Journeys in italics are not in passenger service; a d in an arrival time indicates departure time, and an a in a departure time indicates an arrival time. The trains begin and end their diagrams at Eastbourne, with some running in service from/to there in the early morning and late evening. Trains in service call at all intermediate stations except where otherwise noted.
Three units are required to run a full Monday-to-Friday service, and their three Diagrams are laid out below.
| Diagram 901 — Mondays to Fridays — Monday 29 September 2003 until Friday 21 May 2004 | ||||||||||
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| Eastbourne (dep) | 0515 | |||||||||
| St. Leonards depot | 12d12 | |||||||||
| Hastings (dep) | 0545 | 0729 | 0924 | 12a20 | 1224 | 1424 | 1806 | |||
| Ashford Int’l (arr) | 0630 | 0818 | 1011 | 1311 | 1511 | 1847 | ||||
| Ashford Int’l (dep) | 0638 | 0824 | 1024 | 1324 | 1524 | 1854 | ||||
| Hastings (arr) | 0724 | 0910 | 1110 | 11d15 | 1410 | 1610 | 1935 | 19d43 | ||
| St. Leonards depot | 11a25 | |||||||||
| Eastbourne (arr) | 20a05 | |||||||||
| Notes | Fuel | layover in Park Sidings | Semi-fast in both directions | Empty to Eastbourne, or (dep 2009) to Selhurst as required | ||||||
The 0515 from Eastbourne to Ashford calls at Bexhill, Warrior Square, and all stations from Hastings onwards. The 1806 from Hastings to Ashford calls only at Ore, Rye, Ham Street and Ashford; the return working, departing Ashford at 1854, calls only at Ham Street, Appledore, Rye and Hastings. At that point, an Empty path is provided at 1943 from Hastings to Selhurst via Eastbourne, with a return Empty path from Selhurst back to Eastbourne at 2250; this is for fuel and/or unit-swap. |
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| Diagram 902 — Mondays to Fridays — Monday 29 September 2003 until Friday 21 May 2004 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastbourne (dep) | 0540 | |||||||||
| St. Leonards depot | 11d12 | |||||||||
| Hastings (dep) | 0613 | 0827 | 11a21 | 1124 | 1524 | 1724 | 1930 | 2122 | ||
| Ashford Int’l (arr) | 0659 | 0912 | 1212 | 1611 | 1811 | 2015 | 2209 | |||
| Ashford Int’l (dep) | 0724 | 0924 | 1224 | 1624 | 1826 | 2028 | 2222 | |||
| Hastings (arr) | 0812 | 1010 | 10d15 | 1310 | 1713 | 1912 | 2112 | 2307 | ||
| St. Leonards depot | 10a25 | |||||||||
| Eastbourne (arr) | 2341 | |||||||||
| Notes | Fuel | layover in Park Sidings | ||||||||
The 0540 from Eastbourne to Ashford calls at Bexhill, Warrior Square, and all stations from Hastings onwards. The 2222 from Ashford to Eastbourne calls at all stations to Hastings, then Warrior Square, Bexhill, Collington, Cooden Beach, Pevensey & Westham, Hampden Park, and Eastbourne. |
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| Diagram 903 — Mondays to Fridays — Monday 29 September 2003 until Friday 21 May 2004 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastbourne (dep) | 0855 | |||||||||
| St. Leonards depot | 09a48 | 10d12 | 16d15 | |||||||
| Hastings (dep) | 10a20 | 1024 | 1324 | 16a22 | 1624 | 1828 | 2028 | |||
| Ashford Int’l (arr) | 1111 | 1411 | 1711 | 1914 | 2115 | |||||
| Ashford Int’l (dep) | 1124 | 1424 | 1724 | 1927 | 2122 | |||||
| Hastings (arr) | 1210 | 1510 | 15d12 | 1810 | 2014 | 2207 | ||||
| St. Leonards depot | 15a22 | |||||||||
| Eastbourne (arr) | 2249 | |||||||||
| Notes | via Hastings (09a29 to 09d40), then Fuel | layover at Park Sidings | Fuel | |||||||
The last diagram, 903, begins with an “Empty Coaching Stock” (ECS) trip from Eastbourne to St. Leonards depot; this trip is sometimes used to “tag on” other units which have been brought down from Selhurst overnight, to get them to St. Leonards depot without having to find another path. The 2122 from Ashford to Eastbourne calls as normal to Hastings, then Warrior Square, Bexhill, and Eastbourne only. |
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901 mostly exists as a Spare train, simply covering the 0824 and 1924 Hastings to Ashford trips for 902 while the latter goes for fuel during each. The rest of the day is spent laying over at Park Sidings, Hastings. Meanwhile, 903’s pair of trips “missed” because of going for fuel are covered by 902, which takes the place of 903 thereafter (and vice versa).
