Addlestone, Surrey
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Fickle April skies clear late afternoon to set 6Y42 Hoo Jn-Eastleigh departmental with 73109/213 through the attractive woodlands near Addlestone.
Public footpath walk Weybridge to Addlestone.
19th April 2023
It's 'EDs o'clock' with the sudden and welcome scheduling of GBRf's Cl73s 73213/119 upon SITT vehicles 6Y68 14.28 Eastleigh East Yd-Tonbridge West Yd, the ensemble passing private waters beside the Wey at Addlestone Jn.
4th April 2023
57312 seen conveying two barrier vehicles and running as 5O87 0532 Derby RTC to Wimbledon Park Depot. The location is approaching Addlestone, Surrey, the road bridge in the background linking to the M25.
Addlestone station near Weybridge in Surrey with my shadow, and that of the footbridge, on the tracks.
Rail Operations Group's 47815 powers through Addlestone in Surrey while working 5O86, a stock move from Ely to Eastleigh conveying 2 class 442 units.
The 24 class 442s were built between 1987 and 1989 for use on the South Western lines out of Waterloo. After 2007 these units were released for use by Gatwick Express. Gatwick Express used the 442s from 2008 until March 2017.
At the time of my picture the future for the class 442 was uncertain since no further use was committed for the fleet. The reason for this move from long term storage at Ely to Arlington's at Eastleigh was not clear.
In March 2017 South Western Railway (SWR) won the franchise to provide train services out of Waterloo. To provide increased capacity, SWR committed to refurbishment and reintroduction of 18 class 442s.
However, since then reintroduction has been slow.
With the effective end of rail franchising in the UK, and the massive drop in ridership caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the future of the class 442s is once again in question.
For these particular units (2405 and 2424), the central motor coaches were scrapped in 2020 but the remainder of the coaches survive.
A token delay assists the sun angle upon GBRf's 66728 rounding Addlestone Jn working 4Y19 12.24 Mountfield-Southampton gypsum empties. Early spring colours to the fore.
4th April 2023
The popular class 73 'Electro Diesel' locomotives employed by GBRf make a very rare sight these days on full length freight or engineers trains, usually being used for seasonal rail head treatment trains and lying dormant for much of the rest of the year.
Or at least they did until last week!
It would appear that trouble with the class 69's has left GBRf with a traction shortage. The answer has been to employ pairs of ED's on the regular engineers trains between Eastleigh and Hoo Junction, a route perfectly suited to them where aside from the yards they can stay on the 'juice' the whole way utilising their reliable electric capacity.
The word on the street at the moment is that this is the plan until the end of the summer (at which point the locos will presumably be needed for RHTT work, and the 69's might be working reliably).
This is 6Y42 the afternoon trip from Hoo Junction to Eastleigh, captured from above as it approaches Byfleet Junction and the South West Mainline with electric power being provided by 73109 and 73213. The field below is not accessible on foot.
Catch them while you can!
Addlestone sunrise - confirmation of the old rhyme "Shepherd's warning" as rain arrived later in the morning
2022PAD 352/365 (18/12)
An earlier Spring outing for GBRf's striking addition 69004 is seen with chum 69003 ensuring train delivery upon reaching Addlestone Junction with 4Y19 gypsum empty boxes following tightly behind the Newhaven aggregates.
20th April 2022
Like a lot of women of a certain age, Daisy likes to keep an eye on the comings and goings in her neighbourhood even whilst taking a well deserved nap!
Barnes, Barnes Bridge. Chiswick, Kew Bridge, Brentford, Syon Lane, Isleworth, Hounslow, Feltham, Ashford, Staines, Egham, Virginia Water, Chertsey, Addlestone, Byfleet & New Haw, West Byfleet, Woking.
Cardinal Buses Alexander Dennis Dart / SLF at their Surrey base.
New to Travel London in 2006 as DP474
I'm once again taken to a hostile alien planet when I see this scene. Feelings evoked of a desolate wasteland... humanity searching for life among the stars but finding nothing but lifelessness. ...Perhaps I should write science fiction.
This was a cool place, although the mud following torrential rain was attempting to drag me beneath the surface. I'd love to go again, but it's particularly far from me, and arduous to get into. None of us are getting younger, eh?
(From the Tim archives - although I believe this was only taken 9/10 months ago. I was looking through my older stuff, wondering if I'd been too harsh on myself, not putting many shots on here. Short story; nope, they're just as bad as I thought)
Some pictures taken by the late Michael Cleary. Probably in February 1981. This was one of a handful of these Swifts that were hanging on at Addlestone garage.
Wetlands abound through Addlestone Junction seeing DB's Class 66 66019 take 6Y55 11.03 Angerstein Wharf-Woking Down Recp loaded aggregates onward to the south-west mainline.
Passing about 7min early the train crept up to the signal, this being handy as gusts of easterlies, topical of the time, were testing my elevated foothold!
2nd April 2025
Weybridge is a town by the River Wey in the Elmbridge district of Surrey. It is bounded to the north by the River Thames at the mouth of the Wey, from which it gets its name. It is an outlying suburban town within the Greater London Urban Area, situated 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Woking and 16 miles (25 km) southwest of central London. Real estate prices are well above the national average: as of 2008, six of the ten most expensive streets in South East England (defined as the official government region, which excludes Greater London) were in Weybridge.
Weybridge, based on its parish bounds, forms three wards of the United Kingdom or can be divided into the Thames Street and town centre area, the Queens Road area on top of Monument Hill, most of Brooklands and St George's Hill. Within the post town, rather than Weybridge's other boundaries is Oatlands or Oatlands Village.
From a spot seasonally opened up by 'veg' die back the latest Cl701 emu delivery (701528) 5Q20 Litchurch Lane-Eastleigh TRSMD approaches Addlestone Jn at Coxes Lock RT headed by 47749 'City of Truro'.
Linesde cabinet cleaned remotely!
26th January 2024
Spring last year saw Addlestone Jn yet clear of lineside growth and unmarred appearance of GBRf's 47739 passing upon 5Q10 07.50 Derby Litchurch Lane-Eastleigh TRSMD Cl701 emu drag.
The period mill building at Coxes Lock is on the left.
14th April 2022
Some pictures taken by the late Michael Cleary. Spring 1981.
These SM class Swifts must have been a bit scarce by then.
Preserved former London Transport MCW Metrobus M5 is seen in Addlestone.
Many thanks to the kind staff for moving a vehicle to get this shot.
Allocated to Guildford garage on rte "463 Guildford - Walton".
RP6 w/d from service 6/83 sold to Rennies in Dunfermline
Some pictures taken by the late Michael Cleary. Spring 1981.
The 725 clearly had an allocation from Addlestone garage. Nor do I recall the route going to Woking.
White Bus
Alexander Dennis Enviro200
69 - SN16OSX
Seen on route 446 in Ottershaw.
This is where the 446 deviates from its pre-2016 routeing which carried on into Addlestone to continue into Woking via what is now the 456. Originally, Brox Road was served by the 557.
An hour's late departure from the coast opens an opportunity for a leisurely afternoon call lineside at Weybridge to catch GBRf's 66795 upon 6Y26 10.48 Newhaven Marine-Woking Down Yd loaded aggregates seen at the approach to Addlestone Junction.
20th April 2022
1995 Vauxhall Astra Arizona 5-door.
1389cc.
Supplied by Crockford Bridge Motors of Addlestone (Vauxhall).
Seen here for sale @ £1995.