Trip Workings - Chester District
from 6th November 1972

Part I (Chester and the North Wales Coast)

Taken from the BR Trip diagrams booklet, these are the freight trip workings servicing Chester and the North Wales Coast. Workings around Wrexham and Shrewsbury are detailed in Part II.

Trip 1 Class 08 DieselFromToHead-codeNotes
Chester No 1 South End and Warehouse Shunt06:30 MO12:45 SO 

Shunt and trip as required NCL, South End Yard, Middle Yard, Brook Lane and Wagon Shops

Trip 5 (SX) Class 08 Air Braked DieselFromToHead-codeNotes
Holyhead Freightliner Maintenance Shunt06:00 MO
10:30 MSX		17:30 MO
19:30 MSX		 

Works Freightliner wagons to and from maintenance pit, shunting out cripples and reforming wagon sets as required

Trip 6 Class 08 Air Braked DieselFromToHead-codeNotes
Holyhead Mixed Shunt06:45 SuX
21:10 Dly
07:30 SuO		20:35 SuX
04:00 Dly
14:00 SuO		 

Works to orders on Passenger, Freight and Freightliners maintenance movement

Trip 11 Class 08 DieselFromToHead-codeNotes
Mold Jcn West End23:55 SuO
00:01 MX
08:00 SX
16:00 SX		07:25 MO
07:30 MX
15:30 SX
23:30 SX		 

 

Trip 25 (SX) Class 24 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Chester DD 20:000T25

 

Chester Middle Yard20:1020:308T25

 

Chester No 6pass20:34 

 

Saltney Jnpass20:39 

 

Mold Jcn No 1pass20:45 

 

Mold Jcn20:50  

 

Trip 26 (SX) Class 24 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Mold Jcn 23:158T26

After working 20:50 from Coton Hill

Chester23:28  

 

Trip 29 (SX) Class 24 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Chester DD 05:12 MO0T29

LD

Chester No 6pass05:16 MO 

Fast Line

Saltney Jnpass05:19 MO 

 

Mold Jcn05:56 MO05:47 MO9T29

 

Sandycroftpass05:54 MO 

 

Rockcliffe Hallpass06:03 MO 

 

Holywell Jcn06:17 MO08:27 MO
08:33 MSX		8T29

 

Talacre08:45 MO
08:48 MSX		09:00 MO
09:08 MSX		 

 

Holywell Jcnpass09:16 MO
09:24 MSX		 

 

CEGB Sidings09:32 MO
09:40 MSX		10:179T29

LD

Sandycroftpass10:26 

 

Mold Jcn10:3210:400T29

 

Saltney Jnpass10:45 

 

Chester No 6pass10:50 

 

Chester DD10:5311:409T29

 

Chester No 6pass11:44 

 

Saltney Jnpass11:50 

 

Mold Jcn 11:5512:569T29

 

Sandycroftpass13:03 

 

Rockcliffe Hallpass13:12 

 

Holywell Jcnpass13:27 

 

Talacre13:3714:17 

 

Holywell Jcnpass14:31 

 

Rockcliffe Hallpass14:43 

 

Sandycroftpass14:52 

Cross to Slow Line

Mold Jcn14:5916:02 

 

Sandycroftpass16:09 

Cross to Slow Line

CEGB Sidings16:2217:22 

LD

Sandycroftpass17:32 

Cross to Slow Line

Mold Jcn17:3914:490Z00

LD

Chester Middle Yd18:05  

 

Trip 29 (SO) Class 24 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Holywell Jcn 08:058T29

 

Talacre08:2308:58 

 

CEGB Sidings09:3010:46 

 

Sandycroftpass10:56 

Cross to Slow Line

Mold Jcn11:0111:200T29

LD

Saltney Jnpass11:26 

 

Chester No 6pass11:30 

 

Chester DD11:35  

 

Trip 31 Class 08 DieselFromToHead-codeNotes
Chester Holding Sidings04:00 MX
08:30 SX		06:00 MX
15:30 SX		 

Shunt NCL. For use by DCE as required.

