platform. Watch out for trains using the Dore South Curve! 503 trains 24 hours. Author : I Birch. |
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Sheffield 1988/89 Winter Saturday This timetable is based on the Sheffield Station Working book 3rd Oct 1988 to 14th May 1989 and for the freight working from a B/R WTT section YE. The timetable shows platforms “a or b”, (if req'd) so that trains stop at the appropriate part of the platform, if there is no letter the train will stop at the end of the platform. The Grimesthorpe branch is not used in this timetable; also Meadowhall station was not opened till 1990 so that is not used as well. 427 trains 24 hours. Author : D Palmer. |
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Sheffield 1993/94 Winter Saturday This WTT has been created using the Sheffield station working book 9th October 1993 to 28th May 1994, and the WTT for freight section YJ 1993 to 1994. 436 trains 24 hours. Author : D Palmer. |
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Sheffield 1982/83 Winter Weekday The WTT was taken from a Station Working book dated 30
October 1982 to 5 May 1983, freight workings from a British Railways WTT of
freight trains services, section YJ. 375 trains 24 hours. Author : D Palmer |
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We are 12 years on from the standard timetable using the info from Network Rail on their working timetables.
With the advance of time, creating newer motive power, is evident here. Most London - Sheffield trains are in the hands of class 222 Meridian DMUs with the occasional appearance of HST units. Cross Country trains are usually handled by class 220 and 221 Voyager DMUs also with the appearance of some HST units. Most local services use class 142 units interspersed with some 150 units on longer services. 158 units are employed on some Leeds - Sheffield services and the Leeds - Nottingham services. They are also used on the Liverpool - Norwich services. whilst class 185 Trans Pennine units cover the Manchester Airport - Cleethorpes services. Freight services are handled mostly by class 66 locos with the odd class 59 and 60 also used. OPERATIONS Class 222 units visit Tinsley Yard between London trips for refueling. A certain number of trains are directed via the old GC line which came in from Chesterfield at Woodburn junction instead of using the old Midland line to and from Chesterfield. Most Liverpool - Norwich trains reverse at Sheffield as do some ECS movements of class 222 units to Derby. 649 trains 24 hours. Author A Duckworth. |
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A weekday WTT with 461 movments for 1998 taken from a Midland Mainline station working book for Sheffield. Freight workings from Section YH WTT. Passenger working by class 47, HST, DMU 101, 142, 144, 153, 156, 158 and 158 Alphaline The class 158/Alphaline had Reserved seats available, At-Seat trolley service, British Telecom Card phone and Air-Conditioning. Freight working by class 37, 47, 56, 59 and 60. 461 trains 24 hours. Author : D Palmer. |
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Summer Weekday 1997 WTT with 522 train movements in full 24 hours, starts with 2P92 coming on screen. Motive Power Used 522 trains 24 hours. Author : D Palmer. |
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Sheffield Summer Saturday 1977 This timetable is set on a Summer Saturday in 1977. At the time Sheffield was one of the most important rail hubs on the BR Network. As well as an hourly service to and from St Pancras, the majority of North East to South West trains were routed through the city. What really makes this Summer Saturday timetable interesting however was the sheer volume of trains to coastal resorts such as Skegness, Scarborough, Blackpool, Yarmouth, Tenby and Paignton. At the same time there were regular
local service to the nearby towns and cities of Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Lincolnshire. 427 trains 24 hours. Author : M Cunningham. |
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Summer Tuesday 1985 WTT with 395 train movements, starting at 00:23 with 1M01 in platform 7, 6E64 running through station on route to Tinsley, with 5G60 in the Dn Station Siding needs routing to Tinsley at 00:27, and 6M85 just coming on screen on Up Main. It is a summer Tuesday so some seaside specials are running, loco run-rounds and some shunting. 395 trains 24 hours. Author : D Palmer. |
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This timetable is sourced from Network Rail and dated 02/05/2014 - December 2014. 14 years have passed since the standard timetable with some changes to stock and services. Care should be taken in regulating trains, especially at the junctions of both St Denys and Redbridge to avoid conflicts and late running. Most passenger services are in the hands of electric or diesel multiple units with the odd exception of a boat train from London Victoria. Freight trains are mostly handled by class 66 diesel locos which are supplemented by class 47 and class 60 on occasion. 535 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth |
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This timetable is set for a weekday in 1977. This year marked the final year of the Class 74 Electro Diesels which were a staple of the Waterloo to Southampton and Weymouth Boat Trains which feature in this timetable. All of the Southampton Boat Trains would run on an “as “required” basis from either the Eastern or Western Docks. The stalwart Class 73’s also feature, as do Class 33’s. The latter had yet to filter down to the two hourly cross country services between Bristol Temple Meads and Portsmouth Harbour which at this time were worked by Class 31’s. It would not be long however before the unreliability of the latter forced their redeployment elsewhere. Class 47’s appear on Inter Regional services where they would normally be changed for the journey north at Reading. Mainline services to Waterloo were formed of Class 432 REP units, coupled to either one or two Class 438 TC units. The former would be uncoupled at Bournemouth and a Class 33/1 attached to the TC units for the remaining journey to Weymouth. Class 423 VEP units would be used on semi-fast trains and Class 414 HAP’s would appear as they made their journey to Lymington Pier. There were frequent trains from Portsmouth Harbour, some of which would terminate at Southampton but others would run through to Romsey or Salisbury. These were worked by the venerable Class 205 diesel electric multiple units which had been introduced in 1957 and would still see a further twenty years' service on BR. Please note that terminating trains should be shunted from platform 3 to the Down Goods Loop as soon as the train has redescribed. At this time there was still much freight traffic, principally Freightliner trains to and from Millbrook FLT and Maritime FLT. These would invariably be worked by Class 47’s, who would also handle the considerable amount of oil traffic to the BP Terminal at Fawley. There were also extensive yards at Northam and Bevois Park (this is referred to as Mount Pleasant on the sim). 314 trains 24 hours. Author : M Cunningham |
