6O32, 46446, and 6V13 Margam to Dollands Moor route (then to Rotterdam Botlek for Broekman Group, the Netherlands or to Myriad in Maubeuge France)
The route of staaltrein 6O32 and 6V13 in the UK which cross through the channel tunnel to Calais Frethun shown in red. On alternate days the wagons are thought to continue to Rotterdam Botlek for Broekman Group, the Netherlands (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays) or to Myriad in Maubeuge France (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays). Parts of both routes shown in blue are a best guess but it is known to run from Calais-Frethun via Ebblinghem and Staple to Hazebrouck then Lille. If you have any more information please let me know. Nicolas B photographed class 66 number 052 passing Staple (department 59 France) heading to Maubeuge on 19 June 2014 including two wagons, Laurent Knop photographed a similar set of wagons at Landas (department 59 France) hauled by two locomotives including class 77 number 008 (previously HLD 5709) also working from Calais Fréthun to Maubeuge on 17 April 2014 and another similar set of wagons was photographed by Tarek Marouane at La Chapell D'Armentieres France returning to the UK from Maubeuge being hauled by class 66 number 062 on 5 April 2014 (photo and account now removed from Flickr).
The service from Calais Frethun to Rotterdam Botlek was photographed by Laurent Knop at Merris (department 59 France) going via Mouscron Belgium. Trainspotter gilliam photographed class 77 ECR number 006 on 46446 hauling empty steel wagons (staalwagens) between Antwerp Schijnpoort and Calais on 31 January 2015, it also being photographed byTreinfoto Belgie at Kortrijk Belgium. Treinfoto Belgie has also photographed the service at Harelbeke railway station on 1 April 2015, while trainspotter gilliam has photographed it at at Berchem railway station on 18 March 2015, at West Berchem, at Melsele on 27 January 2015 and at Zwijndrecht station on 21 January 2015.
It was also photographed by Peter Boot passing Botlek level crossing on 5 August 2011 hauled by Captrain 1206 L032 and by Magnus Souverein at Willemsdorp near Station Dordrecht Zuid on 21 May 2011.
The steel flow from South Wales to Maubeuge (France) and to Broekman (Holland) stopped running through the Channel tunnel at the end of November 2015. The flow to Maubeuge was cancelled as the cold mill which produced this material was mothballed as part of the Tata Steel strip downsizing programme. Instead Maubeuge is supplied from Tata Steels Limuiden plant (Holland). 2 grades of steel were also supplied by Tata Steel to Broekman Group to make oil drums. With one grade being sourced from elsewhere the remaining 700 tonnes per week of the second grade was not sufficient to run a block train.
The timetabled route for 6O32 from Margam to Dollands Moor in the UK is;
Margam Terminal Complex............1000
Margam Moors Junction.................1005
Pyle [PYL]............................................1010
Stormy..................................................1014
Bridgend [BGN] 2..............................1020
Tremains..............................................1024½
Pencoed [PCD]...................................1025½
Llanharan [LLR]...................................1029½
Llantrisant [LTI]....................................1032½
Pontyclun [PYC]..................................1033
Miskin...............................................1036/1042
St Fagans Level Crossing............…1050½
Leckwith North Junction.................1055
Cardiff West........................................1056½
Cardiff Central [CDF]........................1057
Rumney River Bridge Junction......1101½
Wentloog Frht Trmnal (Ews)............1105
Marshfield............................................1108
Ebbw Junction....................................1113
Gaer Junction.....................................1114½
Newport [NWP]..................................1116
Maindee West Junction...................1118
Maindee East Junction.....................1118½
East Usk Junction..............................1120
Llanwern West Junction...................1122
Llanwern Exchange Sidings........1137/1237
Llanwern Steelworks East...............1247
Severn Tunnel Junction [STJ] 4......1300
Severn Tunnel West..........................1301
Severn Tunnel East...........................1307
Pilning [PIL] 1.......................................1310
Patchway [PWY] 1..............................1319½
