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| Leg | From | Dep. WTT | Dep. Real | To | Arr. WTT | Arr. Real | Distance | ID | Oper | Origin | Destination | Class | Car. | Loading | Ref. |
| 1 | Nottingham | 0813 | OT | London St. Pancras | 1005 | 1005+2 | 126m34c | 1B19 | EM | Nottingham | London St. Pancras | 222 | 5 | Light | *1 |
| 2 | London St. Pancras | 1012 | OT | Farringdon | 1015 | 1014-1 | 1m29c | 9V31 | TL | St. Albans City | Sutton | 700 | 8 | Light | *2 |
| 3 | Farringdon | 1019 | 1021+2 | London Bridge | 1029 | OT | 1m67c | 9J19 | TL | Peterborough | Horsham | 700 | 12 | Light | *3 |
| 4 | London Bridge | 1040 | OT | Maidstone East | 1132 | 1134+2 | 37m0c | 1U16 | SE | London Charing Cross | Maidstone East | 377 | 4 | Light | *4 |
| 5 | Maidstone East | 1300 | 1301+1 | Ashford International | 1331 | 1330-1 | 19m31c | 2N32 | SE | London Victoria | Ashford International | 377 | 4+4 | Light | *5 |
| 6 | Ashford International | 1332 | 1333+1 | London Bridge | 1438 | 1443+5 | 54m20c | 2W42 | SE | Dover Priory | London Charing Cross | 375 | 4+4 | Light | *6 |
| 7 | London Bridge | 1446 | 1454+8 | London St. Pancras | 1500 | 1505+5 | 3m16c | 9S34 | TL | Brighton | Cambridge | 700 | 12 | Light | *7 |
| 8 | London St. Pancras | 1535 | OT | Nottingham | 1709 | 1722+13 | 126m34c | 1D53 | EM | London St. Pancras | Nottingham | 222 | 5 | Light | |
| ALL | Nottingham | 0813 | OT | Nottingham | 1709 | 1722+13 | 369m71c | Light | *8 |
Notes:
*1: Attached to the rear of 1P22 from Melton Mowbary at Kettering, proceeds as 1B19.
*2: Train at TL platform about to go so jumped on without checking. Wrong train, not for London Bridge, no problem, just change at Farringdon.
*3: Right train this time.
*4: Maidstone East station has original buildings at platform level plus a not unpleasant new building on the overbridge, although it’s a bit odd going into the new building with the ticket office etc., then going out onto the road again to walk down to P2. Maidstone seems like a pleasant town, with some nice gardens right next to the station, the Medway river walk (somewhat spoiled by a busy road), and a cluster of interesting historic buildings in the All Saints church area. On the high street is the high end Royal Star shopping arcade, overall a good variety of shops and an usually low number of empty units gives an impression of prosperity.
*5: Made a tight connection at Ashford here due to being one minute early and on the same platform island.
*6: Due to unexplained slow running in the Staplehurst area (no other services involved, maybe a TSR/ESR?), missed the planned connection at Sevenoaks for the service to Blackfriars via Bat & Ball and Otford, so carried on to London and left that for another day.
*7: Late running made the connection to the 1505 St. Pancras to Nottingham service impossible. This was probably for the best since 5 minutes is really too tight going up from the TL platforms to the EMR platforms via the far escalator (it’s fine going the other way, via the near escalator).
*8: The post-pandemic “Monday effect” seemed to be in force with all trains noticeably lightly loaded.
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