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10 years on from the standard timetable and there are changes to the stock and services. This timetable is sourced from the Network Rail working timetable dated December 2016 - May 2017. Some minor timing adjustments have been implemented to avoid clashes and a couple of trains around midnight have been time adjusted to include them on this timetable. OPERATIONS AND STOCK Care should be taken to use the nominated platforms to avoidlate running. Stock used in this timetable are as follows, HSTs, Voyagers on the long-distance services. Classes 142,150/2 and 153 DMUs on the local services. Freight services are in the hands of classes 60 and 66 and supplemented by class 37s on the sanding and track testing trains. 318 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth |
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South Devon Summer Saturday 1978 This timetable is set on a specific date in the Summer of 1978, this being Saturday 29th July. At the time, trains would arrive from all parts of the country, conveying passengers to Paignton, Torquay, Penzance, Newquay and other coastal destinations, as people headed off for their annual holiday. Many of these would involve overnight travel from locations such as Nottingham, Newcastle, Manchester, and Sheffield. Regular services would arrive from Paddington and Waterloo, and there were also a number of Motorail trains from various parts of the country. These placed considerable strains on track capacity, especially between Exeter and Newton Abbot. Because of the volume of additional passenger traffic over and above a normal weekday, there are comparatively few freight trains. There are however workings conveying china clay from Cornwall to the Potteries, and milk trains to Morden in South London. There were also regular postal and newspaper trains which ran in 1978, all of which are replicated. At the time, the High Speed Trains introduced to the Western Region in 1977 were still working Paddington to Bristol and South Wales services and had yet to be extended to the West Country. 1978 would represent the last year before their inevitable spread to Devon and Cornwall and the consequent reduction of interest for the loco hauled enthusiast. This timetable therefore represents a unique moment in time for those who remember haulage in the West Country behind classes 25, 31, 33, 45, 46, 47, and 50. Using various websites it has been possible to identify the actual locomotive used for the majority of services. Carriage workings are accurately represented, using the 1978 Western Region Passenger Train Marshalling document. There is, therefore, a high degree of authenticity throughout the timetable. Some compromises have, however, been required. The track layout shown in the sim is considerably simplified to that in existence in 1978. In particular, sidings that were in use at both Exeter and Newton Abbot have been removed and platform 4 on the Up Line at the latter station is not depicted. Consequently some changes have had to be made which involve the use of Riverside Yard West (Exeter) and Hackney Yard (Newton Abbot) as storage areas for rolling stock. In reality both were dedicated freight yards. One particular challenge was the amount of recovery time built into the original timetable. Services would frequently be delayed and there were inevitable engine failures. To help mitigate these problems, there was a considerable time margin built into the timetable which would allow for a degree of recovery. This would have caused a number of challenges if left unchanged. I have therefore left the arrival and departure times largely unaltered at Exeter St Davids for Down trains, adjusting from that point Westwards. A similar approach has been followed for Up Trains passing Totnes and leaving Paignton. The intention has been to recreate the feel of the 1978 timetable, rather than slavishly follow the indicated times. 406 trains 24 hours. Author : M Cunningham |
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This timetable is sourced from the Network Rail working timetables CM02, CM03 and CZ05 dated May 2018 - December 2018. Some 12 years on from the standard timetable and there were some differences in the track layout on the Northenden and Denton lines including singling. However, I have opted to stay with the sim layout shown in the standard timetable. There have been some changes to traction also and they are reflected in this timetable. Care should be taken at all the junctions to regulate the trains in the correct order of passage to avoid late running. Whilst the standard timetable has the Up and Down Main lines blocked for ballasting work, this timetable doesn't have the same restriction and these lines are fully in use. 557 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth |
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A full 24 hour WTT with 420 movments, starts with 2H82 in platform 3a, and 5H80 about to pass through Stockport. MOTIVE POWER USED OPERATING NOTES 420 trains 24 hours. Author : D Palmer |
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Modernization arrived in Stoke-on-Trent in the early 1960's and Stoke Power Signal Box became operative in 1966. It replaced 14 Signal Boxes and Shunting Frames and reduced some of the boxes to to a ground frame. Two of those boxes, Stoke North and Stoke Junction were double manned 128 plus lever frame boxes. It would be called by some, "Stoke Shower". In the original planning stages a choice had to be made between using Westinghouse or a company in Europe called M&L to accomplish the project as cheaply as possible. The old saying, "You get what you pay for" certainly became true in this case. From it's inception, Stoke Power was fraught with problems and failures. Stoke at this time was extremely busy with local "trip" traffic, through and stopping freight, as well as a main and branch line passenger services. There were approximately 5 or 6 coal mines, a Steel works at Etruria as well as the Gas works at Cliffvale. Added to that was the Pottery industry with it's need for clay plus Iron ore traffic and a brewery at Stone Jcn, (Joules). A quarry at Cauldon on the Biddulph Line turned out volumes of stone. Coupled with this, Stoke and Cockshutte Yards were extremely busy. In preparation for modernization, a lot of points and running lines were removed, much to the opposition of Signallmen, Loco men and Yard Staff. For example, prior to modernization , there was a Down Center through the station which the management of the day decided had to be removed so that the stanchions