Trip Workings - Chester District
from 3rd May 1976

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 line. Although each diagram specifies a locomotive type, classes 24, 25 or 40 could appear on any of the non-08 workings.

Trip 1 (SX) Class 08 Air Braked DieselArr / (From)Dep / (to)Head-codeNotes
Chester No 1 South End and Warehouse Shunt06:30 MO06:30 SO 

Shunt and trip as required, NCL, SE Yard, Middle Yard, Brook Lane, Wagon Shops and work trip

Chester Wagon Shops 13:209T01

 

Chester No 613:22 13:27 

 

Mold Jn Yd13:5014:259T01

 

Chester No 514RR1515RR05 

 

Chester Wagon Shops15:1515:250Z00

DBV

Chester Middle Yard15:30  

 

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 (SX) Class 08 Air Braked DieselfromtoHead-codeNotes
Holyhead Mixed Shunt06:45 Dly
21:10 Dly

07:30 SuO
21:10 SuO		20:35 Dly
04:00 MX & SuO
14:00 SuO
04:00 MO		 

Works to orders on Passenger, Freight and Freightliners maintenance movement

Trip 11 Class 08 DieselfromtoHead-codeNotes
Mold Junction Shunt00:20 MO
05:45 SX
15:25 SX		05:45 MO
12:55 SX
05:45 MX		 

 

Trip 27 (SX) Class 47 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Crewe DN HS 17:15 SuO0Z00

LD

Chester HS17:45 SuO00:55 MO 

 

Chester Yard01:00 MO02:15 MO7T27

 

Mold Jn02:28 MO03:13 MO 

 

Holywell Jnpass03:33 

 

Rhylpass03:51 

 

Llandudno Jcn04:17  

Then works 5K30 Holyhead to Crewe Uphill Sdgs from Llandudno Jn dep 06:59

Trip 28 (SX) Class 25 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Chester HS 03:23 

LD

Mold Junction03:3604:108T28

 

Holywell Junctionpass04:37 

 

Rhylpass05:00 

 

Llandudno Jcn05:3607:47 

 

Penmaenmawr08:10  

 

Penmaenmawr 08:20 MWFO 

Conveys DCE stone work as required by DCE until

Llandudno Jcn15:30 MWFO  

 

Penmaenmawr 08:20 TThO 

LD

Llandudno Jcn08:35 TThO  

 

Llandudno Jcn 15:53  

LD in multiple

Bangor16:20  

Loco works 17:55 parcels to Crewe

Trip 29 (SX) Class 25 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

After working 04:45 from Runcorn FL MSX 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 Jcnpass13:04 

 

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 30 (SX) Class 25 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Chester HS 05:05 0T30

 

Chester No 6pass05:12 

 

Mold Jn No 1pass05:17  

 

Mold Jn05:2005:407T30

 

Holywell Jnpass06:02 

 

Rhylpass06:20 

 

Llandudno Jn06:4206:44 

Crew change

Bangor07:0908:20 9T30

 

Gaerwen 08:3709*07 

 

Valley09:4210*34 

 

Holyhead10:4412:188T30

 

Valley12:3112:51 

Calls to pick up only

Bangor13:3814:00 

 

Llandudno Jn14:3215:030Z00

LD

Llandudno Jn HS15:0815:530Z00

LD in Mult

Bangor16:20  

To work 17:55 pcls to Crewe

Trip 36 (SX) Class 25 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Chester HS 06:45 

LD

Chester Yard06:5007:228T36

 

Mold Jn07:3808:00 

 

Sandycroft08*0708*20 

 

Holywell Jn08*4208*57 

 

Rhyl09:2510:29 

 

Colwyn Bay10:5312:25 

 

Llandudno Jcn12:37  

Shunt as required

Llandudno Jcn 15:10 

LD

Mostyn   

Stops if required

Sandycroft16:2516:45 

 

Mold Jn16:5417:450Z00

LD

Chester HS18:00  

 

Trip 37 (MWFO) Class 25 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   

Shunt and trip to Mostyn as required

Holywell Jcn 12*14 

 

Dentiths Sidings12:36 13:02  

 

Mold Jcn13:17 13:27  

LD

Chester No 6Pass13:37  

 

Chester DD13:42   

 

Trip 37 (TThO) Class 25 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Chester DD08:3015:30  

For use by DCE as required

Trip 46 (SX) Class 25 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Llandudno Jcn HS 04:10 MO0T46

LD

Llandudno Jcn04:20 MO04:43 MO7T46

 

Bangor05:08 MO  

 

Bangor 06:098T46

After working 7D90 2318 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 

 

Assoc Octel Sdgs08:0008:208T46

 

Amlwch Townpass08:35 

 

Gaerwen09:2409:50 

 

Bangorpass10:04 

 

Penmaenmawr10:2310:56 

 

Llandudno Jcn11:11  

Shunt

Llandudno Jcn 12:418T46

 

Bangorpass13:11 

 

Gaerwen 13:2513:33 

 

Gaerwen 1 mp13:3913:43 

Pin down brakes

Gaerwen 2¼ mp13:4813:52 

Release brakes

Amlwch 15½ mp14:2014:24 

Pin down brakes

Amlwch Townpass14:35 

 

Amlwch Octel Sdgs15:5015:07 

 

Gaerwen16:1116:537T46

 

Bangor17:0917:40 

 

Llandudno Jcn18:0318:40 

Crew change and Examination

Colwyn Baypass18:48 

 

Rhylpass19:08 

 

Holywell Jnpass19:27 

 

Mold Jn No 1pass19:44 

 

Mold Jcn19:47  

Works 8K37 21:30 to Stoke Cockshute Sdgs

Trip 47 (SX) Class 40 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Llandudno Jcn HS 06:35 MO0T47

LD

Llandudno Jcn06:40 MO  

 

Holyhead 05:28 MSX0T47

LD

Llandudno Jcn06:28 MSX  

 

Llandudno Jcn 07:038T47

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

Llanrwst07:3007:37 

 

Blaenau Ffestiniog08:2309RR30 

When not required to run to Trawsfynydd returns to Llandudno Jcn at 10:24 (Not 21 June to 3 Sept)

Trawsfynydd10:0810:52 

From 21 June to 3 Sept dep 12:24

Blaenau Ffestiniog11:3013:04 

From 21 June to 3 Sept arr 13:02

Llanrwst 13:39 

Token

Llandudno Jcn14:04  

Shunt as required

Llandudno Jcn 14:460Z00

LD

Holyhead15:46  

 

Trip 50 (SX) 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
15:45 SX
03:13 SuO		13:30 MO
13:30 MX
05:15 SuO