Inter regional loco hauled services from Brighton 1987

1987 - 1988

Au revoir Newhaven

Page last updated 11/08/2010

INTRODUCTION:

As expected the train from Newhaven Marine didn't make the 1987 timetable, loading had been at best very low. I had travelled on the last working with a friend and we were the only people who got off at the Marine station and we were both staff. The miserable conductor wouldn't even let us travel back on the ECS to Brighton! 55 mins in the pub before the next train.

The train now started from Brighton 10 minutes later which was a bonus for me. By this date I was Chief Clerk at Haywards Heath Travel Centre ( its now the florists ) and a 0700 start gave you loco haulage to work. The Buffet car was usually open on departure and if I was late a "ding" breakfast was available to scoff prior to alighting just 15 minutes later. On Sundays the early departure was withdrawn completely.

TIMETABLE and ROUTE:

The 0635 departure lost its Stafford stop but gained Milton Keynes. The mid morning departure from Brighton was retimed about 25 minutes earlier and did not run via Birmingham. The afternoon departure was retimed an hour or so later. The evening departure was now via Birmingham to Manchester. The Sunday morning departure was accelerated by around 30 minutes with the afternoon departure balancing that by being approx 20 minutes slower and diverted to Manchester.

Southbound the first service of the day was now a rather bizarre 0305 from Manchester to Brighton via Birmingham this picked up the path of the previous years 0520 departure from Wolverhampton, south of Birmingham. The early morning departure from Manchester now started from Liverpool and was routed via Birmingham arriving in Brighton about 90 minutes later. The midday departure from Manchester was now about 20 minutes earlier throughout and included at stop at Haywards Heath at going home time! The afternoon departure from Piccadilly was retimed 20 minutes later.

The Dover trains were also retimed to give a better spread of departures with one service running via the Medway towns. The morning service started from Canterbury East at 0904 after acquiring a Section CB WTT, I found that the stock for this originated as 5M02: 06+15 Euston Down Carriage sidings to Canterbury East.

There was still an odd Reading to Olympia service, now just on a Saturday, the WTT confirms this was formed of a DMU.

11th May 1987 to 15th May 1988	M-S	M-S	M-S	SO	M-S	M-S	M-S	M-S	SUN	SUN	SUN
Headcode	1M34	1M50	1M02	1V48	1M00	1M22	1M31	1M13	1M50	1M04	1M13
Notes	B	B	BC	D	B	B	B	B	B	BE	B
Timing Load	D315/ E315	D315/ E315	D315/ E315	D2	D315/ E315	D315/ E315	D315/ E315	D315/ E315	D315/ E315	D385/ E350	D315/ E315
Dover Western Docks						1355	1754			1345
Dover Priory						1402
Canterbury East			0904			1421
Folkestone Central			0939				1806			1358
Ashford			0956				1820			1414
Tonbridge			1023				1844
Faversham						1434
Chatham						1454
Bromley South			1058			1522	1912			1512
Brighton	0635	0952			1322			1825	1053		1723
Haywards Heath	0650
Gatwick	0707	10u17			13u47			18u57	1117		1752
Redhill								1910
East Croydon	0723	10u35			14u05			1925	1135		1810
Clapham Jct	0735	10u49			14u19			19u39	1148		1824
Kensington Olympia	0743	1057	1122	1134	1427	1546	1935	1953	1202	1545	1837
Reading				1212
Watford Jct	0816					1621	2006	2032	1241	1616	1916
Milton Keynes	0840	1151	1212		1521		2030	2056	1316		1943
Rugby					1549
Coventry			1256			1718		2132	1406		2024
Birmingham Int			1306			1729		2143	1416		2035
Birmingham New St arr			1321			1743		2157	1435		2052
Birmingham New St dep			1324			1755		2205	1437		2055
Sandwell & Dudley						1803		2214
Wolverhampton			1341			1813		2224	1456		2112
Stafford		1256	1358		1629	1831	2131	2239			2127
Crewe		1324	1429		1701	1858	2155			1803
Stoke	0952							2306	1554		2153
Macclesfield	1013							2334	1613		2212
Wilmslow		13s46					22s16
Stockport	10s29	13s56					22s26	00s01	17s30		22s28
Manchester Piccadilly	1037	1405					2234	0010	1738		2238
Runcorn			1450		1721	19s18		2234		1824
Liverpool Lime Street			1517		1743	1939		2255		1845
B = Buffet C = Stock comes ECS from Euston Down carriage sidings departs 0615 as 5O02, Mon to Fri. Saturdays starts Willesden CS 0630. D = DMU runs until 3rd October 1987. E = Train ran as 1M22 from 11th October 1987