Bristol Parkway [BPW] 3..................1322
Westerleigh Junction.......................1328½
Chipping Sodbury......................1335½/1342
Badmington........................................1350
Hullavington 1400 1416
Little Somerford......1424½
Wootton Bassett Junction......1437
Rushey Platt......1443½
Swindon [SWI] UML......1445
Highworth Junction 1449 1515
Uffington (Oxfordshire)......1529
Challow......1532
Wantage Road 1537 1557
Steventon......1603
Milton Junction......1605
Foxhall Junction [XJF]......1607
Didcot Parkway [DID] 4 1609 1614
Didcot East Junction......1616 RL 1
Moreton Cutting......1617½
Cholsey [CHO]......1621
Goring & Streatley [GOR]......1625
Pangbourne [PAN]......1629
Tilehurst [TLH]......1632
Tilehurst East Junction......1632½
Reading West Junction......1634
Reading [RDG] 15......1635 URL
Kennet Bridge Junction......1636½
Twyford [TWY] 4......1643½
Ruscombe......1645
Maidenhead West......1651½
Maidenhead [MAI] 4......1651½
Maidenhead East......1652
Taplow [TAP]......1654
Burnham [BNM]......1655½
Slough West......1658
Slough [SLO] 5......1659
Dolphin Junction......1701½
Langley [LNY]......1703½
Iver [IVR]......1706
West Drayton Jcn......1708½
West Drayton [WDT]......1709
West Drayton East......1710
Stockley Bridge Junction......1711
Heathrow Airport Junction......1713
Hayes & Harlington [HAY]......1713½
Southall West Junction......1716
Southall [STL]......1718
Southall East Junction......1719½
Hanwell Bridge Loop 1721 1735
Hanwell [HAN]......1737
West Ealing Junction......1738½
West Ealing [WEA]......1739
Ealing Broadway [EAL]......1741
Acton West......1742½
Acton Main Line [AML] GL 1749 1751
Acton Wells Junction......1757
Willesden S.W.S. [XWS] 1759 1806
Mitre Bridge Junction [XMB]......1811
North Pole Signal Vc818......1812
North Pole Junction......1812½
North Pole Signal Vc813.............1813
Shepherds Bush [SPB]................1815
Kensington Olympia [KPA] 3......1816
West Brompton [WBP].................1819
Imperial Wharf [IMW]....................1820½
Latchmere Junction......................1823½
Longhedge Junction....................1837½
Factory Junction.........................1839/1845
Voltaire Road Junction [XVJ]......1846½
Clapham High Street [CLP].........1847
Shepherds Lane Junction...........1849½
Brixton [BRX]..................................1850 ½
Herne Hill [HNH] 3........................1852
West Dulwich [WDU]....................1854
Sydenham Hill [SYH]....................1855
Penge East [PNE]...........................1858
Kent House [KTH]..........................1859
Beckenham Junction [BKJ].........1900½
Shortlands Junction [XOR]..........1902½
Shortlands [SRT]............................1903½
Bromley South [BMS]...................1905½
Bickley [BKL]...................................1908½
Bickley Junction [XLY]..................1910
Petts Wood Junction [XPE]..........1913
Petts Wood [PET]............................1913½
Orpington [ORP] 3..........................1915½
Chelsfield [CLD]..............................1918
Knockholt [KCK]..............................1920
Dunton Green [DNG].....................1926½
Sevenoaks [SEV] 3.........................1929
Hildenborough [HLB].....................1934½
Tonbridge [TON] DF.......................1937
Paddock Wood [PDW]...................1943
Marden [MRN].................................1948
Staplehurst [SPU]...........................1950½
Headcorn [HCN].............................1954
Pluckley [PLC].................................2001½
Ashford Maidstone Loop.............2009½
Ashford International [AFK].........2010
Herringe...........................................2017
Westenhanger [WHA]...................2019½
Sandling [SDG]...............................2021
Saltwood Junction [XSI]...............2022
Dollands Moor Sidings [XLM].....2024
channel tunnel to Calais Frethun
Calais Frethun.......................
Le Pont d'Ardres...................
Nortkerque............................
Audruicq.................................
Ruminghem...........................
Watten-Eperlecques............
Saint-Omer.............................
Renescure..............................
Ebblinghem...........................
Staple......................................
Hazebrouck...........................
Strazeele................................
Bailleul.....................................
Steenwerck............................
Nieppe.....................................
Armentieres............................