for the overhead wires could be placed for electrification. It was argued that either the Down Center should be removed or the roof taken off the station. No-one could understand the logic as to why the wires could not be suspened from the roof, but the "powers that be" won the day and the Down Center was taken out. The removal would cause tremendous "headaches" after it was accomplished. Also prior to modernization there was a connection from the down goods line into the diesel depot, but again the wisdom of others prevailed and the connection removed, hence only allowing traffic to enter and exit via the main lines. This again caused many problems. As stated, Stoke was so busy that even though freight traffic was timed, the emphasis for punctuality was on passenger and parcel traffic. The old Motive Power Depot that was at Stoke Junction finally closed when the last steam engine was removed in 1967. Cockshutte diesel depot became the prime source of motive power as well a carriage sidings for passenger rolling stock. The station sidings at the north end of the station were reduced to one siding with a dock. The simulation shows a Parcel Depot or as it was known, the Concentration Depot. All parcel traffic was handled in the station and it was planned to have a connection into the parcel depot to take the load away from the station, but this never became operative, even though it was shown on the diagram. The turntable at the Glebe Street end was released by a switch in the panel. This was later removed by 1967 but it is shown here as it was originally. Stoke is only a shadow today of what it once was. The Hanley branch which is shown as a single line, used to be a double line and was known as the Potteries Loop line is now long gone. Also near where the diesel depot was, there was a double lined branch to Market Drayton. The diesel depot, carriage sidings, yards, goods lines are all gone. The Biddulph line is now closed and many of the local stations disused. Finally Stoke Power was revamped and is now a computerized Signalling Center controlling a lot more area of what it once did. The old panel is gone and it is hard to see where it was. Change rolls on. 627 trains 24 hours. Author : M Nixon. |
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A slice of history gleaned from the London Brighton and South Coast Railway public timetable dated June-September 1912. As this does not show any freight services the trains included here are fictional, however, in the early hours there were parcels trains, mail and newspaper trains, milk trains and some mixed goods and fish trains, however, the railway in question was primarily concerned with passenger trains and that is reflected here. In any timetable 100 yrs old it will require some changes from a simulation designed for 1969. Some goods yards were not even built at Chichester until the 1930's however these have been utilised where necessary. Littlehampton had an Engine Shed situated above platform 4 but in this timetable the Carriage Sidings and Engine Shed serve that purpose. It was intended to include all train movements from the timetable including the Midhurst Branch, which went into a bay at Chichester but there was no connection to the main line. Trains from Chichester back up the Lavant line are not possible with current signalling. Therefore a "Midhurst Circular" service via Arundel and Pulborough back to Midhurst has been introduced to cover the arrivals as normal. 438 trains 20 hours. Author : A Duckworth |
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Sussex Coast Summer Saturday 2024 This timetable has been developed following the coronavirus period when passenger travel trends changed considerably. The timetable is mainly operated by Southern Trains and is valid from 2nd June 2024. The route is now known as West Coastway and it covers the beautiful South Coast of England with many beaches and the beautiful South Downs National Park with services from London Victoria or Brighton to Littlehampton, Bognor Regis, Southampton and Brighton going right along the coast. The Class 387 EMUs have been put on some services in an attempt to get more people to leave cars at home and travel by train as these trains are luxury as Southern Trains have claimed. Start up is slow as you would expect for a Saturday in remote coastal areas. But beware it does build up. Initially drivers at depots at Lttlehampton and Bognor Regis start the service off with Brighton and Portsmouth with the London Area trains start appearing after about hour. Barnham is a key station in this panel. You start your shift around 4am as many signalboxes are closed during the night when there is no train services. You will be running a 13 hour shift. I have allowed you some time on start up so you can set your signals. Many areas are now colour light . 289 trains 24 hours. Author : G Butler. |
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Sydney West 2000 Easter Tuesday A very busy special timetable put on for the period of the Royal Easter Show, at Olympic Park, and the ANZAC Day public holiday. With an average of over 46 trains an hour over 12 hours ... need we say more? 568 trains 12.4 hours. Author : Percival/Lee. |
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Sydney West July Saturday 1979 This timetable is sourced from the Working Timetable for the Metropolitan Part 2 for paasenger services on Saturdays and Sundays starting on 25/06/1979. Freight services that are included in this timetable are an indication of movements of freight at this time. The main dfference to the standard timetable is that the Olympic Park complex had not been built and consequently there are no associated lines into that area. In fact there used to be a line into some abottoirs at that location, now long since demolished. The other difference is that in 1979 there were many more named trains running to differing locations. Obviously the rolling stock in 1979 was vastly different to that used in 2000. Sydney now has rolling stock comprised of double decker trains. These were being introduced a few years before the start of this timetable but there were still many services using the single deck Tulloch stock (affectionaly known as Red Rattlers from the way the windows and doors rattled). Another alarming aspect of the Tulloch stock was also the doors being open throughout the journey. (You had to keep a beady eye on the kids) At this date also the line from Riverstone to Richmond had not been electrified and services on from Riverstone were handled by DMUs. For people used to the British way of reporting codes, the codes used here can be a bit of a shock, but someting you will get used to by the time you have completed the timetable. 470 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth. |
