34010 Sidmouth – Timing Logs
Two logs of runs made by Sidmouth in BR service, recorded by Brian L Smith ©B L Smith.
17:24 Basingstoke to Waterloo, Ex Bournemouth, Monday 21st March 1964
Load: | 11 coaches, 1 van - 396 tons tare / c. 420 tons gross |
Crew: | Driver L Nash (Nine Elms MPD) |
Distance | Station | Schedule | Time | Speed | |
0.00 | Basingstoke | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
5.60 | Hook | 7.44 | 63½ | ||
7.95 | Winchfield | 9.53 | 68 | ||
11.30 | Fleet | 12.33 | 78/79 | ||
14.55 | Farnborough | 15.07 | 72 | ||
15.75 | Sturt Lane SB | 15.59 | 72½ | ||
16.80 | MP 31 | 16.59 | 72½/76 | ||
19.80 | Brookwood | 19.23 | 75 | ||
23.05 | Woking Junction | 22.17 | 49* | ||
23.45 | Woking arr. | 26.00 | 23.14 | ||
0.00 | Woking dep. | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
2.70 | West Byfleet | 4.53 | 55½ | ||
3.95 | Byfleet & Newhaw | 7.22 | 63 | ||
5.25 | Weybridge | 7.22 | 63 | ||
7.25 | Walton | 9.16 | 68½ | ||
8.40 | Hersham | 10.15 | 71/73½ | ||
9.95 | Esher | 11.32 | 72½/74 | ||
11.00 | Hampton Court Junction | 14.00 | 12.26 | 71½/70 | |
12.30 | Surbiton | 13.31 | 70½ | ||
13.40 | Berrylands | 14.27 | 68 | ||
14.60 | New Malden | 15.33 | 63½/59½ | ||
15.70 | Raynes Park | 16.43 | 60½ | ||
17.15 | Wimbledon | 18.07 | 61½/64 | ||
18.80 | Earlsfield | 19.42 | 63½ | ||
20.45 | Clapham Junction | 26.00 | 21.45 | 41* | |
21.70 | Queens Road | 23.29 | 46½ | ||
23.05 | Vauxhall | 26.18 | 38½ | ||
24.35 | Waterloo | 33.00 | 28.47 |
Net times: 23.25 min Basingstoke - Woking, 28.75 min Woking - Waterloo
Dep Basingstoke 1.25 min late, arrive Woking 1.50 min early. Dep Woking on time, arr Waterloo 4.25 min early.
With quite a heavy train Sidmouth easily beat the schedule from Basingstoke to Woking, and then arrived in Waterloo 4 min early thanks to a rare run into London with no signal checks.
21:58 Basingstoke to Waterloo, Ex Weymouth, Monday 25th April 1964
Load: | 5 coaches, 5 vans - 323 tons tare / c. 350 tons gross |
Crew: | Driver Reuben Hendicott (Nine Elms MPD) |
Distance | Station | Schedule | Time | Speed | |
0.00 | Basingstoke | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
5.60 | Hook | 6.54 | 70½ | ||
7.95 | Winchfield | 8.52 | 74½/81 | ||
11.30 | Fleet | 11.24 | 78/80 | ||
14.55 | Farnborough | 13.58 | 74½ | ||
15.75 | Sturt Lane SB | 14.54 | 74 | ||
16.80 | MP 31 | 15.45 | 73½ | ||
19.80 | Brookwood | 18.07 | 83½/86½ | ||
23.05 | Woking Junction | 20.49 | 32* | ||
23.45 | Woking arr. | 26.00 | 21.59 | ||
0.00 | Woking dep. | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
2.70 | West Byfleet | 5.32 | 61½ | ||
3.95 | Byfleet & Newhaw | 5.32 | 70½ | ||
5.25 | Weybridge | 6.38 | 71/70 | ||
7.25 | Walton | 8.19 | 77½ | ||
8.40 | Hersham | 9.13 | 80½/79½ | ||
9.95 | Esher | 10.24 | 80 | ||
11.00 | Hampton Court Junction | 12.00 | 11.15 | 75½ | |
12.30 | Surbiton | 12.21 | 69 | ||
13.40 | Berrylands | 13.18 | 69 | ||
14.60 | New Malden | 14.21 | 69/70 | ||
15.70 | Raynes Park | 15.19 | 69 | ||
17.15 | Wimbledon | 16.38 | 65/62½ | ||
18.80 | Earlsfield | 18.18 | 63½ *sigs | ||
20.45 | Clapham Junction | 22.00 | 22.11 | 18 *sigs | |
21.70 | Queens Road | 24.46 | 48½ | ||
23.05 | Vauxhall | 26.35 | 38½ | ||
24.35 | Waterloo | 29.00 | 30.23 |
Net times: 22 min Basingstoke - Woking, 27 min Woking - Waterloo
Dep Basingstoke on time, arr Woking 4 min early. Dep Woking on time, arr Waterloo 1.50 min late.
With a lighter load Sidmouth touched 86½ at Brookwood, followed by 80½ at Hersham.