BRIGHTON to BIRMINGHAM INT: 2.15pm Brighton-Preston
Engine: Class 47 no 47853
Load: 7 coaches, 234 tons tare, 250 tons full
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miles sch m/sec mi/hr
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(Avge)
0.00 BRIGHTON 0 0:00
sigs 5*
1.36 Preston Park 3:51
2.78 Patcham Tunnel N 5:30 51.6
4.78 Clayton Tunnel S 7:14 69.2
7.08 Hassocks 8:53 83.6
9.12 Burgess Hill 10:19 85.4
9.96 Wivelsfield 10:54 86.4
11.60 mp 39 12:02 86.8
12.88 HAYWARDS HEATH 13 13:45
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0.00 0:00
sigs 0*
1.18 Copyhold Jn (Old) 6:04 RL/ML
2.12 Ouse Viaduct 7:06 54.6
3.86 Balconbe 8:39 67.3
5.05 Balcombe Tunnel S 9:36 75.1
6.37 Balconbe Tunnel Jn sigs 20*
8.46 Three Bridges 13:38
9.97 mp 27.75 14:44 82.3
11.13 GATWICK AIRPORT 11 16:23
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0.00 0 0:00
0.85 Horley 1:32
3.12 Salfords 3:37 65.3
4.96 Earlswood 5:02 77.9
5.89 Redhill Tunnel N 5:43 81.6
8.16 Quarry Tunnel S 7:24 80.9
9.36 Quarry Tunnel N 8:17 81.5
11.66 mp 15 9:53 86.2
13.30 Purley 10:58 90.8
14.22 Purley Oaks 11:36 87.1
15.40 South Croydon 12:38 68.5
16.29 EAST CROYDON 17 14:16
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0.00 0 0:00
0.53 Windmill Br Jn easy RL/ML
1.18 Selhurst 1:59
1.89 Thornton Heath 2:37 67.3
3.12 Norbury 3:41 69.2
3.97 Streatham Common 4:25 69.5
5.92 Balham 6:47 ML/RL
6.51 Wandsworth Common 7:59
sigs 15*
7.87 Clapham Junction 10:59 15*
8.54 Latchmere No 1 Jn 12:45 22.7
9.21 Chelsea Bridge N 14:02 31.3
9.83 Chelsea 15:01 37.8
11.27 KENSINGTON OLYMPIA 23 17:47
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0.00 0 0:00
1.88 North Pole Jn 4:09
2.30 Mitre Bridge Jn 5:16 22.5
2.80 West London Jn 6:47 19.7
3.47 Acton Wells Jn SB 9:39 14.0
4.18 Acton E Jn 12:28 15.1
4.35 Acton Main Line 12:55 RL
5.81 Ealing Broadway 15:01 41.7
7.44 Hanwell 16:26 69.0
signal
delays
36.07 READING 61 55:37
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0.00 0 0:00
1.00 Reading W Jn 2:02
2.67 Tilehurst 3:33 66.0
5.56 Pangbourne 5:42 80.6
8.77 Goring 7:51 89.5
12.48 Cholsey 10:11 95.4
15.34 Moreton RR 12:06 89.5
16.82 Didcot E Jn ML/RL easy
17.16 DIDCOT 15 14:27
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0.00 0 0:00
0.86 Didcot N Jn 2:11 easy
2.06 Appleford 3:41 48.0
3.07 Culham 4:36 66.1
5.30 Radley 6:20 77.2
7.92 Kennington Jn 8:08 87.3
10.37 OXFORD 12 11:50
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0.00 0 0:00
1.05 Oxford N Jn 2:11
2.87 Wolvercot Jn 3:56 62.4
5.54 Kidlington 5:59 78.1
7.64 Bletchington OB 7:28 84.9
9.11 Tackley 8:29 86.7
11.73 Heyford 10:15 89.0
14.59 Fritwell 12:29 76.8
16.80 Aynho 14:16 74.3
17.53 Aynho Jn SB 14:51 75.0
19.18 Kings Sutton 16:08 77.1
20.49 mp 84 (Astrop) 17:04 84.2
22.67 BANBURY 20 19:19
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0.00 0 0:00
3.55 mp 89.75 (Cropredy) 4:18
8.76 Fenny Compton SB 8:08 81.5
12.96 Greaves Sdg SB 11:22 77.9
14.45 Harbury Tunnel N 12:26 83.8
16.40 Fosse Rd UB 13:52 81.6
19.88 LEAMINGTON SPA 22 17:46
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0.00 0 0:00
0.99 Milverton Jn 2:32
5.41 Kenilworth N Jn 7:11 57.0
8.86 Gibbet Hill Jn 11:01 54.0
9.54 COVENTRY 17 12:58
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0.00 0 0:00
1.48 Canley 2:29
3.55 Tile Hill 4:23 65.3
5.49 Berkswell 5:52 78.4
8.77 Hampton in Arden 8:05 88.8
10.70 BIRMINGHAM INT 12 10:27
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Date: Tuesday 16th February 1999
dep: Brighton 2.15pm..R Time
arr: Birmingham International 6.13pm..1 Early
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