OLYMPIA EXPRESS - 19 December 2009

Not very often a diesel railtour gets a thread here, so I'd thought i'd try it.

the Hastings DEMU is coming to London (fit's in nice with Clan Line in between)

Where is this unit going to be serviced from Kensington ? (Clapham, Willesden, Southall ?)


1Z82** 0832 Hastings - Shepherds Bush
Hastings 08 32
St. Leonards Warrior Square 08 35 08 37
Battle 08 48 08 50
Robertsbridge 08 58 09 00
Etchingham 09 04 09 06
Wadhurst 09 18 09 20
Tunbridge Wells 09 28 09 30
Tonbridge 09 38 09 43
Sevenoaks 09 54
Orpington 10 02
Bromley South 10 09
Bellingham 10 15
Denmark Hill 10 22
Factory Junction 10 40
Kensington Olympia 10 59 11 03 St.
Shepherds Bush 11 06



1Z83** 1831 Shepherds Bush - Hastings
Shepherds Bush 18 36
Kensington Olympia 18 39 18 43
Factory Junction 18 57
Denmark Hill 19 02
Bellingham 19 10
Bromley South 19 17
Orpington 19 29
Sevenoaks 19 53
Tonbridge 20D04 20D10
Tunbridge Wells 20D19 20D21
Wadhurst 20D34 20D37
Etchingham 20D47 20D49
Robertsbridge 20D54 20D56
Battle 21D06 21D08
Leonards Warrior Square 21D22 21D24
Hastings 21 29

 

Thanks for that. Although I am primarily a steam fan, I do have a soft spot for these unique units as they were very much part of my life in the late sixties and seventies. My Dad used to commute daily to London from Sevenoaks and I remember him talking about them when they first came into service, displacing the steam service. He didn't like them!
I saw the tour today near Sevenoaks Tunnel and it was nice to hear that familiar growl! No I know it's not like Tangmere, but part of our railway heritage nevertheless. I will get my steam 'fix' on Monday when 60163 does its whirl around Kent, then out to watch Tangy on the Hastings line on Tuesday.