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Despite the introduction of diesel traction this was still essentially a railway of the steam era. Freight traffic, largely "unfitted", was much heavier than it is today. All loco numbers are included, including the "Peaks" which were in charge of the express passenger services to and from St. Pancras. 482 trains 24 hours. Author : R Ashmore. |
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There are 2 new timetables available for the Trent Power Box simulation, both for 1980/81. One is for Saturdays and has a fairly relaxed pace, with 226 trains in the 24 hour period. The other is much busier, with the additional freight traffic which ran on weekdays. At this time, 'Peak' class 45 and 46 diesels are still in charge of the Midland Main Line expresses, local services use 'heritage' DMU's, and the freight trains are hauled by a mixture of classes 45, 47, 56 and pairs of class 20's. 333 trains 24 hours. Author : S Murray. |
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As above but Saturdays. 226 trains 24 hours. Author : S Murray. |
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This timetable starts with many early morning mail trains from the capital intermingling with the MGR traffic to/from the local collieries and power stations, which usually call in at Toton for crew changes. Around 06:00 the local passenger train service commences with the cross country Lincoln - Derby - Crewe service and the Liverpool - Norwich and Stansted Airport service, on which the class 158's had just been introduced. All of this conflicting traffic needs to be kept out of the way of the Midland Main Line expresses, hauled by the stalwart HST's. 333 trains 24 hours. Author : P Mould. |
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This timetable is compiled from BR Midland Division Passenger Working Timetable dated June 5 to Sept 24 1950, and the Midland Division Freight Working Timetable dated 25 Sept 1950 Until Further Notice. In 1950 TRENT station was an Island Platform with additional passenger and goods through lines in both directions. It was manually signalled and closed on 1st Jan 1968. The power box and track alterations came after closure. The highest flow of trains was to and from Toton marshalling yards, 2 miles North of Trent on the Erewash Valley line. There was also a North Loop at Trent which enabled trains from Derby to access the station in both directions. Locos on test from Derby Works ran to Trent then round the loop and back to Derby. In this simulation they reverse from the Dn Gds Loop. Keep an eye out for rare locos that may have received works attention. These were a locospotter's delight. There were also sidings at Sheet Stores Jcn. A few trains from Derby to Sheet Stores which ran via the North loop have been omitted. Long Eaton station was 3/4 mile north of Trent on the Erewash Lines. It closed in 1967. What is now Long Eaton station replaced Sawley Junction station. Times of stops at Long Eaton in this simulation are as for Sawley Junction in the WTT. As trains can no longer stop at Trent, arrival times or departure times are used as passing times. "TST" in train notes shows time of trains due to wait or stop at Trent station in 1950. Because of the present layout some times have been changed slightly (not more than 3 mins). 383 trains 24 hrs. Author : P Mould. |
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Modern timetables seem to be dominated with hourly clock face schedules and this timetable is no exception I'm afraid. Still it certainly provides a contrast against some of the earlier timetables and I hope you enjoy running through it. With the construction & opening of East Midlands Parkway (to serve East Midlands Airport) on 26th January 2009 the South connections to Ratcliffe Power Station where removed. Thus all traffic coming from the South now requires to go to Toton Yard (or Beeston) to run-round then access the Power Station from the North. I have kept to these workings in the timetable and incremented the WTT ref code by 1 for the workings from Toton/Beeston. Class 222's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_222) now dominate the main line St Pancras - Derby/Nottingham/Sheffield services with the stalwart HST's still taking some duties. The Class 153, 156 & 158's are on the local's (Lincoln - Leicester; Nottingham - Matlock) interspersed with the Turbo 170's mainly on the Nottingham - Birmingham/Cardiff's. 437 trains 24 hours. Author : R Ashmore. |
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This timetable is based upon the Exeter Division 1949 Service Timetable dated 26th September onwards. Being a Saturday only timetable there are quite a few overnight trains principally from the North and naturally extra trains from Paddington to the holiday resorts during the day. 474 trains 24 hours. Author : Alan Duckworth. |
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Please note that this timetable is set before the upgrading of the electrification in the North-West of England which took place after this timetable. Some of the extensive notes are shown below : The Chat Moss Lines - The only electrification on this route is from Golbourne Junction-Newton-le-Willows-Earlestown platform 4 & 5 to Winwick Junction in both directions. The Dallam RMT Depot. Platform 1 serves northbound services and platform 2 serves southbound trains. The crossover midway along the through platform is set-up for departures only. Note that Dallam Freight Depot is NOT electrified and so Cl. 325 EMUs CANNOT use it for shunting. Wigan Wallgate Up Carriage Sidings ECS (Empty Coaching Stock) services are not usually allocated their following day headcodes until after midnight depending on the requirements of the TSC (Train Service Controller) and therefore will be allocated an automatic headcode, however, at the start of this timetable the trains are allocated as per the notes. Certain services may stable for extended periods in Wigan Wallgate Station. All the ECS trains that reverse at the Down Carriage Sidings, "DCS" have an "Allow Early" option in case of late running by other services. Care must be taken not to release these trains to early as they may block the platform for another service. The Loco Holding Sidings (LHS) Please note that the Up Through Siding (UTS) forms part of the LHS and trains booked dwell time in the LHS can use this line to await departure time. Please remember that there is no TRS facility at the LHS. The display of train information is displayed in a similar way to a single column of a Network Rail WTT. This is slightly different from other timetables. Almost all trains clash with at least one other service at some point during their journey across the panel and some of the trains would need quite complicated explanations as some trains could pass as many as 5 major junctions and may need to be regulated at one or more of them. Therefore in order to keep the information succinct and as clear as possible the information is shown in an example below - P/side Jn pass 09:24 DCM NLW 09:26 09:27 E/town 09:31 09:32 P5 Win Jn pass 09:37 xFL WBQ 09:43 09:44 P2/UM Act Gr Jn pass 09:48 xUH
