Portsmouth 10th September.

[GearJammer]

Hi all, as some might know 70000 is due into Portsmouth On the 10th (Saterday) with the Pompey Pacific, does any body have times for this train as there not on the mainline steam tours site yet, also i believe theres a FGW HST coming to Portsmouth the same day on a tour, again does anybody have any times or able to point me in the right direction

Cheers in advance.

 

[AC]

Train 761Z301 runs SO from 10/09/11 to 10/09/11
Train category XU H.S.T. 125

HEREFORD 06:39
LEDBURY 06:55 07:00
COLWALL 07:06 07:08
GTMALVERN 07:12 07:14
MALVNLINK 07:16 07:18
WOSTERFST 07:26 07:28
WOSTER SH 07:33 07:35
PERSHORE 07:44 07:46
EVESHAM 07:53 07:56
HONEYBONE 08:02 08:04
MORTONINM 08:15 08:18
KINGHAM 08:25 08:28
SHIPTON 08:32 08:34
ASCOTUWYH 08:36 08:38
CHARLBURY 08:43 08:45
HANBORO 08:52 08:54
OXFORD 09:19 09:21
SWINDON 09:50 09:52
WESTBURYW 10:23 10:25
SALISBRY 10:59 11:00
ROMSEY 11:25 11:28
EASTLEIGH 11:43 11:46
PORTMTH+S 12:20 12:22
PORTMTH H 12:26

Train 861Z311 runs SO from 10/09/11 to 10/09/11

PORTMTH H 16:40
PORTMTH+S 16:43 16:45
ROMSEY 17:31 17:35
SALISBRY 17:57 17:58
WESTBURYW 18:27 18:42
SWINDON 19:33 19:35
OXFORD 20:25 20:28
HANBORO 20:37 20:38
CHARLBURY 20:45 20:47
SHIPTON 20:53 20:54
KINGHAM 20:59 21:01
MORTONINM 21:08 21:11
HONEYBONE 21:21 21:23
EVESHAM 21:29 21:32
PERSHORE 21:38 21:40
WOSTER SH 21:49 21:52
WOSTERFST 21:54 21:56
MALVNLINK 22:06 22:08
GTMALVERN 22:10 22:14
COLWALL 22:20 22:22
LEDBURY 22:27 22:30
HEREFORD 22:45


Train 831Z341 runs SO from 10/09/11 to 10/09/11
Train category XU Loco-Hauled

TAUNTON 07:00
BRIDGWATR 07:18 07:20
HIGHBRIDG 07:31 07:33
WESTON SM 07:46 07:50
YATTON 08:00 08:02
NAILSEA B 08:09 08:11
BRISTOLTM 08:33 09:04
WESTBURYW 09:48 09:50
SALISBRY 10:29 11:10
PORTMTH H 12:39

Train 861Z361 runs SO from 10/09/11 to 10/09/11

PORTMTH H 16:52
ROMSEY883 17:51 17:55
SALISBRY 18:23 18:51
BRISTOLTM 20:12 20:58
NAILSEA B 21:11 21:13
YATTON 21:21 21:23
WESTON SM 21:41 21:57
HIGHBRIDG 22:10 22:12
BRIDGWATR 22:24 22:26
TAUNTON 22:47

 

[GearJammer]

Excellant, can't ask for more than that, cheers AC

 

[anthony263]

I will be on the hst down to portsmouth so i am looking forward to seing the work thats been done on the cotswold line and going on a hst via Melksham.

 

[spark001uk]

Does anyone know if you've got a provisional platform booked at the harbour at all?

 

[anthony263]

dont know although i have heard that the steam special will not be going all the way to Portsmouth Hbr now because the station cannot take 2 very long trains or something

 

[Lrd]

dont know although i have heard that the steam special will not be going all the way to Portsmouth Hbr now because the station cannot take 2 very long trains or something

Will it be terminating at Portsmouth & Southsea if it don't make it to the harbour? Or Fratton and running into the sidings?

I think I shall be taking a trip to Portsmouth tomorrow! (I of course mean today, but as I haven't slept yet I regard it as tomorrow, oops.)