Lille
6O32, 46446, and 6V13 Margam to Dollands Moor route (then to Rotterdam Botlek for Broekman Group, the Netherlands or to Myriad in Maubeuge France)
The route of staaltrein 6O32 and 6V13 in the UK which cross through the channel tunnel to Calais Frethun shown in red. On alternate days the wagons are thought to continue to Rotterdam Botlek for Broekman Group, the Netherlands (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays) or to Myriad in Maubeuge France (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays). Parts of both routes shown in blue are a best guess but it is known to run from Calais-Frethun via Ebblinghem and Staple to Hazebrouck then Lille. If you have any more information please let me know. Nicolas B photographed class 66 number 052 passing Staple (department 59 France) heading to Maubeuge on 19 June 2014 including two wagons, Laurent Knop photographed a similar set of wagons at Landas (department 59 France) hauled by two locomotives including class 77 number 008 (previously HLD 5709) also working from Calais Fréthun to Maubeuge on 17 April 2014 and another similar set of wagons was photographed by Tarek Marouane at La Chapell D'Armentieres France returning to the UK from Maubeuge being hauled by class 66 number 062 on 5 April 2014 (photo and account now removed from Flickr).
The service from Calais Frethun to Rotterdam Botlek was photographed by Laurent Knop at Merris (department 59 France) going via Mouscron Belgium. Trainspotter gilliam photographed class 77 ECR number 006 on 46446 hauling empty steel wagons (staalwagens) between Antwerp Schijnpoort and Calais on 31 January 2015, it also being photographed byTreinfoto Belgie at Kortrijk Belgium. Treinfoto Belgie has also photographed the service at Harelbeke railway station on 1 April 2015, while trainspotter gilliam has photographed it at at Berchem railway station on 18 March 2015, at West Berchem, at Melsele on 27 January 2015 and at Zwijndrecht station on 21 January 2015.
It was also photographed by Peter Boot passing Botlek level crossing on 5 August 2011 hauled by Captrain 1206 L032 and by Magnus Souverein at Willemsdorp near Station Dordrecht Zuid on 21 May 2011.
The steel flow from South Wales to Maubeuge (France) and to Broekman (Holland) stopped running through the Channel tunnel at the end of November 2015. The flow to Maubeuge was cancelled as the cold mill which produced this material was mothballed as part of the Tata Steel strip downsizing programme. Instead Maubeuge is supplied from Tata Steels Limuiden plant (Holland). 2 grades of steel were also supplied by Tata Steel to Broekman Group to make oil drums. With one grade being sourced from elsewhere the remaining 700 tonnes per week of the second grade was not sufficient to run a block train.
The timetabled route for 6O32 from Margam to Dollands Moor in the UK is;
Margam Terminal Complex............1000
Margam Moors Junction.................1005
Pyle [PYL]............................................1010
Stormy..................................................1014
Bridgend [BGN] 2..............................1020
Tremains..............................................1024½
Pencoed [PCD]...................................1025½
Llanharan [LLR]...................................1029½
Llantrisant [LTI]....................................1032½
Pontyclun [PYC]..................................1033
Miskin...............................................1036/1042
St Fagans Level Crossing............…1050½
Leckwith North Junction.................1055
Cardiff West........................................1056½
Cardiff Central [CDF]........................1057
Rumney River Bridge Junction......1101½
Wentloog Frht Trmnal (Ews)............1105
Marshfield............................................1108
Ebbw Junction....................................1113
Gaer Junction.....................................1114½
Newport [NWP]..................................1116
Maindee West Junction...................1118
Maindee East Junction.....................1118½
East Usk Junction..............................1120
Llanwern West Junction...................1122
Llanwern Exchange Sidings........1137/1237
Llanwern Steelworks East...............1247
Severn Tunnel Junction [STJ] 4......1300
Severn Tunnel West..........................1301
Severn Tunnel East...........................1307
Pilning [PIL] 1.......................................1310
Patchway [PWY] 1..............................1319½
