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 Diesel		Arr / (From)Dep / (to) Head-codeNotes

Chester No 1 South End and Warehouse Shunt

06:30 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 Diesel		fromto Head-codeNotes

Holyhead Freightliner Maintenance Shunt

06:00 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 Diesel		fromto Head-codeNotes

Holyhead Mixed Shunt

06:45 SuX
21:10 Dly
07:30 SUN		20:35 SuX
04:00 Dly
14:00 SUN		 

Works to orders on Passenger, Freight and Freightliners maintenance movement


Trip 11
Class 08 Diesel		Arr / (From)Dep / (to) Head-codeNotes

Mold Jcn West End

23:55 SUN
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 Diesel		arrdep Head-codeNotes

Chester Middle Yard

 20:408T25

After working No 29

Chester No 6

pass20:44 

 

Mold Jcn No 1

pass20:55 

 

Mold Jcn

21:00  

Then work 7F58 22:15 to Warrington


Trip 26 (SX)
Class 24 Diesel		arrdep Head-codeNotes

Mold Jcn

 23:578T26

After working 21:30 from Coton Hill

Chester

00:10  

 


Trip 27
Class 47 Diesel		arrdep Head-codeNotes

Crewe DN HS

 17:05 SUN 

LD

Chester HS

19:15 SUN01:40 MO 

LD

Chester Yard

01:45 MO02:15 MO7D90

 

Mold Junction

02:28 MO03:13 MO 

 

Holywell Junction

pass03:33 MO 

 

Rhyl

pass03:51 MO 

 

Llandudno Jcn

04:17 MO06:59 MO 

5K30 05:34 Holyhead to Crewe Uphill Sdgs.


Trip 28 (SX)
Class 24 Diesel		arrdep Head-codeNotes

Chester HS

 03:23 

LD

Mold Junction

03:3604:108D52

 

Holywell Junction

pass04:37 

 

Rhyl

pass05:00 

 

Llandudno Jcn

06:2707:478D52

 

Penmaenmawr

08:10  

 

Penmaenmawr

 08:20 MWFO 

Conveys DCE stone work as required by DCE until

Llandudno Jcn

15:30 MWFO  

 

Penmaenmawr

 TThO 

LD

Llandudno Jcn

TThO  

 

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 Diesel		arrdep Head-codeNotes

Chester DD

 05:00 MO0T29

LD

Chester No 6

 05:04 MO 

 

Mold Jcn

05:15 MO05:47 MO9T29

 

Holywell Jcn

06:17 MO08:038T29

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

Talacre

08:1908:59 

 

CEGB Sidings

09:2710:080T29

LD

Mold Jcn

10:2510:35 

 

Chester No 6

pass10:46 

 

Chester DD

10:5011:409T29

 

Chester No 6

pass11:44 

 

Mold Jcn

11:5512:359T29

 

Holywell Jcn

pass13:048T29

 

Talacre

13:1614*07 

 

Holywell Jcn

pass14:21 

 

CEGB Sidings

14:3915:138T29

 

Mold Jcn

15:3016:40 

 

Holywell Jcn

17:0817:358T29

 

Mold Jcn

18:0418:140Z00

LD

Chester Middle Yd

18:29  

 


Trip 29 (SO)
2 x Class 24 Diesel		arrdep Head-codeNotes

Holywell Jcn

 07:568T29

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

Talacre

08:1308:53 

 

CEGB Sidings

09:2109:57 

 

Mold Jcn

10:1410:390T29

LD

Chester No 6

pass10:50 

 

Chester DD

10:54  

 


Trip 30 (SX)
Class 24 Diesel		arrdep Head-codeNotes

Chester HS

 04:40 

LD

Chester Yd

04:4505:057D62

 

Mold Jcn

05:2005:407D62

 

Holywell Jcn

pass06:02 

 

Rhyl

pass06:20 

 

Llandudno Jcn

06:4206:44 

Crew change

Bangor

07:0908:20 9T30

 

Gaerwen

08:3709*07 

 

Valley

09:4210*34 

 

Holyhead

10:4412:188D55

 

Valley

12:3112:51 

Stops to pick up

Bangor

13:3814:00 

 

Llandudno Jcn

14:3215:10 

 

Mold Jcn

16:29  

 

Mold Jcn No 1

   

 

Chester No 6

   

 

Chester HS

   

 


Trip 31
Class 08 Diesel		arrdep Head-codeNotes

Chester Holding Sidings

04:00 MX
08:30 SX		05:30 MX
15:30 SX		 

Shunt NCL.
For use by DCE as required.


