Last modified on Wednesday 5 January 2005
This set of diagrams is valid from 12 December 2004 until 11 June 2005.
| Mondays to Fridays: | 973 | 974 | 901 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturdays: | 971 | 972 | 901 |
| Sundays: | 971 | 972 | |
| Working Timetable for St. Leonards Depot | |||
| Unit-swap paths to Selhurst | |||
Trains in service are shown using heavy type, and call at all intermediate stations except where otherwise noted. Journeys in italics are not in passenger service. The trains begin and end their diagrams at St. Leonards Depot, between Bopeep Junction and Bexhill, to where they also travel mid-diagram (except on Sundays) for refuelling. Layovers are taken after certain journeys on Mondays to Fridays at Park Sidings, between Hastings station and Mount Pleasant Tunnel on the way to Ore.
Instances (weekdays and Saturdays) of Diagram 975 have been re-numbered as Diagram 901.
All Saturday & Sunday instances of Diagrams 973 and 974 have been re-numbered 971 and 972 respectively.
Instead of a Class 171, the booked stock for Diagram 901 and 901-Saturday is a 2H, i.e. Class 205 (Hampshire DEMU). It is on this diagram that 1001 is most likely to substitute.
Sunday diagrams have been slightly re-timed: the passenger workings leave Hastings 5 minutes earlier, and Ashford 2 minutes earlier, to improve the connections for onward travel at Ashford (whilst maintaining reliable crossing at Rye’s passing-loop).
Three units are required to run a full Monday-to-Friday service, and their three Diagrams are laid out here.
| Diagram 973 — Mondays to Fridays — Monday 13 December 2004 until Friday 10 June 2005 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Leonards depot (dep) | 0535 | 1200 | |||||||||
| Hastings (dep) | 0545 | 0729 | 0924 | 1115 | 1224 | 1424 | 1806 | 1943 | |||
| Ashford Int’l (arr) | 0630 | 0818 | 1011 | 1311 | 1511 | 1847 | |||||
| Ashford Int’l (dep) | 0638 | 0824 | 1024 | 1324 | 1524 | 1854 | |||||
| Hastings (arr) | 0544 | 0724 | 0910 | 1110 | 1220 | 1410 | 1610 | 1935 | |||
| St. Leonards depot (arr) | 1125 | 2005 | |||||||||
| Notes | Fuel | layover in Park Sidings | Semi-fast in both directions | ||||||||
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. |
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| Diagram 974 — Mondays to Fridays — Monday 12 December 2004 until Friday 10 June 2005 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Leonards depot (dep) | 0602 | 1100 | ||||||||||
| Hastings (dep) | 0613 | 0827 | 1015 | 1124 | 1524 | 1724 | 1930 | 2122 | 2316 | |||
| Ashford Int’l (arr) | 0659 | 0912 | 1212 | 1611 | 1811 | 2015 | 2209 | |||||
| Ashford Int’l (dep) | 0724 | 0924 | 1224 | 1624 | 1826 | 2028 | 2222 | |||||
| Hastings (arr) | 0611 | 0812 | 1010 | 1121 | 1310 | 1713 | 1912 | 2112 | 2307 | |||
| St. Leonards depot (arr) | 1025 | 2325 | ||||||||||
| Notes | Fuel | layover in Park Sidings | ||||||||||
| Diagram 901 — Mondays to Fridays — Monday 13 December 2004 until Friday 10 June 2005 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Leonards depot (dep) | 1000 | 1558 | ||||||||
| Hastings (dep) | 1024 | 1324 | 1512 | 1624 | 1828 | 2028 | 2220 | |||
| Ashford Int’l (arr) | 1111 | 1411 | 1711 | 1914 | 2115 | |||||
| Ashford Int’l (dep) | 1124 | 1424 | 1724 | 1927 | 2122 | |||||
| Hastings (arr) | 1020 | 1210 | 1510 | 1605 | 1810 | 2014 | 2207 | |||
| St. Leonards depot (arr) | 1522 | 2230 | ||||||||
| Notes | layover at Park Sidings | Fuel | ||||||||
901 mostly exists as a Spare train, simply covering the 0824 and 1924 Hastings to Ashford trips, giving both other diagrams time to go for refuelling. The rest of the day is spent laying over at St. Leonards Depot.
