INTRODUCTION:
2001 would see the end of
the loco hauled trains. Virgin Voyagers were being delivered a rapid rate of
knots and would soon take over from some very tired class 47's.
Voyagers started operating from the 22nd
June 2001. Full Voyager service on the Brighton
line started on the 26th November 2001.
Voyager 220022 was named "Brighton
Voyager" at Brighton station on the 14th December 2001 by Councillor Harry Steer, Mayor of Brighton.
Friday the 23rd
of November 2001 saw the penultimate loco hauled departure from Brighton
with 47851 in two tone green livery hauling the train, 47747 was on the
rear. This trip was filmed as a cab ride between Brighton and
Birmingham. It now remastered on
DVD great DVD picture quality isn't brilliant but the sound
makes up for it!
The following article is from the
Brighton Evening
Argus 12th December 2001 and makes interesting reading.
A revolution in
long-distance train services will open up the rest of the
country to Sussex rail travellers. The ordeal of taking a
crowded Tube across the capital to connect with trains heading
to the North will be replaced by frequent 125mph
straight-through services from Brighton. Under the
transformation, more cross-country train services will be
introduced, giving Sussex a two-hourly link to the North-West.
Virgin Trains plans to
increase the number of trains it runs from Brighton to
Manchester and Liverpool with a
two-hourly weekday
service to at least one of the two cities in 2003.
The rail company has
been impressed
with demand for its services from Brighton to Manchester via
Reading, Oxford, Birmingham and Stafford. Two trains from
Brighton leaving at 9.20am and 2.18pm make the journey each
weekday, taking six hours. One of the trains, the Sussex Scot,
continues on to Edinburgh in one of the longest continuous rail
journeys in Britain today.
Virgin's Jim Rowe
said: "There is a demand for more cross-country routes,
especially between Brighton and North-West England. There is
also a strong demand for services between Oxford, Gatwick and
Brighton. It seems people do not want to spend time negotiating
the Underground and prefer to stay on one train in comfortable
surroundings. We believe the demand is there for more routes
where travellers do not have to use the Underground. "
"In 2003 we hope to be
able to offer a
two-hourly link to either Manchester or Liverpool. We
hope to be able to speed up the journeys on our new trains."
Exact timetabling and the frequency of the additional service
have yet to be announced. The new services will be operated by
Voyager trains capable of 125 mph.
Note:
2003 saw the
service cut, the end of 2008 saw it withdrawn
completely.
The "historic" services remain
largely unaltered apart from the Sunday service from Glasgow now
ran via Manchester Piccadilly. Several new trains were
introduced giving very early and late departures from Gatwick to
Birmingham mainly via Guildford. In the reverse direction the
late trains ran through to Brighton. As the Voyagers were based
at the EWS depot at Three Bridges rather than Lovers Walk overnight there was a
lot of ECS moves.
The Sussex Scot was formed of two
Voyager units which meant double the traincrew.
Sundays saw a near hourly service
operating between Redhill and Birmingham New Street via
Guildford, but with just a 15 minute turnaround there was not
much chance of recovering any late running.
TIMETABLE and ROUTE:
20th
May 2001 to 1st June 2002 |
M-F |
SO |
SO |
M-S |
SO |
M-S |
M-F |
SO |
M-F |
SUN |
SUN |
Headcode |
1M?? |
1M?? |
1M?? |
1S76 |
1M?? |
1M50 |
1M?? |
1M?? |
1M?? |
1M?? |
1S?? |
Notes |
BD |
BD |
BD |
BSF |
BD |
B |
BD |
BD |
BD |
BDH |
BS |
Brighton |
|
|
|
0920E |
|