 

[GearJammer]

Can anyone confirm if both trains are running to time and schedule?

 

[spark001uk]

Interested here too, en route to pmh now with cam!

 

[dcd]

Hadn't seen this thread earlier. Stepped out of my front door to go and photograph 70000 and saw the tail end of the HST disappear behind the trees. Anyone know what the trailing 43 was?

 

[swt_passenger]

dont know although i have heard that the steam special will not be going all the way to Portsmouth Hbr now because the station cannot take 2 very long trains or something

Can't vouch for the arrivals, but both trains left from platform 4. The HST left about 30 secs down on its booked time, and then 70000 and its train was brought in to the same platform a few minutes later, so it must have been waiting on the immediate approach to PMH. It left a few minutes later than booked but nothing significant - could only have been in the station less than 10 minutes.

The normal timetable carried on around these moves, definitely with a few platform alterations, but nothing too out of the ordinary...

 

[NSEFAN]

43030 was leading, 43181 was on the rear.

 

[GearJammer]

Can't vouch for the arrivals, but both trains left from platform 4. The HST left about 30 secs down on its booked time, and then 70000 and its train was brought in to the same platform a few minutes later, so it must have been waiting on the immediate approach to PMH. It left a few minutes later than booked but nothing significant - could only have been in the station less than 10 minutes.

The normal timetable carried on around these moves, definitely with a few platform alterations, but nothing too out of the ordinary...

I think quite a few SWT and Southern services were diverted into Portsmouth & Southsea low level Station and terminated, no big deal tho, all in all a good day, i got plenty of pics of 70000, 66197, 43030 & 43181 at Portsmouth Harbour, Portsmouth & Southsea, Fratton, Port Creek Junction, Portchester and Fareham, was great to see so much interest going on at this normally EMU/DMU Location.

 

[thefab444]

I think quite a few SWT and Southern services were diverted into Portsmouth & Southsea low level Station and terminated, no big deal tho

Only those that are booked to do so anyway.

 

[dcd]

43030 was leading, 43181 was on the rear.

Thanks for this I needed 43181 so glad I asked.

 

[swt_passenger]

Only those that are booked to do so anyway.

Yes - as the above departure times approached the normal SWT, SN and FGW services were all at the harbour as far as I could see. The normal Saturday timetable would see 6 trains from the harbour and 3 from the town, until later when the Southampton Central runs from the harbour.

The obvious difference I noticed was that the Waterloo via Basingstoke 444 was sat in P1, and various others were doubled up in platforms that would normally hold single trains at that time of day.

 

[GearJammer]

Well the train i came in on was meant to go to Portsmouth Harbour but only went as far as the low level at Portsmouth and Southsea.

 

[thefab444]

Well the train i came in on was meant to go to Portsmouth Harbour but only went as far as the low level at Portsmouth and Southsea.

No cancellations showing at PMH for today. What train were you on?

 

[GearJammer]

It was the 12:24 from Portchester i believe, it was saying on the display at the station that it was going to harbour and said as much onboard the train but the on board anouncer im sure said to change at Fratton to avoid using the stairs or something like that, although a guess he could've meant in hindsight it would save people walking down the stairs from the high level, in which case i changed trains at Fratton for no reason.

 

[thefab444]

That service is booked to Portsmouth & Southsea Low Level.

 

[GearJammer]

Oh ok fair enough, im sure it said Harbour on the info display at Portchester.

 

[swt_passenger]

It was the 12:24 from Portchester i believe, it was saying on the display at the station that it was going to harbour and said as much onboard the train but the on board anouncer im sure said to change at Fratton to avoid using the stairs or something like that, although a guess he could've meant in hindsight it would save people walking down the stairs from the high level, in which case i changed trains at Fratton for no reason.

That would be the ex Southampton Central stopper running as booked into Portsmouth and Southsea low level. The reason for the announcement is to allow you to cross the platform at Fratton and get the following FGW service there, rather than use the stairs to the high level platforms, the announcement is normal practice.

 

[GearJammer]

That makes sence, it was a FGW 158 i went from Fratton to the Harbour on.