Trip Workings - Chester District
from 14th May 1979

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, 40 or 47 could appear on any of the non-08 workings.

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 SuX
21:10 Dly
07:30 SuO		20:35 SuX
04:00 Dly
14:00 SuO		 

Works to orders on Passenger, Freight and Freightliners movement

Trip 11 Class 08 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Chester HS 05:30 MO0T11

LD

Mold Jcn06:00 MO
15:00 FSX
15:00 FO		12:30 MO
12:30 MSX
03:30 SO		 

Shunt

Mold Jcn 03:30 SO0Z00

LD

Chester HS04:00 SO  

 

Trip 26 (SX) Class 25 DieselArrdepHead-codeNotes
Chester HS 07:30 MO0T26

LD

Mold Jcn 08:158T26

Loco off 02:15 from Healey Mills MSX

Chester08:30  

Trip traffic to NCL, Chester West FD, Diesel Depot and Brook Lane

Chester HS09:30  

 

Trip 28 (SX) Class 25 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Llandudno Jcn HS 07:55 0T28

LD

Penmaenmawr08:10  

Shunt as required

Penmaenmawr 09:009T28

Works DCE stone trains as ordered or works as required by DCE until

Llandudno Jcn14:55   

 

Trip 29 (SX) Class 25 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Chester DD 11:45 0T29

 

Mold Jcn12:0012:259T29

 

Talacre13:0614:07  

 

CEGB Sidings14:3915:13 

 

Mold Jcn15:3016:25 

 

Chester No 516:4016:50 

Reverse

Chester Wagon Shops16:5517:05 

LD

Chester Middle Yard17:1017:408T29

 

Mold Jcn 17:55 0Z00

LD

Chester HS18:20  

 

Trip 30 (SX) Class 25 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Chester HS 06:35 MO9T30

 

Mold Jcn06:50 MO07:107T30

SL

Sandycroft07:1507:22 

 

Holywell Jcnpass07:40 

 

Rhylpass07:58 

 

Llandudno Jcn08:2108:23 

Crew change

Bangor08:48  

 

Bangor 09:359T30

 

Gaerwen 09:5210:22 

 

Valley10:5711:37 

Shunt.

Holyhead Old Yard11:4912:097T30

 

Anglesey Aluminium Sidings   

As required

Valley12:2012:40 

Stops to attach

Bangorpass13:15 

 

Penmaenmawr13:3014:108T30

Stops to attach

Llandudno Jcn14:25  

Shunt as required

Llandudno Jcn 15:05 FSX0Z00

LD

Chester DD16:20 FSX  

 

Llandudno Jcn 15:05 FO0Z00

LD

Llandudno Jcn HS15:10 FO  

 

Trip 36 (SX) Class 25 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Chester HS 07:000T36

LD

Wagon Shops07:1007:339T36

 

Chester No 607:3507:40 

Reverse

Mold Jcn07:5008:157T36

 

Rhyl08:5509:25 

 

Colwyn Bay09:4410:29 

 

Llandudno Jcn10:37  

Shunt

Llandudno Jcn 12:400Z00

LD

Chester DD13:45 TThO  

 

Chester No 513:45 MWFO13:47 MWFO 

Crew Change

Croes Newydd HS14:18 MWFO  

 

Trip 37 (MWFO) Class 25 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Chester DD 07:45 0T37

LD

Chester No 6pass07:48 8T37

 

Mold Jcn08:00 08:20  

 

Connahs Quay08:34 09:22  

 

Rockcliffe Hall09:2710:00 

 

Dentiths Sidings10:05 10:20  

 

Mold Jcn10:30 11:13  

 

Mostyn11:5012:44 

 

Mold Jcn13:21  

 

Mold Jcn 13:310Z00

LD

Chester No 613:42 MO13:44 MO 

Reverse

Rossettpass13:56 MO 

 

Wrexham Northpass14:05 MO 

 

Croes Newydd HS14:11 MO  

 

Chester No 6pass13:41 WFO  

 

Chester DD13:46 WFO  

 

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

For use by DCE as required

Trip 46 (SX) Class 25 Dual-Braked DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Llandudno Jcn HS 03:400T46

 

Llandudno Jcn03:50  

Shunt as required

Llandudno Jcn 04:437T46

 

Bangor05:08  

Shunt as required

Bangor 06:097T46

AIR. Runs 10 minutes earlier MO Bangor to Gaerwen

Gaerwen06:2206:32 

Reversing / token

Amlwch Town07:1807:45 

Token

Assoc Octel Sdgs07:5808:30 

 

Amlwch Town08:4308:45 

Token

Gaerwen09:3009:35 

Token

Bangor09:4910:15 

Shunt and attach up direction traffic

Llandudno Jcn10:34  

Shunt as required

Llandudno Jcn 11:00 

 

Bangor11:25  

Shunt as required

Bangor 12:458T46

 

Gaerwen 13:0213:07 

 

Gaerwen 1 mp13:1013:14 

Pin down brakes

Gaerwen 2½ mp13:1913:22 

Release brakes

Amlwch 15½ mp13:5413:58 

Pin down brakes

Amlwch Town14:0714:09 

Token

Amlwch Octel Sdgs14:24  

 

Trip 47 (SX) Class 40 DieselarrdepHead-codeNotes
Llandudno Jcn HS 06:35 0T47

LD

Llandudno Jcn06:40  

 

Llandudno Jcn 07:038T47

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

Llanrwst07:3007:37 

Token. Cross.

Blaenau Ffestiniog08:2309:30 

When not required to run to Trawsfynydd returns to Llandudno Jcn at 10:24 and works to A.M.’s instructions until 14:00

Trawsfynydd10:0810:52 

 

Blaenau Ffestiniog11:3012:12 

 

Llanrwstpass12:47 

Token

Llandudno Jcn13:1115:108T47

 

Mostyn   

Stops if required

Mold Jcn16:29  

 

Trip 92 (SX) Class 08 DieselfromtoHead-codeNotes
Chester Passenger Station and Freight Depots Mixed Shunt23:31 SuO
15:45 SX
03:13 SuO		13:30 MO
13:30 MX
05:15 SuO		 

Shunt passenger, also freight as required, including the following at the approximate times shown: DCE and DS&TE Sdgs and Chester Wagon Shops - 05:30 to 07:30 SX Chester Wagon Shops - 12:00 to 13:00 SX Shunt and trip from Chester West, Diesel Depot and NCL to Middle Yard - 15:45 to 17:00 SX