1418 |
|
|
|
|
1220 |
Haywards Heath |
|
|
|
0933 |
|
1433 |
|
|
|
|
1236 |
Gatwick Airport
|
0540 |
0535 |
0618 |
0945 |
1118 |
1445 |
1912 |
1918 |
2018 |
|
1248 |
Redhill
|
|
|
0640 |
|
1130 |
|
1931 |
1930 |
2035 |
0941 |
1305 |
Guildford |
|
|
0703 |
|
1200 |
|
2004 |
1956 |
2057 |
1004 |
1328 |
East Croydon
|
0555 |
0548 |
|
1001 |
|
1502 |
|
|
|
|
|
Kensington
Olympia |
0616 |
0605 |
|
1021 |
|
1527 |
|
|
|
|
|
Reading |
0653 |
0642 |
0733 |
1123 |
1236 |
1630 |
2039 |
2032 |
2139 |
1034 |
1400 |
Didcot Parkway |
|
|
|
|
|
1647 |
|
|
|
|
|
Oxford |
0721 |
0707 |
0759 |
1155 |
1259 |
1701 |
2105 |
2057 |
2205 |
1107 |
1428 |
Banbury |
0740 |
0735 |
0818 |
1220 |
1324 |
1723 |
2133 |
2116 |
2233 |
1126 |
1448 |
Leamington Spa |
0756 |
0754 |
0835 |
1239 |
1341 |
1744 |
2154 |
2133 |
2258 |
1145 |
1510 |
Solihull |
0822 |
0810 |
0858 |
|
1359 |
|
2220 |
2200 |
2320 |
1204 |
|
Coventry |
|
|
|
1253 |
|
1802 |
|
|
|
|
1524 |
Birmingham
International |
|
|
|
1305 |
|
1815 |
|
|
|
|
1538 |
Birmingham N St
arr |
0838 |
0827 |
0916 |
1318 |
1421 |
1827 |
2237 |
2213 |
2337 |
1218 |
1550 |
Birmingham N St
dep |
|
|
|
1334 |
|
1837 |
|
|
|
|
1605 |
Wolverhampton
|
|
|
|
1352 |
|
1855 |
|
|
|
|
1624 |
Stafford
|
|
|
|
1407 |
|
1910 |
|
|
|
|
1639 |
Stoke on Trent |
|
|
|
|
|
1933 |
|
|
|
|
|
Macclesfield |
|
|
|
|
|
1951 |
|
|
|
|
|
Crewe |
|
|
|
1432 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1706 |
Wilmslow |
|
|
|
1455 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockport
|
|
|
|
1505 |
|
2005 |
|
|
|
|
|
Manchester
Piccadilly |
|
|
|
1519 |
|
2023 |
|
|
|
|
|
Bolton |
|
|
|
1539C |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preston |
|
|
|
1608C |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1820 |
Lancaster |
|
|
|
1633C |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1847 |
Oxenholme |
|
|
|
1649C |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1903 |
Penrith |
|
|
|
1716C |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1930 |
Carlisle |
|
|
|
1734C |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1948 |
Lockerbie |
|
|
|
1755C |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009 |
Haymarket |
|
|
|
19s16C |
|
|
|
|
|
|
21s11 |
Edinburgh
Waverley |
|
|
|
1922C |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2120 |
B = Buffet
C = Terminates
at Manchester Piccadilly Saturdays only 12th January
2002 to 23rd March 2002.
D = From 30th
September 2001
E = Departs
0918 Saturdays.
F = arrives
Haymarket and Edinburgh approx 10 minutes earlier on Saturdays
H = Repeats at
1041, 1141, 1341, 1441, 1541, 1641, 1741, 1841 and 1941.
S = The Sussex
Scot. |
20th
May 2001 to 1st June 2002 |
M-S |
SO |
SO |
M-S |
M-F |
M-S |
M-S |
SUN |
SUN |
Headcode |
1O66 |
1O?? |
1O?? |
1O90 |
1O?? |
1O?? |
1O?? |
1O?? |
1O?? |
Notes |
B |
BD |
BD |
BS |
BD |
BD |
BD |
BDH |
BS |
Edinburgh
Waverley |
|
|
|
1040C |
|
|
|
|
|
Haymarket |
|
|
|
1045C |
|
|
|
|
|
Glasgow Central
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1250 |
Motherwell |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1305 |
Carlisle |
|
|
|
1205C |
|
|
|
|
1415 |
Penrith |
|
|
|
1220C |
|
|
|
|
1432 |
Oxenholme
|
|
|
|
1246C |
|
|
|
|
1500 |
Lancaster |
|
|
|
1302C |
|
|
|
|
1515 |
Preston |
|
|
|
1333C |
|
|
|
|
1548 |
Bolton |
|
|
|
1356C |
|
|
|
|
1611 |
Manchester
Piccadilly |
0715 |
|
|
1417 |
|
|
|
|
1632 |
Stockport
|
0725 |
|
|
1427 |
|
|
|
|
|
Wilmslow |
|
|
|
1436 |
|
|
|
|
|
Macclesfield |
0740 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stoke on Trent |
0801 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Crewe |
|
|
|
1500 |
|
|
|
|
1710 |
Stafford |
0825 |
|
|
1525 |
|
|
|
|
1736 |
Wolverhampton