Bristol Parkway [BPW] 3..................1322
Westerleigh Junction.......................1328½
Chipping Sodbury......................1335½/1342
Badmington........................................1350
Hullavington 1400 1416
Little Somerford......1424½
Wootton Bassett Junction......1437
Rushey Platt......1443½
Swindon [SWI] UML......1445
Highworth Junction 1449 1515
Uffington (Oxfordshire)......1529
Challow......1532
Wantage Road 1537 1557
Steventon......1603
Milton Junction......1605
Foxhall Junction [XJF]......1607
Didcot Parkway [DID] 4 1609 1614
Didcot East Junction......1616 RL 1
Moreton Cutting......1617½
Cholsey [CHO]......1621
Goring & Streatley [GOR]......1625
Pangbourne [PAN]......1629
Tilehurst [TLH]......1632
Tilehurst East Junction......1632½
Reading West Junction......1634
Reading [RDG] 15......1635 URL
Kennet Bridge Junction......1636½
Twyford [TWY] 4......1643½
Ruscombe......1645
Maidenhead West......1651½
Maidenhead [MAI] 4......1651½
Maidenhead East......1652
Taplow [TAP]......1654
Burnham [BNM]......1655½
Slough West......1658
Slough [SLO] 5......1659
Dolphin Junction......1701½
Langley [LNY]......1703½
Iver [IVR]......1706
West Drayton Jcn......1708½
West Drayton [WDT]......1709
West Drayton East......1710
Stockley Bridge Junction......1711
Heathrow Airport Junction......1713
Hayes & Harlington [HAY]......1713½
Southall West Junction......1716
Southall [STL]......1718
Southall East Junction......1719½
Hanwell Bridge Loop 1721 1735
Hanwell [HAN]......1737
West Ealing Junction......1738½
West Ealing [WEA]......1739
Ealing Broadway [EAL]......1741
Acton West......1742½
Acton Main Line [AML] GL 1749 1751
Acton Wells Junction......1757
Willesden S.W.S. [XWS] 1759 1806
Mitre Bridge Junction [XMB]......1811
North Pole Signal Vc818......1812
North Pole Junction......1812½
North Pole Signal Vc813.............1813
Shepherds Bush [SPB]................1815
Kensington Olympia [KPA] 3......1816
West Brompton [WBP].................1819
Imperial Wharf [IMW]....................1820½
Latchmere Junction......................1823½
Longhedge Junction....................1837½
Factory Junction.........................1839/1845
Voltaire Road Junction [XVJ]......1846½
Clapham High Street [CLP].........1847
Shepherds Lane Junction...........1849½
Brixton [BRX]..................................1850 ½
Herne Hill [HNH] 3........................1852
West Dulwich [WDU]....................1854
Sydenham Hill [SYH]....................1855
Penge East [PNE]...........................1858
Kent House [KTH]..........................1859
Beckenham Junction [BKJ].........1900½
Shortlands Junction [XOR]..........1902½
Shortlands [SRT]............................1903½
Bromley South [BMS]...................1905½
Bickley [BKL]...................................1908½
Bickley Junction [XLY]..................1910
Petts Wood Junction [XPE]..........1913
Petts Wood [PET]............................1913½
Orpington [ORP] 3..........................1915½
Chelsfield [CLD]..............................1918
Knockholt [KCK]..............................1920
Dunton Green [DNG].....................1926½
Sevenoaks [SEV] 3.........................1929
Hildenborough [HLB].....................1934½
Tonbridge [TON] DF.......................1937
Paddock Wood [PDW]...................1943
Marden [MRN].................................1948
Staplehurst [SPU]...........................1950½
Headcorn [HCN].............................1954
Pluckley [PLC].................................2001½
Ashford Maidstone Loop.............2009½
Ashford International [AFK].........2010
Herringe...........................................2017
Westenhanger [WHA]...................2019½
Sandling [SDG]...............................2021
Saltwood Junction [XSI]...............2022
Dollands Moor Sidings [XLM].....2024
channel tunnel to Calais Frethun
Calais Frethun.......................
Le Pont d'Ardres...................
Nortkerque............................
Audruicq.................................
Ruminghem...........................
Watten-Eperlecques............
Saint-Omer.............................
Renescure..............................
Ebblinghem...........................
Staple......................................
Hazebrouck...........................
Strazeele................................
Bailleul.....................................
Steenwerck............................
Nieppe.....................................
Armentieres............................
Lille