| Diagram 971 — Saturdays — Saturday 18 December 2004 until Saturday 11 June 2005 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Leonards depot (dep) | 0600 | 0900 | 2000 | |||||||||||
| Hastings (dep) | 0624 | 0815 | 0924 | 1124 | 1324 | 1524 | 1724 | 1912 | 2024 | 2220 | ||||
| Ashford Int’l (arr) | 0711 | 1011 | 1211 | 1411 | 1611 | 1811 | 2111 | |||||||
| Ashford Int’l (dep) | 0724 | 1024 | 1224 | 1424 | 1624 | 1824 | 2131 | |||||||
| Hastings (arr) | 0620 | 0810 | 0918 | 1110 | 1310 | 1510 | 1710 | 1910 | 2021 | 2217 | ||||
| St. Leonards depot (arr) | 0825 | 1922 | 2230 | |||||||||||
| Notes | Fuel | Fuel | ||||||||||||
| Diagram 972 — Saturdays — Saturday 18 December 2004 until Saturday 11 June 2005 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Leonards depot (dep) | 0700 | 1000 | 2100 | |||||||||||
| Hastings (dep) | 0724 | 0912 | 1024 | 1224 | 1424 | 1624 | 1824 | 2012 | 2134 | 2320 | ||||
| Ashford Int’l (arr) | 0811 | 1111 | 1311 | 1511 | 1711 | 1911 | 2218 | |||||||
| Ashford Int’l (dep) | 0824 | 1124 | 1324 | 1524 | 1724 | 1924 | 2224 | |||||||
| Hastings (arr) | 0719 | 0910 | 1021 | 1210 | 1410 | 1610 | 1810 | 2010 | 2121 | 2308 | ||||
| St. Leonards depot | 0922 | 2025 | 2330 | |||||||||||
| Notes | Fuel | Fuel | ||||||||||||
| Diagram 901 — Saturdays — Saturday 18 December 2004 until Saturday 11 June 2005 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Leonards depot (dep) | 0800 | 1900 | |||||
| Hastings (dep) | 0824 | 1015 | 1924 | 2114 | |||
| Ashford Int’l (arr) | 0911 | 2011 | |||||
| Ashford Int’l (dep) | 0924 | 2024 | |||||
| Hastings (arr) | 0823 | 1010 | 1921 | 2110 | |||
| St. Leonards depot | 1025 | 2135 | |||||
| Notes | Fuel and layover | ||||||
The diagrams for Sundays are, on the face of it at least, considerably less complicated: two trains are “in steam”, working essentially similar duties an hour apart. There is no mid-diagram refuelling.
| Diagram 971 — Sundays — Sunday 12 December 2004 until Sunday 5 June 2005 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Leonards Depot (dep) | 0855 | ||||||||
| Hastings (dep) | 0915 | 1115 | 1315 | 1515 | 1715 | 1915 | 2113 | ||
| Ashford Int’l (arr) | 1002 | 1202 | 1402 | 1602 | 1802 | 2002 | |||
| Ashford Int’l (dep) | 1015 | 1215 | 1415 | 1615 | 1815 | 2015 | |||
| Hastings (arr) | 0911 | 1102 | 1302 | 1502 | 1702 | 1902 | 2102 | ||
| St. Leonards Depot (arr) | 2135 | ||||||||
| Diagram 972 — Sundays — Sunday 12 December 2004 until Sunday 5 June 2005 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Leonards Depot (dep) | 0950 | ||||||||
| Hastings (dep) | 1015 | 1215 | 1415 | 1615 | 1815 | 2015 | 2213 | ||
| Ashford Int’l (arr) | 1102 | 1302 | 1502 | 1702 | 1902 | 2102 | |||
| Ashford Int’l (dep) | 1115 | 1315 | 1515 | 1715 | 1915 | 2115 | |||
| Hastings (arr) | 1011 | 1202 | 1402 | 1602 | 1802 | 2002 | 2202 | ||
| St. Leonards Depot (arr) | 2225 | ||||||||
From time to time trains need to be sent between St. Leonards and Selhurst depots, as Empty Coaching Stock. HDL’s DEMU is unlikely to be required at Selhurst, though for a test run or ‘turning trip’ such a path might be used by it.
On weekdays, the path from Hastings to Selhurst now runs as required; it leaves Hastings at 1943 (as before—see the old 901 diagram) and returns from Selhurst at 2250; it reverses at Eastbourne (0025-0030) and Hastings (0104-0112), arriving at St. Leonards at 0123.
On Sunday evenings, there’s a path written into the timetable for use as required, to allow a unit at St. Leonards Depot to be sent to Selhurst. This leaves at 2243, reverses at Hastings (2249-2254), reverses again at Eastbourne (2316-2322) and arrives at Selhurst Depot at 0054.
The balancing working occurs on Monday mornings, when the Selhurst to Eastbourne path now runs as required (dep Selhurst 0320, booked to run via Brighton (0439-0445), arr Eastbourne 0524); a relic from a previous set of diagrams is used, in the form of the ECS path from Eastbourne to St. Leonards Depot at 0855.