Where "P/side Jn" = Timing Location "09:26 09:24 = Location stop time in the format "Arr" "Dep" "pass" = time due to pass the junction, signal or timing location "DCM" = route from timing location, (in this case-Down Chat Moss, blank if no choice) "P5" = Booked Platform at that timing location "xFL" = Cross to Fast Line ( up or down is only stated where lines are bi-directional) "P2/UM" = Booked platform / onward routing, ("x" only if diverging from current line) "xUH" = Cross to another line at this location (in this case - cross over to Up Helsby) "RM" = Stops for reversing movement or for driver to change ends "RR" = Stops to run round (loco) Also, note that although the Helsby lines are shown as "OL" on the sim I have had to specify the "Up or Down Helsby as certain parts of the Helsby lines are bi-directional for some freight services, so, to avoid confusion all trains using the Helsby lines are shown this way. The Hindley lines are also shown as UH or DH, however, this cannot be mistaken for the Helsby lines as they are well separated geographically. At Wigan Walgate a train bound for Southport is shown as "DSo", for Kirkby, "DL" and for the Down Carriage Sidings as "DCS" Trains bound for the Up Hindley usually depart from Platform 2, however a very late running terminating service can have its connecting ECS link trains cancelled and its' next passenger service departing from P1. Trains bound for Southport or Kirkby always depart from P1 or P3. Trains from the Acton Grange Junction direction terminating in the Walton Old Junction Sidings reverse and propel back into the yard at Sig 230. Southbound trains also propel into Siding A or B from signals"G3" or "G4" Where a loco has to run round its train then this is stated in the notes. If the timetable is run at anything other than level 5 there might be a discrepancy with the timings. Some trains may seem to run early, have very "slack" timings or appear to get to the next junction very early - this is often down to allowances in the WTT and may be due other traffic due at the relevant junction first. An prime example is the hourly Manchester Piccadilly to Llandudno trains, many of these will need to be regulated at Winwick Junction for Anglo-Scottish express trains to pass ahead first if services are running on time, however they are only given a "pass time". Finally, be aware that some trains do not take the "obvious" route, this may be because of various factors such as drivers "route maintenance" etc. Please note that some sidings, routes and other destinations within the sim do not have any timetabled services, however, it is possible that some "STP" (Short Term Planning) services could be added by the operator.` 747 trains 24 hours. Author : I Birch. |
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Warrington BQ Summer Weekday 2015 This timetable features almost 750 trains that were scheduled to run on Monday 18th May 2015; the first day of the summer timetable. Major engineering works were taking place at Farnworth tunnel on the direct line between Manchester and Preston (via Bolton) as part of the electrification of that route. As a result of this, capacity was reduced on the line through Bolton and many trains have been diverted via the Chat Moss line and Wigan, making this timetable particularly busier and more challenging than normal. This summer timetable also sees the completion of work to electrify the lines between Manchester and Liverpool (via Earlestown), Liverpool and Wigan (via St Helens) and also the short spur through Platform 3 at Earlestown (linking the Chat Moss lines with the WCML). The 18th May also saw the widespread introduction of Class 319 Electric Multiple Units on services into and out of Liverpool Liverpool Lime Street. TransPennine Express also started to run four car Class 156 Diesel Multiple Units on some of it's services between Manchester and Blackpool. To the best of my knowledge, services operated by Class 319 and Class 156 trains have had their correct traction reproduced in this timetable. Much of the Chat Moss line has now been upgraded for 90mph but the simulation software does not allow for this therefore some minor adjustment to train times has been required in this timetable for trains which operate along this line. The majority of locations have Train Ready To Start indicators. Care should be taken at locations where this has not been provided (Loco Holding Sidings for example) to ensure that the service departs punctually. All services are scheduled to follow the most expeditious route from the origin to destination. Where this is not the case (a freight train moving from Fast to Slow lines for example) or where a choice of suitable routes then directions have been given in the timetable notes. On some services (primarily freight) the passing time for Winwick Junction has been given in the train notes. This is to help with regulation in the event of late running. Many freight and ECS trains can and do run early. Most ECS trains have the option to allow the service to depart early from its departure point (particularly prevalent around Wigan Wallgate). Care should be taken to ensure that the early departure of a service does not cause conflict with, or delay another train. 743 trains 24 hours. Author : P Poole/A Sugden |
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Warrington BQ May Weekday 2018 This timetable is sourced from the Network Rail working timetables dated 10/12/17 to May 2018 and incorporates sections CL01, CL02, CZ02 and CZ08. Some timings have been adjusted to avoid conflicts and care should be taken at some of the junctions to ensure some trains are not held up. 844 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth. |
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This Timetable is taken from the Working Timetables Section CB and Section CE of passenger and parcels services and Section CZ and Section CU of freight train services dated 29th May 1994 to 24th September 1994. 578 trains 24 hours. Author : S Murray. |
