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South Western headcode 15
Does anyone have any idea when SW Headcode 15 Waterloo - Horsham was
last used (if ever)? Was there ever a service Waterloo - Littlehampton/Bognor/Portsmouth via such a route? James. |
South Western headcode 15
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South Western headcode 15
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South Western headcode 15
Does anyone have any idea when SW Headcode 15 Waterloo - Horsham was
last used (if ever)? Was there ever a service Waterloo - Littlehampton/Bognor/Portsmouth via such a route? My 1968(-ish) Ian Allan BR Headcodes gives 17 (not 15) for Waterloo-Horsham, but nothing else routed via Horsham. The Oct. 1947 SR timetable has an hourly Waterloo-Horsham taking about 1h20m, with a 10m wait at Dorking North to allow a limited-stop London Bridge-Horsham to pass; on Sundays they did better with no wait at Dorking. The summer 1962 BR(S) timetable is virtually the same as 1947. Ah, so it actually precedes the route becoming 15. How typical that the headcode was made distinct after the service stopped... 1939 Headcodes 15 Effingham Junction via Epsom 16 Guildford via Epsom 17 Dorking/Horsham via Epsom 18 Chessington South 19 Worcester Park/Epsom/Leatherhead 65 Littlehampton via Epsom 67 Bognor via Epsom 69 Bognor via Epsom and Littlehampton 1961 Headcodes 15 abolished on SW Main 16 Effingham Junction/Guildford via Epsom 17, 18, 19 as before 65 Littlehampton via Epsom 67 Bognor via Epsom 69 Wimbledon * - Bognor via Epsom and Littlehampton * I suspect this was meant to read Waterloo 1981 Headcodes 15 Horsham via Epsom 16, 17, 18 as before 19 Epsom/Leatherhead 65, 67, 69 abolished |
South Western headcode 15
15 was Waterloo - Effingham Jct via Epsom.
Only until 1981. |
South Western headcode 15
In the book I mentioned (1968?) there is no 15: 16 is Waterloo
to Effingham Jct or Guildford via Epsom. 15 had two uses in the period 1961-81: Soton Terminus - Salisbury via Nursling, and Waterloo to Alton via Chertsey. The 15 prior to this was, as the OP said, a short 16. After this, as I was refering to it, it became a long 17. I see that it still is, with 42 for via Cobham. In the book it gives 42 as Waterloo - Effingham Jct or Guildford via Brentford Central - surely that must be a mistake, as I can't see how you can get from Brentford to Effingham Jct without reversing either at Twickenham and New Malden, or Surbiton, or Guildford. 1939: 42 Guildford via Cobham 43 Effingham Junction via Cobham 1961: 42 Effingham Junction/Guildford via Cobham (and also Reading - Bognor via Chertsey, Worplesdon, and Havant; and Portsmouth Harbour - Southampton Central stopping via Netley) (43 now Portsmouth & Southsea - Southampton Central stopping via Netley) 1981: 42 Effingham Junction/Guildford via Cobham (43 now abolished) 42 is currently one of the more confusing headcodes. Some 42s cross onto the Fast lines at Surbiton, others stay on the Slow. Perhaps 43 should be reused for the Fast services. |
South Western headcode 15
SWT did run to Horsham at one stage but this was cut back to Dorking. Route
Code 15 was used I think it is on the blindsets of SWT 455's A run down of the SWT codes at present 10 - Woking to London Waterloo 13 - Weybridge/Staines to London Waterloo via Brentford 14 - Virginia Water to London Waterloo 15 - Horsham to London Waterloo via Epsom 16 - Guildford to London Waterloo via Effingham Junction and Epsom 17 - Dorking to London Waterloo 18 - Chessington South to London Waterloo 19 - Epsom to London Waterloo 21 - Waterloo loop clockwise via Kingston 23 - Guildford to London Bridge via West Croydon (SC use as well) 24 - Shepperton to London Waterloo 25 - Aldershot/Farnham to Guildford 27 - Aldershot to London Waterloo via Richmond