|
0842 |
|
|
1542 |
|
|
|
|
1752 |
Birmingham New
St arr |
0900 |
|
|
1600 |
|
|
|
|
1815 |
Birmingham New
St dep |
0906 |
1108 |
1506 |
1606 |
1809 |
1909 |
2020 |
1040 |
1825 |
Birmingham
International |
0916 |
|
|
1616 |
|
|
|
|
1835 |
Coventry
|
0928 |
|
|
1628 |
|
|
|
|
1847 |
Solihull |
|
1122 |
1523 |
|
1828 |
1928 |
|
1100 |
|
Leamington Spa |
0944 |
1139 |
1550 |
1644 |
1852 |
1952 |
2051 |
1117 |
1904 |
Banbury |
1003 |
1158 |
1608 |
1704 |
1912 |
2012 |
2110 |
1134 |
1925 |
Oxford |
1026 |
1223 |
1629 |
1726 |
1939 |
2033 |
|
1158 |
1947 |
Didcot Parkway |
1040 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
Reading |
1059 |
1251 |
1658 |
1805 |
2026 |
2102 |
2159 |
1223 |
2018 |
Kensington
Olympia |
1150 |
|
|
1856 |
|
|
|
|
|
East Croydon
|
1215 |
|
|
1930 |
|
|
|
|
|
Guildford |
|
1330 |
1730 |
|
2100 |
2131 |
2229 |
1257 |
2052 |
Redhill
|
|
1358 |
1758 |
|
2128 |
2158 |
2259 |
1328 |
2122 |
Gatwick Airport
|
1232 |
1411 |
1811 |
1947 |
2141 |
2211 |
2313 |
|
2142 |
Haywards Heath
|
1250 |
|
|
2005 |
2159 |
2236 |
2326 |
|
2155 |
Brighton
|
1307 |
|
|
2023 |
2219 |
2243 |
2345 |
|
2213 |
B = Buffet
C = Starts
Manchester Piccadilly Saturdays only 12th January
2002 to 23rd March 2002.
D = From 30th
September 2001
H = Repeats at
1140, 1240, 1336, 1440, 1540, 1636, 1747, 1840, 1936, and 2040
S = The Sussex
Scot. |
LOCOMOTIVES:
Invariably a class 47/8 or
47/7 south of Preston with class 86/2's north of. The class 47's were long
past there best and were becoming increasingly unreliable. A few class 47/7's
popped up from time to time.
STOCK:
The standard 7 car Mk2F XC sets reigned
supreme. Formation
BSO TSO TSO TSO TSO
TSO RLF. Until the Voyagers took over. Both trains to Brighton were
normally formed of 2 x 4 car 220 units.
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47741 'Resilient' is
captured at Kensington Olympia whilst working 1O66 the 0715 Manchester
Piccadilly to Brighton, noted as being 45 mins late.
Photo taken 23rd May 2001.
Photographer unknown /
Authors collection. |
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47747 'Respublica'
approaches Leyland with 1S76 the 0920 Brighton to Edinburgh, 'The Sussex Scot'
Photo taken 7th June 2001.
Photographer S.Withers / Authors collection. |
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47712 'Artemis' gets away
from Gatwick Airport with
1S76 the 0920
Brighton to Edinburgh. "The Sussex Scot".
Photo taken July 2001.
Photographer unknown /
Authors collection.
|
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47845 "County of Kent" passes Acton Mainline
station with 1S76 the
0920 Brighton to Edinburgh service. The Sussex Scot"
Photo taken 7th July 2001.
Photographer unknown / Authors collection. |
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47806
heads 1M50 the 1418 Brighton to Manchester service at Smitham. The
overgrown area to the right is the former
Coulsdon North station
site, now covered in a new road.
Photo taken 11th
July 2001.
Photographer
Mark Shipman
Used with permission.
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47712 passes Smitham with 1S76 the 0920
Brighton to Edinburgh. "The Sussex Scot".
Photo taken 12th July 2001.
Photographer
Mark Shipman
Used with permission.
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86222 waits at Carlisle to
depart with 1O90 the 1040 Edinburgh to Brighton 'Sussex Scot' a Royal Mail class
325 sits in one of the middle roads.
Photo taken 28th July
2001
Photographer John Irving.
Used with permission.
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47712 'Artemis' passes
Stoats Nest Junction, Purley with
1O66 the 0715 Manchester
Piccadilly to Brighton.
Summer 2001.
