Inter regional loco hauled services from Brighton 1990.

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1990 - 1991

Edinburgh out...

Liverpool and Derby back in the frame.

Page last updated 04/03/2013

INTRODUCTION:

The three trains a day service via Kensington Olympia continued for 1990.

The Sussex Scot is now back in the historic departure time from Brighton at 0920 but only ran to Glasgow Central the portion working to and from Edinburgh had now been dropped. The afternoon train to Manchester now ran via Stoke rather than Crewe. The train to Kent now ran to and from Liverpool Lime Street. Whilst the southbound service was at a much better time the return service was quite late.

Summer Saturdays saw the Brighton services running to and from Eastbourne again, with the Manchester service continuing to be the only service of the week that ran via the WCML, involving a loco change at Willesden/ Mitre Bridge.

The summer Saturday service to Kent saw the southbound train start very early from Liverpool and in Kent ran outwards via Chatham and Canterbury East and returned, after a 10 minute layover at Folkestone Central, via Ashford and Tonbridge.

No service to Kent on Sundays.

The Brighton to Glasgow train on Sundays continued to run via Evesham and Worcester. The southbound working ran via the GSWR route through Dumfries.

The Wolverhampton to Brighton service and vice versa now ran to and from Derby. The trawl through the working timetables also picked up the fact that the Derby to Brighton train on Sundays also ran via Worcester and Evesham.

As an aside there were in addition to the cross country services just five services each way in the morning between Clapham Junction and Kensington Olympia with six in the afternoon and no Sunday service.

The 1990 timetable was extended by two months to allow for the completion of the ECML electrification scheme which had a big knock on for Cross Country services.

TIMETABLE and ROUTE:

14^th May 1990 to 7^th July 1991	M-F( S)	M-F(S)	M-F(S)	SO	SO	SO	SUN	SUN
Headcode	1S76	1M50	1M31	1S76		1M50	1S76
Notes	BCS	BC	BC	AB	AB	AB	B	B
Timing Load		D210/ E210	D210/ E210			D210/ E210	D280/ E???
Folkestone Central			1716		1302E
Dover Priory			1730		1242E
Canterbury East			1749		1200E
Faversham			1804		1147E
Chatham			1924
Tonbridge					1344
Bromley South			1853		1413
Eastbourne				0855		1410
Lewes				0914		1429
Brighton	0918	1420					0930	1805D
Haywards Heath	0932	1432		0932		1447	0945	1818D
Gatwick Airport	0946	14u47		0947		1502	1001	1829
Redhill							1023	1852
Guildford							1049	1922
East Croydon	1005	1505		1005		1528
Clapham Junction	1024	1523		1024		1541
Kensington Olympia	1036	1536	1918	1036	1537	1552
Milton Keynes						1642
Slough	1104			1105
Reading	1127	1626	1955	1127	1516		1128	1958
Oxford	1155	1658	2020	1155	1541		1203	2026
Banbury	1218	1719	2041	1218	1602			2048
Leamington Spa	1242	1743	2100	1242	1621			2107
Coventry	1258	1758	2114	1258	1650	1729		2122
Birmingham International	1311	1810	2127	1311	1706	1741		2135
Charlbury							1220
Moreton-in-Marsh							1235
Evesham							1250
Worcester Shrub Hill							1312
Kidderminster							13s31
Birmingham New Street arr	1327	1825	2142	1327	1721	1758	1358	2151
Birmingham New Street dep	1344	1829	2156	1344	1731	1805	1413	2203
Tamworth								2221
Derby								2250
Wolverhampton	1400	1846	2212	1400	1759	1823	1441
Stafford		1903	2227		1814	1839	1457
Stoke on Trent		1924				1859
Macclesfield		1944				1918
Crewe	1438			1438	1848		1521
Runcorn					1908
Liverpool Lime Street					1935
Wilmslow			23s12
Stockport		19s59	23s21			19s33
Manchester Piccadilly		2015	2335			1947
Warrington Bank Quay	1457			1457			1549
Wigan Northwestern	1509			1509			1601
Preston	1526			1526			1617F
Lancaster	1545			1545
Oxenholme	1601			1601			1654
Carlisle	1643			1643			1739F
Motherwell							19s06F
Glasgow Central	1810			1810			1923F
A = runs until 29^th September 1990. B = Buffet. C = also runs Saturdays from 6^th October 1990. D = Until 2^nd September 1990. E = runs inward via Canterbury East and returns via Tonbridge hence timings in the “wrong” order. F = runs approx 1 hour later 7^th October 1991 to 27^th January 1991. S = The Sussex Scot.

