Flying Scotsman Paddington to Worcester

[Pete_uk]

Hi all,

The timings for the Scotsman tour on Saturday 15th June are being kept a bit quite, but is there anywhere I could get an idea of what the approximate timings (specifically down the Stroud valley line) will be.

Thanks for any info

 

[Doctor Fegg]

http://www.railwaytouring.net/uk-day-trips/the-cotswold-venturer has approximate times.

 

[ABB125]

That link is to a trip on August 24th (but is basically the same). This one http://www.railwaytouring.net/uk-day-trips/the-cotswold-venturer-3 is to Saturday's trip.

I'm slightly confused though as to which way the train will be going - Railway Touring's website says out via Stroud, back via Evesham, but Railway Herald (http://www.railwayherald.co.uk/railtours) says it's the other way around. Can anyone clarify?

 

[Essan]

That link is to a trip on August 24th (but is basically the same). This one http://www.railwaytouring.net/uk-day-trips/the-cotswold-venturer-3 is to Saturday's trip.

I'm slightly confused though as to which way the train will be going - Railway Touring's website says out via Stroud, back via Evesham, but Railway Herald (http://www.railwayherald.co.uk/railtours) says it's the other way around. Can anyone clarify?

UKsteaminfo also has it going out via Evesham and return via Stroud. But I'd have thought the actual tour company would know best?

If it's returnng via Evesham I may have a chance to catch it passing through

 

[Peter C]

UKsteaminfo also has it going out via Evesham and return via Stroud. But I'd have thought the actual tour company would know best?

If it's returnng via Evesham I may have a chance to catch it passing through

The railtour, in the past, has gone from Paddington - Oxford - Evesham - Worcester - Stroud - London. Hope this helps.

-Peter

EDIT: This is what it did last year.

 

[Spartacus]

There's a standard 0709 path out of Paddington that might be used.

 

[181]

The website for the Didcot-Oxford 175 events (didcotoxfordgwr175.org) indicates that 60103 will be passing stations on the route in the evening, but not the morning.

Note also the page on that site about Vintage Trains steam trains that day (Solihull-Oxford, Oxford-Oxford circular tour via Greenford, and Oxford-Solihull), which aren't on UKsteaminfo (they are on RTT). Presumably Clun Castle must be running to Didcot and back for turning sometime in the late afternoon, although I haven't found that on RTT.

 

[Covshire1]

1Z24 0740 London Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U55487/2019/06/15/advanced

1Z27 1631 Worcester Shrub Hill to London Paddington
http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/U55491/2019/06/15/advanced

 

[Pete_uk]

Thanks for the information. I just hope the weather is better than the last few days!

 

[Llanigraham]

Thanks for the information. I just hope the weather is better than the last few days!

Perhaps if it isn't the hoards of gricers won't be out!

 

[Andrew Savage]

Scotsman on time and as always quite impressive coming through Cheltenham Spa