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Warrington BQ Summer Frtiday 1979 This timetable is set on a Summer Friday in 1979. At the time, locomotive services on the West Coast Main Line were in the preserve of Class 86 and Class 87's, with Class 85's dominating the many Motorail services that would run in the Summer months. However it was not uncommon for any of the other first generation a/c electrics to appear from time to time and these all feature at some point. As well as passenger services on the WCML there are numerous freight trains, many of which call at Warrington Arpley and require propelling into, or out of the Yard. These are largely in the hands of Class 25, 40 and 47's though one of the last remaining Class 24's also makes an appearance. One of the attractions of the Warrington Bank Quay sim are the numerous other lines that cross the WCML between Warrington and Wigan, principally the Manchester to Liverpool Chat Moss line. There was an hourly service between Liverpool and York, Newcastle, and Edinburgh, predominantly handled by Class 47's though in reality Class 40, 45 and 46's could also appear. The Summer of 1979 also marked the very first use of Class 55 "Deltics" on these services, following their cascade from front line services on the East Coast Main Line. There are numerous DMU services from Southport and Kirkby to Manchester and Bolton, as well as an hourly service from Wigan to Liverpool, via St Helens. The latter need to be pathed to cross the main WCML. In the case of the former, both trains will use the same platform at Wigan Wallgate. It will be necessary to allow the first service to stop before routing the second service into the platform. The first service will also need to clear signal 36 at Ince before the second service can depart. In addition to these many workings, there was also a steady procession of freight trains which used the line from Skelton Jn to Arpley Jn and Ditton Jn. These include MGR trains from Wath and Rotherwood Yards to Fidlers Ferry Power Station. Trains from the Yorkshire pits could travel directly into the power station, however MGR trains from North Wales and Staffordshire would need to run round. The line to Ditton Jn is not shown on this sim so trains travelling to this destination are routed off-screen at the MSC Sidings. Trains from Ditton Jn arrive at Walton Traffic Sidings. Full locomotive numbers are used throughout this timetable, together with accurate carriage loadings taken from the 1979 Passenger Train Marshalling Circular. Freight trains are prototypical of those seen at the time. 605 trains 24 hours. Author : M Cunningham. |
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This is a 24 hour WTT for a 1984 winter weekday starting at 01:14, with trains already in platforms. There are a total of 1296 timed trains on this WTT, so it does get extremely busy at rush hour times. 100% punctuality may not be possible because of some tight timings, and remember that there would have been more then one person running this signalling panel. The WTT was taken from a Waterloo station working book. Most trains are EMU's but there are some loco hauled trains using class 33, 50 and 73 locos. Between duties, light engine are stabled in the Dock sdg No2. A number of services to/from Waterloo follow the Inner Circle (via Richmond and New Meldon) and Outer Circle (via New Maldon and Richmond). 1296 trains 24 hours. Author : D Palmer. |
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This is an 8 hour WTT for the winter weekdays of 1993 with information used from a Waterloo station working book. Starting at 06:00 with trains already in platforms, it covers the morning rush hour. In this simulation there are only 19 platforms being used as platforms 20 & 21 were lost to the Waterloo International terminus, which from November 1994 to November 2007 was the London terminus of Eurostar International trains to Paris and Brussels. Most trains are EMUs but there are also some DMUs. A number of services to/from Waterloo follow the Inner Circle (via Richmond and New Meldon) and Outer Circle (via New Meldon and Richmond). 607 trains 8 hours. Author : D Palmer. |
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Monday to Friday WTT for the year 2000 May to September. With 1539 movments in a full 24 hours. 1539 trains 24 hours. Author : D Palmer. |
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The timetable is from Summer 1986, specifically a Friday. There are 1326 train movements over 23 hours, based on the Waterloo Station Train Departure Book for the period, with the addition of "light" locomotive movements where necessary. Many trains are required to split or attach in the platforms, adding operational interest. Some train arrivals have had lines reallocated in this WTT to fit around operational requirements, but arrival and departure times are authentic. Many of the standard "approach" times in the original simulation (software) timetable have been reduced to avoid unneccesary waiting outside Waterloo for passenger arrivals not stopping at Vauxhall. The operating timetable commences at 01:02 hours with some trains already in their platforms. The light engines (class 0) which are at the buffer stops on platforms, once released by a departing train, should be used as motive power for trains with their corresponding number (e.g. after departure of 1P03, 0B01 is to be shunted from platform 11 to platform 8 for 1B01). For additional operational interest, the station calling pattern of departing passenger trains is included in the train details. Individual locomotive numbering, where shown, is illustrative of its class, rather than definitive. 1326 trains 24 hours. Author : G Willis. |
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Just an ordinary Wednesday in 1996, this 24-hour timetable is a relatively relaxing one, featuring HST's, Sprinters and plenty of diesel-hauled freight trains in the hands of class 37, 58, 59 and 60 locos. 188 trains 24 hours. Author : D Blick. |
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The Great Western lives on! This timetable produced by Peter Mould contains 270 trains, hauled by a classic GWR locos including the King, Castle, County, Saint, Star, Hall, Grange and Bulldog classes, as well as some of the pioneering GW diesel railcars. 268 trains 24 hours. Author : P Mould. |
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Almost half the traffic is freight and a lot of the passenger trains are loco-hauled in this timetable from a decade ago. HSTs form the Paddington to West Country expresses, but diesel locos of classes 33, 37, 47, 56 and 59 predominate. A real period piece, thanks to Stuart Murray. 169 trains 24 hours. Author : S Murray. |
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The final fling of steam. There were 2 gas turbine locos running on the western region, and 1957 would see the first Diesel Hydraulics introduced. The Saint locos had gone along with the Dean Goods 0-6-0s and there were only 3 Star class 4-6-0s and a few R.O.D 2-8-0s left. Some 9F 2-10-0 BR standards were still to be built. The times are taken from BR WR Bristol District WTT for 19 Sep 1955-10 June 1956. Saturdays only. 241 trains 24 hours. Author : P Mould. |
