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INTRODUCTION:
Little change to the timetable in the 1980 just some minor re-timings at
intermediate stations.
TIMETABLE and ROUTE:
Both trains
were routed via East Croydon, Kensington Olympia (not calling ), North Pole
Junction, Old Oak East Junction then Reading and the Thames Valley. The morning
service from Brighton ran via Solihull, Bordesley Junction and St Andrews Jct,.
The afternoon service ran via Coventry but strangely didn't call at Banbury,
Leamington or Birmingham International. The loco change was at Birmingham New
Street.
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12th
May 1980 to 10th May 1981 |
M-S |
M-S |
SUN |
SUN |
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Headcode |
1M50 |
1M64 |
1M00 |
1M05 |
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Notes |
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B |
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Brighton |
0920 |
1520 |
0925A |
1638A |
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Gatwick |
09u47 |
15u47 |
0955 |
1704 |
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East
Croydon |
10u08 |
16u07 |
10u17 |
17u25 |
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Reading |
1105 |
1704 |
1141 |
1856 |
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Oxford |
1138 |
1736 |
1213 |
1926 |
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Banbury |
1206 |
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1241 |
1952 |
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Leamington Spa |
1226 |
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1301 |
2012 |
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Coventry |
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1830 |
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Birmingham International |
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1842 |
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Birmingham New Street arr |
1302 |
1858 |
1340 |
2045 |
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Birmingham New Street dep |
1312 |
1908 |
1405 |
2055 |
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Wolverhampton |
1327 |
1923 |
1423 |
2110 |
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Stafford |
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1457 |
2127 |
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Stoke |
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2149 |
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Macclesfield |
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2211 |
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Crewe |
1406 |
1959 |
1531 |
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Wilmslow |
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15s56 |
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Stockport |
14s35 |
20s26 |
16s20 |
22s29 |
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Manchester Piccadilly |
1443 |
2034 |
1630 |
2237 |
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A =
starts Gatwick from 12/10/80 onwards
B = Buffet |
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12th
May 1980 to 10th May 1981 |
M-S |
Sun to
Fri |
SO |
SUN |
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Headcode |
1O74 |
1O52 |
1O52 |
1O74 |
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Notes |
B |
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Manchester Piccadilly |
0744 |
2330 |
2330 |
0715 |
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Stockport |
07u52 |
2338 |
2338 |
0725 |
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Wilmslow |
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23u45 |
23u45 |
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Crewe |
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0008 |
0016 |
08u09 |
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Stafford |
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0030 |
0040 |
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Wolverhampton |
0851 |
0046 |
0106 |
0903 |
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Birmingham New Street arr |
0910 |
0104 |
0131 |
0930 |
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Birmingham New Street dep |
0921 |
0142 |
0203 |
0940 |
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Birmingham International |
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0153 |
02u14 |
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Coventry |
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0206 |
02u23 |
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Leamington Spa |
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0222 |
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1008 |
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Banbury |
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0253 |
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1029 |
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Oxford |
1028 |
0321 |
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1102 |
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Reading |
1058 |
0349 |
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1139 |
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East
Croydon |
11s58 |
05s02 |
05s06 |
13s01 |
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Gatwick |
12s20 |
05s21 |
0527 |
1320 |
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Brighton |
1250 |
0550 |
0601C |
1358C |
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B = Buffet
C =
terminates Gatwick from 12/10/80 onwards |
LOCOMOTIVES:
The diet of class 47's
continued. The train was booked for class 47/4's but as both sets of coaches
were dual heat the odd steam heat loco would appear. Any suitable ac electric
could haul the train north of Birmingham New Street. Engineering work diversions
could see some rare traction, see the photos below. Occasional failures would
see class 33's or class 73's substitute on the Southern.
STOCK:
Two rakes of Mk1 vacuum braked dual heat stock were utilised, based at Longsight?
The overnight
train from Manchester and morning return from Brighton were normally formed
TSO TSO
SK FK SK TSO BG. The
daytime set was formed BG TSO TSO FK
RMB TSO TSO.
Occasionally
a Mk2z TSO or FK would substitute in the daytime set as would Mk1 SK’s for the
TSO’s.
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Approaching Copyhold Junction, Haywards
Heath 47432 heads 1O74 the 0744 Manchester to Brighton service.
Photo taken 22nd May 1980.
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Another Sunday and more engineering works forces the diversion of 1M00 the
0925 Brighton to Manchester Piccadilly. 40120 is seen here chirping away at
Wolverhampton with the train.
Photo taken 8th June 1980
Photographer
Mike Hodge.
Used with permission.
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An unidentified class 47 accelerates past
Lovers Walk Depot Brighton with 1M50 the 0920 Brighton to Manchester service. A few CCT's and GUV's plus the local class 09 can be seen on
left hand side of the mainline in Top Yard along with VEG, VEP, CIG and HAP units in the depot.
Top Yard signal box was later removed to the Bluebell Railway.
Photo taken
autumn 1980.
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47234 at Mill Road Patcham with 1M64 the 1520
Brighton to Manchester, a MkII TSO was a rarity in the formation.
Photo taken summer 1980.
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47451 rolls through Clapham Jct with 1O74 the
0744 Manchester to Brighton service.
Photo taken autumn 1980.
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40034 is seen here at Wolverhampton with
1M00 the 0955 Gatwick Airport to Manchester Piccadilly. Sunday engineering work
diversion once again means the Whistler replaced the booked electric locomotive
from Birmingham New Street.
Photo taken 30th November 1980.
Photographer
Mike Hodge.
Used with permission.
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47412 passes Tilehurst with 1M50 the 0920
Brighton to Manchester Piccadilly.
Photo taken 4th March 1981.
Photographer
Graham Walker.
Used with permission.
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47165 arrives at Kensington Olympia with
1O74 the 0744 Manchester to Brighton service. There was a Railfreight exhibition at
the station that day hence the wagons in the bay platforms. The scene here has
changed hugely in the intervening 27 years!
Photo taken 7th March 1981.
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