and Ascot 28 - Ascot to Guildford (also London Waterloo to Guildford via Ascot) 29 - As above but the opposite direction 30 - Hampton Court to London Waterloo or Earlsfield to London Waterloo 31 - London Waterloo to Brighton via Basingstoke, also Reading/Basingstoke-Brighton formations 32 - London Waterloo anticlockwise loop via Kingston, also rush hour Teddington to London Waterloo via Wimbledon 37 - Reading to London Waterloo via Brentford 38 - Reading to London Waterloo via Richmond 42 - Guildford to London Waterloo via Cobham 45 - Romsey to Totton services 47 - Shepperton to London Waterloo services via Richmond 51 - Alton to London Waterloo fasts 52 - Farnham/Alton to London Waterloo semi fast stopping at Clapham 53 - Alton/Farnham to London Waterloo stoppers 57 - Windsor and Eton Riverside to London Waterloo via Brentford 58 - Windsor and Eton Riverside to London Waterloo via Richmond 61 - London Waterloo to West of England fasts usually first stop Basingstoke and go on West of Exeter though the 1631 London Waterloo to Basingstoke is a 4VEP and runs with 61 head codes 62 - London Waterloo to Exeter St Davids 63 - London Waterloo to Salisbury/Yeovil Junction (was London Waterloo to Basingstoke) 64 - London Waterloo to Basingstoke 68 - Kingston to London Waterloo via Twickenham 70/71 - Not used no more used to be Portsmouth to London. 70 was rush hour Pompey to London via Eastleigh but refer to revised changed. 71 I recall was a fast from Southsea to London 72 - Portsmouth and Southsea to London Waterloo 73 - Portsmouth and Southsea to London Waterloo also Haslemere stoppers 74 - Portsmouth and Southsea to London Waterloo via Eastleigh 75 - Guildford to London Waterloo via Woking 80/81 - Portsmouth Harbour to London Waterloo fasts 82/83 - Portsmouth Harbour to London Waterloo stoppers 84 - Portsmouth Harbour to London Waterloo via Eastleigh was swapped over with 80 85 - Southampton - Portsmouth runs 87 - London Waterloo anticlockwise via Hounslow 89 - London Waterloo clockwise via Hounslow 91 - Weymouth to London Waterloo fasts 92 - Wareham/Southampton to London Waterloo semi fasts 93 - Weymouth to London Waterloo stoppers also short distance Weymouth-Wareham-Southampton formations 94 - Southampton Central to London Waterloo stoppers 97 - Lymington Shuttle (Lucy) 98 - Woking to Staines shuttle "James" wrote in message om... Does anyone have any idea when SW Headcode 15 Waterloo - Horsham was last used (if ever)? Was there ever a service Waterloo - Littlehampton/Bognor/Portsmouth via such a route? My 1968(-ish) Ian Allan BR Headcodes gives 17 (not 15) for Waterloo-Horsham, but nothing else routed via Horsham. The Oct. 1947 SR timetable has an hourly Waterloo-Horsham taking about 1h20m, with a 10m wait at Dorking North to allow a limited-stop London Bridge-Horsham to pass; on Sundays they did better with no wait at Dorking. The summer 1962 BR(S) timetable is virtually the same as 1947. Ah, so it actually precedes the route becoming 15. How typical that the headcode was made distinct after the service stopped... 1939 Headcodes 15 Effingham Junction via Epsom 16 Guildford via Epsom 17 Dorking/Horsham via Epsom 18 Chessington South 19 Worcester Park/Epsom/Leatherhead 65 Littlehampton via Epsom 67 Bognor via Epsom 69 Bognor via Epsom and Littlehampton 1961 Headcodes 15 abolished on SW Main 16 Effingham Junction/Guildford via Epsom 17, 18, 19 as before 65 Littlehampton via Epsom 67 Bognor via Epsom 69 Wimbledon * - Bognor via Epsom and Littlehampton * I suspect this was meant to read Waterloo 1981 Headcodes 15 Horsham via Epsom 16, 17, 18 as before 19 Epsom/Leatherhead 65, 67, 69 abolished --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.668 / Virus Database: 430 - Release Date: 24/04/2004 |
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