| Diagram 901 — Saturdays — Saturday 4 October 2003 until Saturday 22 May 2004 | ||||||
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| Eastbourne (dep) | 0530 | |||||
| St. Leonards depot | ||||||
| Hastings (dep) | (05/56) | 0824 | 1924 | |||
| Ashford Int’l (arr) | 0911 | 2011 | ||||
| Ashford Int’l (dep) | 0924 | 2024 | ||||
| Hastings (arr) | 1010 | 2110 | 21d15 | |||
| St. Leonards depot | 21a25 | 22d10 | ||||
| Eastbourne (arr) | 2253 | |||||
| Notes | from Eastbourne to Park Sidings, Hastings (arr approx 0558) | layover at Park Sidings | Fuel; path to Eastbourne includes reversal at Hastings (22a16 to 22d30) | |||
| Diagram 902 — Saturdays — Saturday 4 October 2003 until Saturday 22 May 2004 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastbourne (dep) | 0557 | |||||||||||
| St. Leonards depot | 09d06 | 20d12 | ||||||||||
| Hastings (dep) | 0624 | 09a18 | 0924 | 1124 | 1324 | 1524 | 1724 | 20a20 | 2024 | |||
| Ashford Int’l (arr) | 0711 | 1011 | 1211 | 1411 | 1611 | 1811 | 2111 | |||||
| Ashford Int’l (dep) | 0724 | 1024 | 1224 | 1424 | 1624 | 1824 | 2131 | |||||
| Hastings (arr) | 0810 | 08d15 | 1110 | 1310 | 1510 | 1710 | 1910 | 19d15 | 22d18 | |||
| St. Leonards depot | 08a25 | 19a25 | ||||||||||
| Eastbourne (arr) | 2242 | |||||||||||
| Notes | Fuel | Fuel | ||||||||||
The 0557 Eastbourne to Ashford calls at Bexhill, Warrior Square and then all stations from Hastings onwards. The 2131 Ashford to Eastbourne calls all stations to Hastings, then Warrior Square, Bexhill, and Eastbourne only. |
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| Diagram 903 — Saturdays — Saturday 4 October 2003 until Saturday 22 May 2004 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastbourne (dep) | 0656 | |||||||||||
| St. Leonards depot | 10d12 | 21d10 | ||||||||||
| Hastings (dep) | 0724 | 10a20 | 1024 | 1224 | 1424 | 1624 | 1824 | 21a21 | 2134 | |||
| Ashford Int’l (arr) | 0811 | 1111 | 1311 | 1511 | 1711 | 1911 | 2218 | |||||
| Ashford Int’l (dep) | 0824 | 1124 | 1324 | 1524 | 1724 | 1924 | 2224 | |||||
| Hastings (arr) | 0910 | 09d15 | 1210 | 1410 | 1610 | 1810 | 2010 | 20d15 | 23d09 | |||
| St. Leonards depot | 09a25 | 20a25 | ||||||||||
| Eastbourne (arr) | 2341 | |||||||||||
| Notes | Fuel | Fuel | ||||||||||
The 0656 Eastbourne to Ashford calls at Bexhill, Warrior Square and all stations from Hastings to Ashford. the 2224 Ashford to Eastbourne calls all stations to Hastings, then Warrior Square, Bexhill, Collington, Cooden Beach, Pevensey & Westham, Hampden Park and Eastbourne. |
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The diagrams for Sundays are, on the face of it at least, considerably less complicated: two trains are “in steam”, working exactly similar duties an hour apart. There is no stabling at Park Sidings, Hastings, and no refuelling.
| Diagram 901 — Sundays — Sunday 28 September 2003 until Sunday 16 May 2004 | |||||||
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| Eastbourne (dep) | 0946 | ||||||
| Hastings (dep) | 1020 | 1220 | 1420 | 1620 | 1820 | 2020 | |
| Ashford Int’l (arr) | 1107 | 1307 | 1507 | 1707 | 1907 | 2107 | |
| Ashford Int’l (dep) | 1117 | 1317 | 1517 | 1717 | 1917 | 2117 | |
| Hastings (arr) | 1204 | 1404 | 1604 | 1804 | 2004 | 22d05 | |
| Eastbourne (arr) | 2233 | ||||||
| Diagram 902 — Sundays — Sunday 28 September 2003 until Sunday 16 May 2004 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastbourne (dep) | 0846 | ||||||
| Hastings (dep) | 0920 | 1120 | 1320 | 1520 | 1720 | 1920 | |
| Ashford Int’l (arr) | 1007 | 1207 | 1407 | 1607 | 1807 | 2007 | |
| Ashford Int’l (dep) | 1017 | 1217 | 1417 | 1617 | 1817 | 2017 | |
| Hastings (arr) | 1104 | 1304 | 1504 | 1704 | 1904 | 21d05 | |
| Eastbourne (arr) | 2133 | ||||||
After the above 901-Sundays train arrives at Eastbourne at 2233, there is a path in the timetable for an Empty Coaching Stock (ECS) run, train 5F52 from Eastbourne to Selhurst Depot for fuel and/or unit swap at 2312, arriving 0028.
As stated earlier, weekday evenings incorporate a path that runs from Eastbourne to Selhurst and back again the same evening, for fuel and/or unit swap. The observant reader may have wondered what happens at Eastbourne on Monday mornings if they sent one up to Selhurst the previous night? Sure enough, there’s a Mondays-Only variation on the weekdays-902 diagram, which provides the balancing working: train 5F53 which leaves Selhurst Depot for Eastbourne at 0320 (booked to run via Brighton, 04a39 to 04d45, arriving Eastbourne 0524)!