11th May 1987 to 15th May 1988	M-S	M-S	SO	M-S	M-S	M-S	M-S	SUN	SUN	SUN
Headcode	1O60	1O29	1M10	1O66	1O96	1O74	1O90	1O66	1O28	1O90
Notes	B	B	D	B	B	B	B	B	BC	B
Timing Load	E315/ D315	E315/ D315	D2	E315/ D315	E315/ D315	E315/ D315	E315/ D315	E315/ D315	D315	E315/ D315
Liverpool Lime Street				0720	1030
Runcorn				0737	1047
Manchester Piccadilly	0305	0740				1155	1640			1539
Stockport	0314	07u48				1203	16u48			15u47
Macclesfield		08u00				1216	1700			1559
Stoke		0820				1236	1721			1619
Crewe	0354			0801	1111
Stafford	0423			0822	1132	1258				1641
Wolverhampton	0446			0840		1315		0700		1701
Sandwell & Dudley				0851		1325				1711
Birmingham New St arr	0502			0903		1337		0715		1721
Birmingham New St dep	0539			0906		1341		0718		1726
Birmingham International	0548			0916		1351		0727		1736
Coventry	0559			0929		1403		0738		1746
Rugby	0622
Milton Keynes	0650	0932		1004	1233		1833	0829
Watford Jct	0718	0956		1028	1301	1505	1858	0906		1846
Reading			0934
Kensington Olympia	0753	1029	1020	1104	1337	1538	1930	0950	1033	1921
Clapham Jct	08s02			11s14		15s46	19s41	10s09		19s30
East Croydon	0817			1127		1602	1958	10s27		19s57
Redhill							2012
Gatwick	0834			1147		1626	2038	10s46		20s16
Haywards Heath						1640	2053
Brighton	0858			1217		1654	2110	1115		2048
Bromley South		1057			1400				1057
Chatham					1427
Favershan					1446
Tonbridge		1121
Canterbury East					1500
Ashford		1147							1152
Folkestone Central		1203							1209
Dover Priory					1518
Dover Western Docks		1218			1527				1221
B = Buffet C = Stock comes ECS from Euston Down carriage sidings departs 0930. D = DMU runs until 3rd October 1987.

LOCOMOTIVES:

Class 47/4's worked between the coast and West London Junction ( Mitre Bridge ) with class 86's and 87's north of. Substitution with other diesel classes was very rare.

STOCK:

The Working Timetable confirms most trains booked for D315 and E315 timing load which is 9 cars. 1M04/1M22 booked for D385 which is 11 cars.

PHOTOS:

