Trip Workings - Chester District
from 5th May 1975

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 DieselArr / (From)Dep / (to)Head-codeNotes
Chester No 1 South End and Warehouse Shunt06:30 Mon12:45 Sat 

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 DieselArr / (From)Dep / (to)Head-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 Middle Yard 20:408T25

After working No 29

Chester No 6pass20:44 

 

Mold Jcn No 1pass20:55 

 

Mold Jcn21:00  

Then work 7F58 22:15 to Warrington

Trip 26 (SX) Class 25 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Mold Jcn 23:578T26

After working 21:30 from Coton Hill

Chester00:10  

 

Trip 27 Class 47 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Crewe DN HS 17:05 SuO 

LD

Chester HS19:15 SuO01:40 MO 

LD

Chester Yard01:45 MO02:15 MO7D90

 

Mold Junction02:28 MO03:13 MO 

 

Holywell Junctionpass03:33 MO 

 

Rhylpass03:51 MO 

 

Llandudno Jcn04:17 MO06:59 MO 

5K30 05:34 Holyhead to Crewe Uphill Sdgs.

Trip 28 (SX) Class 24 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Chester HS 03:23 

LD

Mold Junction03:3604:108D52

 

Holywell Junctionpass04:37 

 

Rhylpass05:00 

 

Llandudno Jcn06:2707:478D52

 

Penmaenmawr08:10  

 

Penmaenmawr 08:20 MWFO 

Conveys DCE stone work as required by DCE until

Llandudno Jcn15:30 MWFO  

 

Penmaenmawr TThO 

LD

Llandudno JcnTThO  

 

Llandudno Jcn 15:53 TWThO
16:05 MFO		 

TWThO LD in multiple 15:53 Llandudno Jcn to Holyhead MFO LD in multiple 16:05 to Chester DD

Trip 29 (SX) Class 24 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Chester DD 05:00 MO0T29

LD

Chester No 6 05:04 MO 

 

Mold Jcn05:15 MO05:47 MO9T29

 

Holywell Jcn06:17 MO08:03 8T29

MX After working 04:45 from Runcorn FL and shunting from 06:15

Talacre08:1908:59 

 

CEGB Sidings09:2710:080T29

LD

Mold Jcn10:2510:35 

 

Chester No 6pass10:46 

 

Chester DD10:5011:409T29

 

Chester No 6pass11:44 

 

Mold Jcn 11:5512:359T29

 

Holywell Jcnpass13:048T29

 

Talacre13:1614:07  

 

Holywell Jcnpass14:21 

 

CEGB Sidings14:3915:138T29

 

Mold Jcn15:3016:40 

 

Holywell Jcn17:0817:358T29

 

Mold Jcn18:0418:140Z00

LD

Chester Middle Yd18:29  

 

Trip 29 (SO) 2 x Class 24 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Holywell Jcn 07:568T29

MX After working 04:45 from Runcorn FL and shunting from 06:15

Talacre08:1308:53 

 

CEGB Sidings09:2109:57 

 

Mold Jcn10:1410:390T29

LD

Chester No 6pass10:50 

 

Chester DD10:54  

 

Trip 30 (SX) Class 24 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Chester HS 04:40 

LD

Chester Yd04:4505:057D62

 

Mold Jcn05:2005:407D62

 

Holywell Jcnpass06:02 

 

Rhylpass06:20 

 

Llandudno Jcn06:4206:44 

Crew change

Bangor07:0908:20 9T30

 

Gaerwen 08:3709:07 

 

Valley09:4210:34 

 

Holyhead10:4412:188D55

 

Valley12:3112:51 

Stops to pick up

Bangor13:3814:00 

 

Llandudno Jcn14:3215:10 

 

Mold Jcn16:29  

 

Mold Jcn No 1   

 

Chester No 6   

 

Chester HS   

 

Trip 31 Class 08 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Chester Holding Sidings04:00 MX
08:30 SX		05:30 MX
15:30 SX		 

Shunt NCL. For use by DCE as required.