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For a different perspective it has been assumed that the Main line between Didcot and Swindon has been closed due to a landslide. Most traffic normally using that route has been diverted via Westbury, although some trains have been diverted via Worcester and Oxford, which for some trains, meant a reversal at Worcester. “Timetabling proved quite a headache as the Berks & Hants line carried considerable traffic of its own. The North to East curve from Hawkeridge Junction and Heywood Road Junction added to the delays with its severe curve limited to 15 mph. Other problems included finding sufficient crews with the necessary Route knowledge, together with the need to alter Locomotive and Stock rosters which were also disrupted due to the additional time taken compared to the normal route”. 381 trains 24 hours. Author : M Wass. |
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This has been formulated using the 2009/2010 May timetable. A frequent service to/from Cardiff Central and Portsmouth Harbour makes for interesting planning especially at peak periods. Some of the freight has no option but to use the reception sidings for their crew changes! All non-stop through services use the station avoiding lines to the South of the station. Services to Portsmouth generally use Platform 1 while the returns to Cardiff Central generally use Platform 3. There are a couple of empty stock moves by South West Trains that run to/from Yeovil Junction. Platform numbers have been included but are only a guide. 220 trains 24 hours. Author : G Willes. |
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The Western Region and previously the GWR were in the fortunate position of having to cater for hordes of passengers in the summer months to the many holiday resorts in its area. This involved many extra trains running in the months of June, July and August, especially on a Saturday, plus creating paths for through trains from other regions. This added burden curtailed many goods trains from running on busy Saturdays. This timetable is a good reflection of what went on before the advent of motor car ownership for the masses. It is set on a Saturday in August 1950, well before the appearance of diesel locos and multiple units and brings back the memories of steam days and all the cavalcade of different locomotives seen at that time. 297 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth & K Logan |
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A fairly modern version of Westbury incorporating newer motive power. This timetable is sourced from Network Rail working timetables PC02,PF04,PF06 and PF07 dated 2nd May 2014 - December 2014. There are some minor timing changes to avoid conflicts including a couple of trains arriving near midnight which have an adjusted time. There are a number of trains set to start and end at Westbury Lafarge which is on the Cement Siding, however there is no run round facility here and in fact it is impossible to detach a loco, so these trains have been redirected into and out of Westbury Up Yard. There are a number of Crew Training units trundling in and out,as well as track testing and sanding trains.There are also a number of trains which change direction in the station. 298 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth. |
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Wigston North Jct 1950 Weekday History authentically recreated! Even more fun controlling the 3-way junction at a time when the line to Rugby had regular passenger and freight services. 294 trains 24 hours. Author : P Mould. |
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Passenger workings from Section YE Network Rail London North Eastern Region. A full 24 hours WTT with 126 train movments. Units used are 142, 150, 153 and 156. Locos used are class 60 and 66. MGR Trains to / from Cottam and West Burton Power Station ran on as required 126 trains 24 hours. Author : D Palmer. |
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Worksop at this time still had quite fair amount of Colliery Traffic about from Thoresby, Welbeck, Dinnington and Maltby. Much of this coal was sent to the Power Stations at West Burton and Cottam situated on the Retford/Lincoln line. Locomotives for this traffic were usually stabled at Shirebrook Depot just down the Nottingham/Mansfield line now referred to as the Robin Hood Line. Mansfield CS also produced much traffic, situated and served by many Coal Mines around the area. Oil traffic served Tuxford Oil Sdgs on the former LD&ECR line which came off the Junction at Shirebrook. Passenger services were mainly Lincoln and Cleethorpes - Sheffield using DMU's. Some starting and finishing at Retford. There were no passenger services on the Nottingham line until the Robin Hood services started working through to Worksop in 1998. 131 trains 24 hours. Author : D Palmer. |
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This wartime period timetable contains 380 trains over 24 hours and features over 40 different loco classes, from Gresley Pacifics to LS Beyer-Garratts. 380 trains 24 hours. Author : P Mould. |
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Compared to 1943 there is much less variety in the range of motive power in use, but surprisingly there are almost as many trains running! 375 trains 24 hours. Author : S Brown. |
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This is a HUGE timetable - 610 trains!! Traffic is intensive and extremely varied, with the East Coast main line expresses and many local passenger services. Heavy freight traffic runs through from Scotland to London and the South, and from the North East to Lancashire, Yorkshire and the Midlands. Coal and coke trains are numerous, serving the Yorkshire pits and gas works, plus local 'trip' workings. Nearly 50 different ex-LNER and ex-LMS loco classes appear, from A4 Pacifics to Beyer-Garratts, large and small tank locos, Midland Compounds, B1's, V2's and many more. 633 trains 24 hours. Author : M Millar. |
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York always provides plenty of operating interest, and this timetable for 1996 Summer Saturdays is no exception. 310 trains 17.7 hours. Author : A Rispoli. |
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This timetable can only be described as monumental! Not only is it huge, with 700 train movements in 24 hours, but the amount of research carried out by its author, Michael Millar, is amazing, including details of the class and number of the loco of every train. The timetable notes are extensive and altogether this timetable provides not only a massive challenge to the operator's abilities, but also a fully detailed historical record of its period. 700 trains 24 hours. Author: M Millar. |
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This is the companion to the monster 1950 Summer Saturday one and should provide a refreshing change of pace with only 270 scheduled trains. Between midnight and 10 in the morning there are still a large number of freight movements, but from then onwards there are only passenger trains. York station even on a Sunday was a busy place, with service personnel (including the compiler of the timetable!) traveling on weekend leaves. Loco numbers are included for all trains, covering a wide variety of ex-L.N.E.R. and L.M.S. classes. As before, the timetable notes are extensive and contribute to the authenticity of this detailed historical record of the early 1950's. 269 trains 24 hours. Author : M Millar. |
