1968 railtours
Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2021 7:50 pm
Looking back through Six Bells Junction; three local rail tours in 1968. I don't recall seeing any of them advertised, Did any of you ride on any of them?
16th November 1968 L.C.G.B. (Bath Branch) The Cheddar Valley Rail Tour DMU Used 3-car Swindon cross-country set
Bristol Temple Meads - Fishponds - Bath Green Park (1) - Yate - Hallen Marsh Jn - Severn Beach - Clifton Down - (via Bristol avoiding line) - Portishead - Bristol Temple Meads - Witham - Wells - Cheddar - Westbury - Bath Spa - Bristol Temple Meads
29th June 1968 L.C.G.B. (Bath Branch) The North Somerset Farewell Rail Tour
Did this train run? Details taken from an advertising leaflet. DMU Used booked for a WR 3-car cross-country set
?Bristol Temple Meads? - ??? - Yate
Yate - Henbury - Avonmouth - Clifton Down - Bristol Temple Meads (avoiding line) - Portishead - Ashton Jn - Parson Street - Bristol Temple Meads (13.15a ~ 13.45d) - North Somerset Jn - Marsh Jn - Pensford - (via new spur) - Writhlington Colliery Sidings
Writhlington Colliery Sidings - Radstock West - Mells Road - (via Frome curve) - Westbury - Holt Jn - Thingley Jn
Thingley Jn - Box - Bath Spa (18.25a ~ ??.??d) - Bristol Temple Meads (approx. 18.45a)
6th April 1968 R.C.T.S. Thames & Avon Rail Tour DMU Used 51367+59513+59543+51409
London Paddington - Slough - Maidenhead - Reading - Reading Depot through line (1) - Reading West Jn - Didcot - Swindon - Rushley Platt Jn
Rushley Platt Jn - Rodbourne Lane
Rodbourne Lane - Swindon Works
Swindon Works - Rodbourne Lane - Swindon
Swindon - Wootton Bassett Jn - Chippenham - Thingley Jn - Bradford North Jn - Bradford West Jn - Limpley Stoke Jn
Limpley Stoke Jn - Bradford South Jn - Trowbridge - Westbury - Frome North Jn - Frome West GF - Mells Road - Kilmersdon Colliery - Radstock West
Radstock West - Writhlington Colliery
Writhlington Colliery - Radstock West - Marsh Jn - North Somerset Jn - Bristol Temple Meads (1) - Parson Street Jn - Ashton Jn - Portishead
Portishead - Ashton Jn - Parson Street Jn - Bristol West Jn - St Phillips Marsh - Marsh Jn - North Somerset Jn - Dr Days Bridge Jn - Stapleton Road - Filton Jn - Stoke Gifford - Badminton - Wootton Bassett Jn - Swindon - Didcot - Reading - Maidenhead - Slough - London Paddington
16th November 1968 L.C.G.B. (Bath Branch) The Cheddar Valley Rail Tour DMU Used 3-car Swindon cross-country set
Bristol Temple Meads - Fishponds - Bath Green Park (1) - Yate - Hallen Marsh Jn - Severn Beach - Clifton Down - (via Bristol avoiding line) - Portishead - Bristol Temple Meads - Witham - Wells - Cheddar - Westbury - Bath Spa - Bristol Temple Meads
29th June 1968 L.C.G.B. (Bath Branch) The North Somerset Farewell Rail Tour
Did this train run? Details taken from an advertising leaflet. DMU Used booked for a WR 3-car cross-country set
?Bristol Temple Meads? - ??? - Yate
Yate - Henbury - Avonmouth - Clifton Down - Bristol Temple Meads (avoiding line) - Portishead - Ashton Jn - Parson Street - Bristol Temple Meads (13.15a ~ 13.45d) - North Somerset Jn - Marsh Jn - Pensford - (via new spur) - Writhlington Colliery Sidings
Writhlington Colliery Sidings - Radstock West - Mells Road - (via Frome curve) - Westbury - Holt Jn - Thingley Jn
Thingley Jn - Box - Bath Spa (18.25a ~ ??.??d) - Bristol Temple Meads (approx. 18.45a)
6th April 1968 R.C.T.S. Thames & Avon Rail Tour DMU Used 51367+59513+59543+51409
London Paddington - Slough - Maidenhead - Reading - Reading Depot through line (1) - Reading West Jn - Didcot - Swindon - Rushley Platt Jn
Rushley Platt Jn - Rodbourne Lane
Rodbourne Lane - Swindon Works
Swindon Works - Rodbourne Lane - Swindon
Swindon - Wootton Bassett Jn - Chippenham - Thingley Jn - Bradford North Jn - Bradford West Jn - Limpley Stoke Jn
Limpley Stoke Jn - Bradford South Jn - Trowbridge - Westbury - Frome North Jn - Frome West GF - Mells Road - Kilmersdon Colliery - Radstock West
Radstock West - Writhlington Colliery
Writhlington Colliery - Radstock West - Marsh Jn - North Somerset Jn - Bristol Temple Meads (1) - Parson Street Jn - Ashton Jn - Portishead
Portishead - Ashton Jn - Parson Street Jn - Bristol West Jn - St Phillips Marsh - Marsh Jn - North Somerset Jn - Dr Days Bridge Jn - Stapleton Road - Filton Jn - Stoke Gifford - Badminton - Wootton Bassett Jn - Swindon - Didcot - Reading - Maidenhead - Slough - London Paddington