Last modified on Thursday 9 September 2004
This set of diagrams is valid from 23 May 2004 until 11 December 2004.
Note: The new set—for Winter 2004—is virtually identical to this one.
Mondays to Fridays: | 973 | 974 | 975 |
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Saturdays: | 973 | 974 | 975 |
Sundays: | 973 | 974 | |
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.
The trains’ stabling point has moved from Eastbourne to St. Leonards Depot. The result of this is that all services just run between Ashford and Hastings; the early-morning and late-evening services which ran through from and to Eastbourne no longer do so.
Diagrams are now booked for Class 170 traction, though it is likely that—to begin with, at least—some DEMUs will remain in use.
Diagram numbers are no longer the “simple” 901, 902 and 903, instead being 973, 974 and (SuX) 975.
Departures from St. Leonards Depot following refuelling have been re-timed, and Saturday’s 975 has fuel and layover at the depot instead of a layover at Park Sidings, Hastings.
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 24 May 2004 until Friday 10 December 2004 | |||||||||||
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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. |
Diagram 974 — Mondays to Fridays — Monday 24 May 2004 until Friday 10 December 2004 | ||||||||||||
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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 975 — Mondays to Fridays — Monday 24 May 2004 until Friday 10 December 2004 | ||||||||||
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St. Leonards depot (dep) | 1000 | 1600 | ||||||||
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 | 1623 | 1810 | 2014 | 2207 | |||
St. Leonards depot (arr) | 1522 | 2230 | ||||||||
Notes | layover at Park Sidings | Fuel |
975 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 973 — Saturdays — Saturday 29 May 2004 until Saturday 11 December 2004 | ||||||||||||||
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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 974 — Saturdays — Saturday 29 May 2004 until Saturday 11 December 2004 | ||||||||||||||
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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 975 — Saturdays — Saturday 29 May 2004 until Saturday 11 December 2004 | |||||||
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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 973 — Sundays — Sunday 23 May 2004 until Sunday 5 December 2004 | |||||||||
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St. Leonards Depot (dep) | 0855 | ||||||||
Hastings (dep) | 0920 | 1120 | 1320 | 1520 | 1720 | 1920 | 2113 | ||
Ashford Int’l (arr) | 1007 | 1207 | 1407 | 1607 | 1807 | 2007 | |||
Ashford Int’l (dep) | 1017 | 1217 | 1417 | 1617 | 1817 | 2017 | |||
Hastings (arr) | 0916 | 1104 | 1304 | 1504 | 1704 | 1904 | 2104 | ||
St. Leonards Depot (arr) | 2135 |
Diagram 974 — Sundays — Sunday 23 May 2004 until Sunday 5 December 2004 | |||||||||
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St. Leonards Depot (dep) | 0950 | ||||||||
Hastings (dep) | 1020 | 1220 | 1420 | 1620 | 1820 | 2020 | 2213 | ||
Ashford Int’l (arr) | 1107 | 1307 | 1507 | 1707 | 1907 | 2107 | |||
Ashford Int’l (dep) | 1117 | 1317 | 1517 | 1717 | 1917 | 2117 | |||
Hastings (arr) | 1016 | 1204 | 1404 | 1604 | 1804 | 2004 | 2204 | ||
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 the previous set of diagrams is used, in the form of the ECS path from Eastbourne to St. Leonards Depot at 0855.