	1987 service leaflet. This is a southeast biased leaflet. Intercity 21st birthday logo. Cover and pages 3-5, timetable and fares to Paris and Brussels. Photographer unknown / Authors collection.
	1987 service leaflet. This is a southeast biased leaflet. Pages 2 and 6-8, example train fares, route map and information. Photographer unknown / Authors collection.
	A later Inter-City Swift Carriage label for the 0305 Manchester Piccadilly to Brighton service. Authors collection.
	47612 'Titan' gets 1M50 the 0952 Brighton to Manchester Piccadilly away from Gatwick. Great mix of coach types and liveries. Photo taken May 1987. Photographer unknown / Authors collection.
	An unidentified class 47/4 arrives at Gatwick Airport with the 1640 Manchester to Brighton service. Photo taken summer 1987. Photo by the Author.
	Carriage label for the 1640 Manchester Piccadilly to Brighton service. Authors collection.
	47500 'Great Western' snakes over the pointwork at the northern end of Kensington Olympia whilst working 1O29 the 0925 Manchester to Dover Western Docks. Only platform 2 was being used by the mainline trains at this point in time. Used with permission. Photographer Colin. P. Brooks.
	47500 'Great Western' arrives at Kensington Olympia whilst working 1O29 the 0925 Manchester to Dover Western Docks. Used with permission. Photographer Colin. P. Brooks.
	Waiting to depart Olympia is 47500 'Great Western' with 1O29 the 0925 Manchester to Dover Western Docks. After this follows a tour through several little used ( by passenger trains ) junctions. For several more photos of this part of London check out more of Colins' photos here. Used with permission. Photographer Colin. P. Brooks.
	47500 on 1O29 the 0925 Manchester to Dover Western Docks waits time at Bromley South (as part of the 1 day Travel Card you could do the 47's from Kensington Olympia to Bromley South and Return) Photo taken Monday 17th August 1987 Photographer Colin. P. Brooks. Used with permission.
	47611 'Thames' pauses at Clapham Junction during August 1987 with 1M50 the 0952 Brighton to Manchester Piccadilly. Photographer Carl Hodgkinson. Used with permission.
	Carriage label for the 0952 Brighton to Manchester Piccadilly service. Authors collection.
	87006 "Glasgow Garden Festival" is at Birmingham International on 1O74 the 1155 Manchester Piccadilly to Brighton. Photo taken 28th August 1987. Photographer John Elliott. Used with permission.
	47628 'Sir Daniel Gooch' near Swanley with 1M22 the 1355 Dover Western Docks to Manchester Piccadilly. Photo taken Tuesday 29th September 1987. Photographer Graham Walker. Used with permission.
	In this photo 86103 'Andre Chapelon' has just arrived at Mitre Bridge Junction with 1O66 the 0720 Liverpool Lime Street to Dover Western. 47513 waits in the siding to take the train forward on to the Southern region. Photos taken 3rd October 1987. Photographer Michael J Collins Used with permission.
	In this photo Class 47 No. 47513 'Severn' is taking over haulage of 1O66 the 0720 Liverpool Lime Street to Dover Western Docks at Mitre Bridge Junction. Photos taken 3rd October 1987. Photographer Michael J Collins Used with permission.
	Carriage label for the 0720 Liverpool Lime Street to Brighton service. Authors collection.
	Waiting for the 'RA' 47537 'County of Gwynedd' sits at Dover Western Docks with 1M22 the 1355 to Liverpool Lime Street. Photo taken 15th October 1987. Photographer Richard Boyd. Used with permission.
	87006 ' City of Glasgow' at Coventry with 1O74 the 1155 working from Manchester Piccadilly to Brighton. Photo taken on 5th December 1987. Photographer Jason Shergold Used with permission.
	Carriage label for the 1155 Manchester Piccadilly to Brighton service. Authors collection.
	47629 heads 1O96 the 1030 Liverpool Lime Street to Dover Western Docks at Mitre Bridge Junction. Photo taken 5th February 1988 Photographer Michael J Collins Used with permission.
	Scotrails 47637 'Springburn' waits at Bromley South working 1O96 the 1030 Liverpool Lime Street to Dover Western Docks. Photo Taken 19th February 1988. Photographer Graham Walker. Used with permission.
	47560 'Tamar' passes Swanley with 1M22 the 1355 Dover Western Docks to Liverpool Lime Street. Photo taken Thursday 10th March 1988. Photographer Graham Walker. Used with permission.
	47621 'Royal County of Berkshire' arrives at Clapham Junction with 1O66 the 0720 Liverpool Lime Street to Brighton. Photo taken 26th March 1988. Photographer Dennis Taylor Used with permission.
	47553 at Petts Wood Junction with 1O29 the 0740 Manchester Piccadilly to Dover Western Docks. Photo taken 19th April 1988. Photographer Graham Walker. Used with permission.
	47513 'Severn' passes Shepherds Well working 1O96 the 1030 Liverpool Lime Street to Dover Western Docks. Photo taken 20th April 1988. Photographer Graham Walker. Used with permission.
	47527 passes Dover Ferry sidings with 1M04 the 1355 Dover Western Docks to Liverpool Lime Street. Photo taken Wednesday 20th April 1988. Photographer Graham Walker. Used with permission.
	Carriage label for the 1322 Brighton to Liverpool Lime Street service. Authors collection.
	Carriage label for the 1640 Manchester Piccadilly to Brighton. This is a later version which included the new Inter-City Swift logo. Authors collection.
	Carriage label for the 1825 Brighton to Manchester Piccadilly. Authors collection.
	Carriage label for the 0720 Sundays only Wolverhampton to Brighton service. Authors collection.