14^TH May 1990 to 7^th July 1991	M-F(S)	M-F(S)	M-F(S)	SO	SO	SO	SUN	SUN	SUN	SUN
Headcode	1O66		1O90		1O66	1O90	1O66	1O66	1O66
Notes	BC	BC	BCS	AB	AB	AB	BE	BF	BJ	B
Timing load	E210/ D210				E210/ D210		D315	D280	D280
Glasgow Central			1133G			1133				1220
Kilmarnock										1253
Dumfries										1352
Carlisle			1251			1251				1448
Penrith										1504
Oxenholme			1330			1330				1530
Lancaster			1346			1346				1546
Preston			1407			1407				1608
Wigan Northwestern			1421			1421				1624
Warrington Bank Quay			1432			1432				1635
Manchester Piccadilly	0718				0725			1019	1050
Stockport	07u26				07u33			10u29	11u00
Macclesfield	0741				0746				1115
Stoke on Trent	0901				0803				1135
Liverpool Lime Street		0759		0612
Runcorn		0815		0629
Hartford				0642
Crewe		0835	1456	0658		1456		1100		1702
Stafford	0822	0859		0721	0825			1134	1200	1727
Wolverhampton	0840	0917	1532	0740	0841	1532			1226	1744
Derby							1117
Burton on Trent							1130
Birmingham New Street arr	0903	0936	1551	0803	0906	1551	1237	1245	1245	1803
Birmingham New Street dep	0906	0941	1606	0806	0911	1606	1240	1305	1305	1823
Worcester Shrub Hill							13c21
Evesham							1352
Birmingham International	0917	0951	1618	0817	0922	1618				1835
Coventry	0929	1012	1631	0829	0934	1631				1847
Leamington Spa	0943	1026	1645	0843		1645		1348	1348	1901
Banbury	1005	1046	1706	0903		1706		1418	1418	1923
Oxford	1026	1107	1730	0927		1730	1430	1449	1449	1944
Reading	1051	1131	1804	0956		1804	1502	1524	1524	2016
Slough	1107
Milton Keynes Central					1009
Kensington Olympia	1126	1221	1851	1040	1110	1851
Clapham Junction	11s36		19s01		11s19	19s01
East Croydon	1158		1915		1142	1915
Guildford							1535	1608	1608	2108
Redhill							1620	1650	1650	2151
Gatwick Airport	1217		1943		1207	1943	1626	1658	1658	2159
Haywards Heath	1230		1957		1221	1957	1642K	1713H	1713	2214
Brighton	1250		2021				1700K	1737H	1737	2234
Lewes					1235	2013
Eastbourne					1258	2035
Bromley South		1258		1103
Chatham		1325		1129
Faversham		1345		1147
Canterbury East		1359		1200
Dover Priory		1418		1217
Folkestone Central		1430		1254
Ashford (Kent)				1316
A = runs until 29^th September 1990. B = Buffet. C = also runs Saturdays from 6^th October 1990. D = Until 2^nd September 1990. E= Until 30^th September 1990. F = From 7^th October 1990 to 27^th January 1991. G = departs Glasgow Central 1128 from 1^st October 1990. H = From 16^th to 30^th December 1990 then 6^th January 1991 to 27^th January 1991. J = From 3^rd February 1991 to 12^th May 1991. K = Terminates Gatwick from 9th September 1990. S = The Sussex Scot. c = Crew Change

LOCOMOTIVES:

Class 47/8 operation continued on services south of New Street with AC electric haulage north of. The only exception to this was the train routed via the WCML which changed traction at Mitre Bridge / West London Junction.

STOCK:

An acquired Working Timetable shows timing loads are D210/E210 so by this date the light 7 car formations are in use, formed BSO, TSO, TSO, TSO, TSO, TSO, RLF.

PHOTOS:

	47846 heads through Sonning cutting with 1O66 the 0718 Manchester Piccadilly to Brighton. Photo taken 3rd July 1990. Photographer Bob Foster. Used with permission.
	Carriage label for the 1420 Brighton to Manchester Piccadilly. BR21717/70 FPL 643IC Authors collection.
	With a nice plume of black exhaust 47836 gets away from Reading with 1M50 the 1420 Brighton to Manchester Piccadilly. Photo taken July 1990. Photographer unknown / Authors collection.
	47845 waits to depart Folkestone Central with 1M31 the 1716 to Manchester Piccadilly. Typically for this service the catering vehicle is at one end of the train. Photo taken August 1990. Photographer unknown / Authors collection.
	47848 is seen at Folkestone Central ready to depart with 1M31 the 1716 to Manchester Piccadilly. Photo taken August 1990. Photographer unknown / Authors collection.
	Conductors train list for 1S76 the 0918 Brighton to Glasgow Central. It contains details of timekeeping, formation and passenger loadings. Just take a look at the passenger loadings on this one! Dated Thursday 18th October 1990. Supplied by Colin Parkington a retired conductor.
	Conductors train list for 1S76 the 0918 Brighton to Glasgow Central. It contains details of timekeeping, formation and passenger loadings. Dated Monday 29th October 1990. Supplied by Colin Parkington a retired conductor.
	47839 has just arrived at Folkestone Central with either the 0759SX from Liverpool Lime Street or the 0612SO from Liverpool. Photo taken August 1990. Photographer unknown / Authors collection.
	Carriage label for the 0759 Liverpool Lime Street to Folkestone Central.
	Carriage label for the 0918 Brighton to Glasgow Central. The Sussex Scot.
	Carriage label for the 0725 Saturday only dated Manchester to Eastbourne service.
	Carriage label for the 1133 Saturday only dated Edinburgh to Eastbourne service.
	Carriage label for the 0930 SUN only Brighton to Glasgow Central via Worcester, note the typo, Charlbury does not have an 'e'. Supplied by Steve Carter.
	Carriage label for the dated 1019 SUN only Manchester Piccadilly to Gatwick. Supplied by Steve Carter.
	Carriage label for the 1117 SUN only Derby to Brighton.
	Carriage label for the 1128 M-S Glasgow Central to Brighton. Supplied by Steve Carter.
	Carriage label for the 1220 SUN only Glasgow Central to Brighton.
	Carriage label for the 1210 SUN only Glasgow Central to Brighton. Dated service 3/2/91 to 12/5/91. Supplied by Steve Carter.
	Carriage label for the 1831 SUN only Gatwick to Derby.
	47830 stands at Reading working 1M31 the 1716 Folkestone Central to Manchester Piccadilly. Photo taken 18th June 1991. Photographer Graham Walker. Used with permission.