Trip 36 (SX) Class 24 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Chester DD 05:460T36

LD

Chester No 6pass05:48 

 

Saltney Jnpass05:52 

 

Mold Jcn05:5906:218T36

RWS

Sandycroftpass06:28 

 

Rockcliffe Hallpass06:36 

 

Holywell Jcnpass06:47 

 

Rhyl07:1207:27 

RWS

Colwyn Bay07:5208:22 

RWS

Llandudno Jcn08:3409:20 

 

Llandudno 09:3510:25 

 

Llandudno Jcn10:4011:17 

 

Rhyl11:4912:30 

RWS

Prestatyn12:4112:51 

Run round

Dyserth13:0613:36 

 

Prestatyn13:5114:03 

Run round / reverse

Mostyn   

Calls as required

Holywell Jn14:2816:00 

 

Colwyn Bay16:4817:45 

RWS

Llandudno Jcn Yd17:5618:55 

 

Llandudno Jcn19:0019:05 

 

Colwyn Baypass19:13 

 

Abergelepass19:22 

 

Rhylpass19:28 

 

Prestatynpass19:33 

 

Holywell Jcnpass19:46 

 

Mold Jcn20:05  

Locomotive works 22:27 Mold Jcn to Bescot

Trip 37 (SX) Class 24 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Chester DD 07:380T37

LD

Chester No 6pass07:42 

 

Saltney Jnpass07:47 

 

Mold Jcn07:5208:369T37

RWS. Slow Line

Sandycroftpass08:43 

 

Rockcliffe Hallpass08:54 

 

Holywell Jn09:1011:22 

Shunt 09:15 to 10:35

Mostyn10:5211:12 

 

Holywell Jn11:2211:32 

 

Rockcliffe Hallpass11:47 

 

Dentiths Sidings11:5412:19 

 

Sandycroftpass12:29 

 

Mold Jcn12:3413:08 

 

Saltney Jnpass13:14 

 

Chester No 6pass13:18 

 

Chester Wagon Shops13:2314:25 

 

Chester No 6pass14:30 

 

Saltney Jnpass14:35 

 

Mold Jcn14:4015:20 

 

Connahs Quay15:3416:40 

 

Rockcliffe Hallpass16:46 

 

Holywell Jn17:0017:529T37

Preference must be given to the clearance of Dyserth traffic detached off 9T36

Rockcliffe Hallpass18:06 

 

Mold Jcn18:19  

 

Trip 47 (MWFO) Class 24 DieselFromToHead-codeNotes
 08:2015:30 

Works as required by DCE

    

Locomotive works in multiple 15:45 Llandudno Jcn to Holyhead WFO 16:05 to Chester DD MO

Trip 47 (TThO) Class 24 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Llandudno Jcn CS 06:350T47

LD

Llandudno Jcn06:4007:038T47

 

Llanrwst07:3007:35 

 

Blaenau Ffestiniog08:2110:08 

Propel

Trawsfynydd10:4912:21 

 

Blaenau Ffestiniog13:0213:15 

 

Llanrwstpass13:50 

 

Llandudno Jcn14:15  

Locomotive works in multiple 15:45 Llandudno Jcn to Holyhead TWThO 16:05 to Chester DD MO

Trip 48 (SX) Class 24 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Penmaenmawr 08:07 

After working 04:40 from Mold Jn. Conveys DCE stone work as required by DCE until

Llandudno Jn15:30  

Locomotive works in multiple 15:45 Llandudno Jcn to Holyhead MSX 16:05 to Chester DD MO

Trip 49 Class 24 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Amlwch  08:59 

After working 06:25 from Bangor.

Gaerwen09:4810:24 

 

Bangorpass10:40 

 

Llandudno Jn 11:0913:31 SX8T49

Shunt

Bangorpass14:03 SX 

 

Gaerwen14:18 SX14:21 SX 

 

Amlwch 15:09 SX  

Then works 16:00 SX to Mold Jn

Trip 50 Class 08 DieselFromToHead-codeNotes
Llandudno Jcn CS 03:07 MO0T50

LD

Bangor04:07 MO  

 

Bangor Shunt Mixed05:45 MO
05:15 MSX
05:15 SO		19:40 MO
21:10 MSX
09:27 SO		 

 

Bangor 09:27 SO0Z00

LD

Llandudno Jcn10:23 SO  

 

Trip 56 (SX) Class 24 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Bangor 08:209T56

 

Gaerwen08:3709:07 

 

Valley09:4210:34 

 

Holyhead10:44  

 

Trip 92 (SX) Class 08 DieselFromToHead-codeNotes
Chester Passenger Station Shunt23:31 SuO
16:15 SX
03:15 SuO		13:45 MO
13:45 MX
05:15 SuO