DR 98981 Tonbridge to Tonbridge

On what was predicted to be one of the worst days of the year for the leaf fall an extra Rail Head Treatment Train (RHTT) runs covering approximately half of the planned route before returning to Tonbridge Engineers Sidings just over an hour early.

 

According to Realtime Trains the route and timings were;

Tonbridge Engineers Sdn...0730.............0730....................RT

Tonbridge [TON] A................0732/0742..NoRep/0740.....2E

Paddock Wood 2...................0750.............0747....................3E

Maidstone West [MDW] 1.....0816..............0806.................10E

Cuxton [CUX]..........................0834.............0827....................7E

Strood [SOO] 3.......................0841/0847...0836/0839........8E

Cuxton [CUX] 2......................0851..............0843....................8E

Maidstone West [MDW] 2....0908.............0905...................3E

Paddock Wood 2...................0925.............0920 1/2.............4E

Tonbridge [TON] U...............0935.............0934.....................1E

Sevenoaks [SEV] 2................0947/0953..NoRep/0953.....RT

Orpington [ORP] 4.................1002..............1003.....................1L

Petts Wood Junction............1004..............1006....................2L

Bickley Junction[XLY]..........1006..............1007......................1L

Shortlands Junction..............1012...............1012.....................RT

Beckenham Junction ..........1017................1013 1/2...............3E

Beckenham Junction 3........1028..............1023.....................5E

Shortlands Junction..............1030..............1026....................4E

Bickley Junction[XLY]..........1033 1/2........1032......................1E

Bickley Junction[XLY]..........1130 1/2.........1237..................66L

Swanley [SAY] 2.....................1139 1/2.........1039..................60E

Otford Junction[XOT]...........1150 1/2.........1049..................61E

Maidstone East [MDE] 2.......1213 1/2.........1138...................85E

Otford Junction[XOT]...........1325..............1219...................66E

Swanley [SAY] 1......................1336...............1227 1/2...........68E

St Mary Cray Junction..........1340..............1232..................68E

Swanley [SAY] 4.....................1355..............1243..................72E

Otford Junction[XOT]...........1405..............1302..................63E

Sevenoaks [SEV] 3................1414................1311 1/2.............62E

Tonbridge [TON] 2................1423/1423....1326/NoRep...57E

Tonbridge Engineers Sdn...1426..............1330..................56E

 

Done