Trip Workings - Chester District
from 6th October 1980
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 25, 40 or 47 could appear on any of the non-08 workings.
| Trip 5 (SX) Class 08 Air Braked Diesel | From | To | Head-code | Notes |
|---|
| Holyhead Freightliner Maintenance Shunt | 06:00 MO
09:30 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 Diesel | From | To | Head-code | Notes |
| Holyhead Mixed Shunt | 06:45 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 28 Class 25 Diesel | arr | dep | Head-code | Notes |
| Llandudno Jcn HS | | 0.329861111 | 0T28 | LD |
| Penmaenmawr | 0.340277778 | | | Shunt as required |
| Penmaenmawr | | 0.375 | 9T28 | Works DCE stone trains as ordered or works as required by DCE until |
| Llandudno Jcn | 14:55 (SX) | 14:45 (SO) | | |
| Trip 29 (SX) Class 25 Diesel | arr | dep | Head-code | Notes |
| Chester DD | | 10:00 | 0T29 | |
| Chester Middle Yd | 10:05 | 10:10 | 9T29 | Brake vans supplied off 9T36 07:08 ex Croes Newydd |
| Rockliffe Hall | 10:30 | 11:30 | 9T29 | |
| Point of Ayr | 12:00 | 13:30 | 9T29 | Driver’s PNB |
| Rockliffe Hall | 14:00 | 15:00 | 9T29 | |
| Mold Jcn | 15:25 | 15:55 | 9T29 | |
| Chester No 5 | 16RR10 | 16RR20 | 9T29 | |
| Chester Wagon Shops | 16:35 | 17:05 | | Detach brake van for 9T36 05:58 ex Chester following day |
| Chester Middle Yard | 17:10 | 18:30 | 8T29 | |
| Croes Newydd | 19:10 | | | |
| Trip 30 (SX) Class 25 Diesel | arr | dep | Head-code | Notes |
| Llandudno Jcn | | 08:23 | 9T30 | |
| Bangor | 08:48 | 09:10 | | |
| Valley | 10:22 | 11:52 | | Shunt as required |
| Holyhead Old Yard | 11:04 | 11:34 | 7T30 | |
| Anglesey Aluminium Sidings | | | | As required |
| Valley | 11:45 | 12:05 | | |
| Bangor | 12:40 | 13:24 | | |
| Penmaenmawr | 13:38 | 14:10 | 8T30 | |
| Llandudno Jcn | 14:25 | | | Shunt as required |
| Llandudno Jcn | | 14:48 FO | 0Z00 | LD |
| Llandudno Jcn HS | 14:53 FO | | | |
| Trip 36 (SX) Class 25 Diesel | arr | dep | Head-code | Notes |
| Chester HS | | 05:25 | 0T36 | LD |
| Wagon Shops | 05:35 | 05:58 | 9T36 | |
| Chester No 6 | Pass | 06:00 | | Reverse |
| Croes Newydd | 06:30 | 07:08 | 9T36 | In addition to 2 working brake vans conveys 2 spare brake vans for 9T29 10:10 ex Chester |
| Chester | 07:38 | 09:32 | | Trip traffic to NCL, Chester West FT, Diesel Depot and Brook Lane |
| Mold Jn | 09:47 | 10:30 | 9T36 | Cripples for Mold Jn for grading |
| Chester | 10RR45 | 11RR30 | | |
| Croes Newydd | 12:05 | | | |
| Trip 37 (MWFO) Class 25 Diesel | arr | dep | Head-code | Notes |
| Chester DD | | 07:35 | 0T37 | LD |
| Croes Newydd | 07:55 | 08:30 | 8T37 | |
| Chester Bache Loop | 09RR00 | 09RR10 | | |
| Connahs Quay | 09:34 | 10:22 | 8T37 | Then works either (a) or (b) as required |
| Mostyn | 10:52 | 11:45 | 8T37 | (a) |
| Holywell Jn | 11:56 | 12:51 | | (a) Driver’s PNB |
| Dentiths Sidings | 13:15 | | | (a) |
| Rockliffe Hall | 10:30 | 10:50 | 7T37 | (b) |
| Point of Ayr | 11:11 | 12:41 | 7T37 | (b) |
| Dentiths Sidings | 13:05 | | | (b) |
| Dentiths Sidings | | 13:30 | 8T37 | |
| Chester | 13RR50 | 14RR00 | | |
| Croes Newydd Yd | 14:30 | | | |
| Trip 37 (TThO) Class 25 Diesel | arr | dep | Head-code | Notes |
| Chester DD | 08:30 | 15:30 | 9T37 | For use by DCE as required |
| Trip 46 (SX) Class 25 Dual-Braked Diesel | arr | dep | Head-code | Notes |
| Llandudno Jcn HS | | 03:40 | 0T46 | |
| Llandudno Jcn | 03:50 | | | Shunt as required |
| Llandudno Jcn | | 04:43 | 7T46 | |
| Bangor | 05:08 | | | Shunt as required |
| Bangor | | 06:09 | 7T46 | AIR. Runs 10 minutes earlier MO Bangor to Gaerwen |
| Gaerwen | 06:22 | 06:32 | | Reversing / token |
| Amlwch Town | 07:43 | 07:45 | | Token |
| Assoc Octel Sdgs | 07:58 | 08:30 | | |
| Amlwch Town | 08:43 | 08:45 | | Token |
| Gaerwen | 09:30 | 09:35 | | Token |
| Bangor | 09:49 | 10:15 | | Shunt and attach up direction traffic |
| Llandudno Jcn | 10:34 | | | Shunt as required |
| Llandudno Jcn | | 11:00 | | |