Trip 36 (SX) Class 24 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Chester HS 06:458T36

LD

Chester Yard 06:5007:10 

 

Chester No 6pass07:15 

Reverse

Mold Jcn07:2207:448T36

 

Rhyl08:3509:18 

 

Colwyn Bay09:4810:05 

 

Llandudno Jcn10:1712:36 

 

Rhyl13:0514:10 

 

Mostyn   

Reverse

Llandudno Jcn14:4215:56 

 

Colwyn Bay16:0817:07 

 

Llandudno Jcn Yard17:1818:55 

 

Llandudno Jcn19:0019:05 

 

Colwyn Baypass19:13 

 

Abergelepass19:22 

 

Rhylpass19:28 

 

Prestatynpass19:33 

 

Holywell Jcnpass19:53 

 

Mold Jcn20:12  

Locomotive works 21:11 Mold Jcn to Bescot

Trip 37 (SX) Class 24 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Chester DD 07:45 0T37

LD

Chester No 6pass07:48 8T37

 

Mold Jcn08:00 08:20  

Slow Line

Connahs Quay08:34 09:22  

 

Holywell Jcn09:41 12:14  

Shunt and trip to Mostyn as required

Dentiths Sidings12:36 13:02  

 

Mold Jcn13:17 13:57  

LD

Chester No 6pass14:06  

 

Chester No 514:1014:20  

Reverse

Chester No 614:2414:26 

 

Chester Wagon Shops14:2814:56 

 

Mold Jcn15:0815:339T37

 

CEGB Sdgs15:5016:50 

 

Mold Jcn17:0917:190T37

LD

Chester DD17:34   

 

Trip 46 (SX) Class 24 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Llandudno Jcn HS 04:10 MO0D90

 

Llandudno Jcn04:20 MO04:43 MO7D90

 

Bangor05:08 MO  

Shunt

Bangor 06:068D90

After working 7D99 23:16 FSX from Stoke Yard

Gaerwen06:2306:31 

Reversing / token

Gaerwen 1 mp06:3606:40 

Pin down brakes

Gaerwen 2½ mp06:4506:49 

Release brakes

Amlwch 15½ mp07:1707:21 

Pin down brakes

Amlwch Town07:3407:45 

Token

Assoc Octel Sdgs08:0008:208T46

 

Amlwch Townpass08:35 

Token

Gaerwen09:2410:05 

Token

Bangor10:2310:39 

 

Llandudno Jcn11:11  

Shunt

Llandudno Jcn 12:418T46

 

Bangorpass13:11 

 

Gaerwen 13:2513:33 

Detach up direction traffic

Gaerwen 1 mp13:3913:43 

Pin down brakes

Gaerwen 2¼ mp13:4813:52 

Release brakes

Amlwch 15½ mp14:2014:24 

Pin down brakes

Amlwch Town14:2714:35 

Token

Amlwch Octel Sdgs14:5015:077T46

 

Gaerwen16:1116:537D80

Shunt

Gaerwen 16:53 

 

Bangor17:0917:40 

 

Llandudno Jcn18:0318:05 

Crew change

Mold Jcn19:15  

Works 8K37 21:30 to Stoke Cockshute Sdgs

Trip 47 (SX) Class 24 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Llandudno Jcn HS 06:35 MO 0T47

LD

Llandudno Jcn06:40 MO  

 

Bangor 06:07 MX0T47

LD Locomotive off 01:35 Parcels from Guide Bridge

Llandudno Jcn 06:28 MX  

 

Llandudno Jcn 07:038T47

 

Llanrwst07:3007:46 

To work to DCE requirements when not required at Blaenau Ffestiniog or Trawsfynydd

Blaenau Ffestiniog08:3210:08 

 

Trawsfynydd10:4912:21 

 

Blaenau Ffestiniog13:0213:15 

 

Llanrwst 13:50 

Token

Llandudno Jcn14:15  

Locomotive works in multiple 15:53 Llandudno Jcn to Holyhead TWThO 16:05 to Chester DD MFO

Trip 50 Class 08 DieselarrdepHead-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 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