Photographer unknown /Authors collection.
|
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47849
' Bangor Cathedral' arrives at Preston with 1S76 the 0920 Brighton to Edinburgh
' Sussex Scot'
Photo taken 1st August
2001.
Photographer
Stan Withers /Authors collection.
Used with permission.
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47854 clags away from
Reading with 1O66
the 0715 Manchester
Piccadilly to Brighton.
Photo taken 7th August
2001
Photographer
Shaun C.
Used with permission.
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47829 waits at Reading
with 1S76 the 0920 Brighton to Edinburgh alongside one of those new fangled
Voyager things.
Photo taken 7th August
2001
Photographer
Shaun C.
Used with permission.
|
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47849_arrives at Kensington Olympia with 1O66 0715 Manchester Piccadilly to
Brighton
Photo
taken 8th August 2001
Photographer
Rowan Crawshaw.
Used with permission.
|
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47848 "Newton Abbot Festival of
Transport" passes West Drayton with 1O66 the 0708
Manchester to Brighton service.
Photo taken 18th August 2001.
Photographer unknown /
Authors collection. |
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47827 heads west at Acton
with 1M50 the 1418 Brighton to Manchester Piccadilly.
Photo taken 22nd August 2001.
Photographer unknown /
Authors collection.
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47822 " Pride of Shrewsbury" at platform
6 Brighton having just brought in 1O66 the 0708 from Manchester Piccadilly.
Photo taken 30th August 2001.
Photographer Richard Boyd.
Used with permission.
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86222 arrives at Carlisle
with 1090 the southbound 'Sussex Scot'
Photo taken 11th October
2001.
Photographer
John Irving.
Used with permission. |
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47829 is captured at Crewe
with 1S76 0918 Brighton to Edinburgh the 'Sussex Scot'
Photo taken 12th October
2001.
Photographer
Rowan Crawshaw.
Used with permission. |
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86258 'Talyllyn - The
First Preserved Railway' captured at Carlisle
with 1090 the southbound 'Sussex Scot' .
Photo taken 9th November 2001.
Photographer
John Irving.
Used with permission. |
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86258 'Talyllyn - The
First Preserved Railway' once again captured at Carlisle
with 1090 the southbound 'Sussex Scot' .
Photo taken 24th November 2001.
Photographer
John Irving.
Used with permission. |
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47828 waits for the off at Crewe with 1S76 the
0920 Brighton to Edinburgh, the 'Sussex Scot'.
Photographer
Rowan Crawshaw.
Used with permission. |
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The new order at Reading,
222023 waits at Reading with a Gatwick to Birmingham service.
Photo taken 4th December
2001.
Photographer Bob Foster
Used with permission. |
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Unit 220022 was named
'Brighton Voyager' on the
14th December 2001.
Photographer Steve Carter
Used with permission. |
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Unit 220022 was named
'Brighton Voyager' on the
14th December 2001.
This recently acquired
unfitted 'spare' nameplate has arrived at the home of www.1S76.com |
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220022 'Brighton Voyager'
and 220032 head south with 1O90 the 1040 Edinburgh to Brighton the 'Sussex Scot'
This service was usually two units through to Brighton.
Photo taken 2nd
January 2002.
Photographer
John Irving.
Used with permission. |
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220010 was by itself when
working 1O90 the 1040 Edinburgh to Brighton the 'Sussex Scot' Photo taken 14th
February 2002.
Photographer
John Irving.
Used with permission. |
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47814 is captured East
Croydon with 1O90 the 1040 Edinburgh to Brighton just two days before loco
hauled services to Brighton would end and the Voyagers would work all the
services.
Photo taken 1st March
2002.
Photographer
Jon
Piesing
Used with permission. |
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220019 and 220014 depart
Carlisle with 1O90 the 1040 Edinburgh to Brighton the 'Sussex Scot'
Photo taken 24th March
2002.
Photographer
John Irving.
Used with permission. |
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Arriving
at Leamington Spa are Voyagers
220024 and 220010 with 1S76 the 0920 Brighton to Edinburgh.
Photo taken 10th April 2002. Photographer
John Irving.
Used with permission. |
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Carlisle
station and 221113 and 221116
arrive with the southbound Sussex Scot the 1040 Departure from
Edinburgh to Brighton.
Photo
taken 6th May 2002. Photographer
John Irving.
Used with permission. |
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A carriage
label for the Redhill to Birmingham New Street Sunday services.
Supplied by Steve Carter. |
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