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A very busy timetable, with 588 trains ... and 587 of them are diesel powered! The last steam turn was the 1737 FO Manchester to York. The loco was sent to Normanton for servicing and worked back home on a train from Normanton to Halifax and from there to Manchester Victoria on the following Monday. Among the DMU classes to be seen are the pioneering 79xxx series, introduced to the West Riding in 1954. By the following year all these early units would be withdrawn - with Red Triangle or Yellow Diamond coupling codes they could not work with the later standard units. On the East Coast expresses, the Deltics were much in evidence, while the Peaks were hauling most cross-country expresses. Other diesel locos in widespread use included those of classes 20, 24, 25, 31, 37, 40 and 47. Another successful recreation of an interesting era! 588 trains 24 hours. Author : P Mould. |
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This simulation covers a 24 hour shift at York and has over 460 train movements. Passenger trains are based upon the Summer 2009 timetable with all services and correct headcodes shown. Freight trains have been added on a random basis to increase variety. 463 trains 24 hours. Author : P Poole. |
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Compiled from the first BR 'All-System' timetable (1974) and the freight working timetable for 1974. Freight reporting numbers are as per the timetable, but the Passenger ones are fictitious. According to the WTT the Class 6 trains were all cleared for 55mph running. Freightliner and parcels/TPO services added after - not based on timetable. Some additional ECS moves included as the 1974 layout of York had more siding/platform space. 326 trains 24 hours. Author : P Nash. |
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This timetable is based on the Network Rail working timetable dated May 2nd 2014 - December 2014. 625 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth. |
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A very up to date timetable courtesy of Network Rail working timetables dated 16/12/2019 - 15/5/2020 and incorporating all changes to motive power traversing to and from York. We now see Azuma 800’s which have replaced HST’s on the London - Edinburgh and Aberdeen services. Class 802’s (Nova 1) are now seen on Liverpool - Newcastle and Edinburgh services. Services from Liverpool and Manchester to Scarborough are now being increasingly handled by Class 68’s in push pull mode with 5 carriages and designated Nova 3. All other trains on this route remain class 185’s. Freights makes up a good percentage of the traffic through York and these are handled mostly by Class 66 Loco’s with the odd sprinkling of Class 60’s. With the re-signalling of the York station area and the easier access to platforms a number of changes to platform usage have been implemented. 611 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth. |
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York (1951 Layout) September Weekday 1967 York always was and probably always will be a busy place. This is a faithful rendering of 2 timetables...1 for passenger trains dated 4 September 1967-5 May 1968 and 1 for freight movements(of which there were many), dated 6 March 1967-1 October 1967. 668 trains 24 hours. Author : A Duckworth. |
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York (1951 Layout) Papal Visit 31 May 1982 Monday 31 May 1982. During his visit to the UK Pope John Paul II addressed a gathering at the Knavesmire in York. Throughout the day a series of special trains arrived and departed from York to cater for the many thousands of people attending the event. This extra traffic was interlaced with the ordinary daily service in the area although some changes were made to this both as a result of the event and the fact that the day itself was a Bank Holiday. The normal daily service was amended with most overnight parcels services and motorail trains cancelled although the newspaper trains ran and were strengthened to cater for anticipated higher demand on the day. A few East Coast HST services did not run as the sets were to be used to assist with the excursion traffic. The service on the Harrogate line was completely recast and the trains strengthened. The Scarborough line services were not altered although there was some interlinking with the excursion traffic. The excursion traffic was a mixture of DMU, HST and loco-hauled sets. The basic pattern was a series of inward arrivals during the morning and early afternoon, and outward departures in the late afternoon and evening. In the morning arrivals would either depart shortly after as ECS to return later as further arrivals or would be disposed of to various stabling points in the York area and further afield (e.g. Malton and Darlington and particularly Neville Hill depot in Leeds). This pattern was reversed in the late afternoon and evening as ECS arrivals formed excursion trains for departure. Trains associated with this excursion traffic are identified as "Popex" in the train notes. The period from about 12:30 to about 15:00 illustrates the normal daily passenger service as no excursion traffic was moving between those times. There is however a considerable number of light engine movements associated with the excursion trafiic during this period. In the York area stock was stabled at Dringhouses Up Yard, Holgate Sidings, Clifton Sidings, Queen Street (Old Station Sidings) and at various points in and around the station, including platforms. On the day it is unlikely that many freight services would have run to the normal pattern, not least because Dringhouses Yard was in use for stock storage. As such almost all freight that does run is routed via the Goods Lines and any interchange of traffic takes place in York Yard as does some locomotive changing. Source documents are the working timetables YA and YE (passenger), and YH and YJ (freight) for the period plus the York Station Working book produced for the day although the original inspiration came from an article published in "Traction" magazine issue 197. The motive power details for the loco hauled excursion traffic are as they were on the day. The service trains are typical of the allocations and duties at the time. DMU formations are based on the allocations at local depots at the time although again the unit formations for the excursion traffic are as they were on the day. Class 08 shunters are on duty at various locations during the day. 882 trains 24 hours. Author : A Wrightson. |