Trip 36 (SX)
Class 24 Diesel		arrdep Head-codeNotes

Chester HS

 06:458T36

LD

Chester Yard

06:5007:10 

 

Chester No 6

pass07:15 

Reverse

Mold Jcn

07:2207:448T36

 

Rhyl

08:3509*18 

 

Colwyn Bay

09:4810*05 

RWS

Llandudno Jcn

10:1712:36 

RWS

Rhyl

13:0514*10 

RWS

Mostyn

   

As required

Llandudno Jcn

14:4215:56 

 

Colwyn Bay

16:0817:07 

RWS

Llandudno Jcn Yard

17:1818:55 

 

Llandudno Jcn

19:0019:05 

 

Colwyn Bay

pass19:13 

 

Abergele

pass19:22 

 

Rhyl

pass19:28 

 

Prestatyn

pass19:33 

 

Holywell Jcn

pass19:53 

 

Mold Jcn

20:12  

Locomotive works 21:11 Mold Jcn to Bescot


Trip 37 (SX)
Class 24 Diesel		arrdep Head-codeNotes

Chester DD

 07:450T37

LD

Chester No 6

pass07:48 

 

Mold Jcn

08:0008:208T37

Slow Line

Connahs Quay

08:3409:22 

 

Holywell Jcn

09:4112*14 

Shunt and trip to Mostyn as required

Dentiths Sidings

12:3613:02 

 

Mold Jcn

13:1713:57 

LD

Chester No 6

pass14:06 

 

Chester No 5

14:1014:20 

Reverse

Chester No 6

14:2414:26 

Propel

Chester Wagon Shops

14:2814:56 

 

Mold Jcn

15:0815:339T37

 

CEGB Sdgs

15:5016:50 

 

Mold Jcn

17:0917:190T37

LD

Chester DD

17:34  

 


Trip 46 (SX)
Class 24 Diesel		arrdep Head-codeNotes

Llandudno Jcn HS

 04:10 MO0D90

 

Llandudno Jcn

04:20 MO04:43 MO7D90

 

Bangor

05:08 MO  

Shunt

Bangor

 06:068D90

After working 7D99 23:16 FSX from Stoke Yard

Gaerwen

06:2306:31 

 

Gaerwen 1 mp

06:3606:40 

Pin down brakes

Gaerwen 2½ mp

06:4506:49 

Release brakes

Amlwch 15½ mp

07:1707:21 

Pin down brakes

Amlwch Town

07:3407*45 

 

Assoc Octel Sdgs

08:0008:208T46

 

Amlwch Town

pass08:35 

 

Gaerwen

09:2410:05 

 

Bangor

10*2310*39 

 

Llandudno Jcn

11:11  

Shunt

Llandudno Jcn

 12:418T46

 

Bangor

pass13:11 

 

Gaerwen

13:2513:33 

 

Gaerwen 1 mp

13:3913:43 

Pin down brakes

Gaerwen 2¼ mp

13:4813:52 

Release brakes

Amlwch 15½ mp

14:2014:24 

Pin down brakes

Amlwch Town

14:2714:35 

 

Amlwch Octel Sdgs

14:5015:077T46

 

Gaerwen

16:1116:537D80

RWS

Bangor

17:0917:40 

 

Llandudno Jcn

18:0318:05 

Crew change

Mold Jcn

19:15  

Works 8K37 21:30 to Stoke Cockshute Sdgs


Trip 47 (SX)
Class 24 Diesel		arrdep Head-codeNotes

Llandudno Jcn HS

 06:35 MO 0T47

LD

Llandudno Jcn

06:40 MO  

 

Bangor

 06:07 MX0T47

LD Locomotive off 01:35 Parcels from Guide Bridge

Llandudno Jcn

06:28 MX  

 

Llandudno Jcn

 07:038T47

 

Llanrwst

07*3007*46 

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

Blaenau Ffestiniog

08:3210:08 

Propel

Trawsfynydd

10:4912:21 

 

Blaenau Ffestiniog

13:0213:15 

 

Llanrwst

 13:50 

 

Llandudno Jcn

14:15  

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


Trip 50
Class 08 Diesel		arrdep Head-codeNotes

Llandudno Jcn CS

 03:07 MO0T50

LD

Bangor

04:07 MO  

 

Bangor Shunt Mixed

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

 

Bangor

 09:27 SO0Z00

LD

Llandudno Jcn

10:23 SO  

 


Trip 92
Class 08 Diesel		fromto Head-codeNotes

Chester Passenger Station Shunt

23:31 SUN
16:15 SX
03:15 SUN		13:45 MO
13:45 MX
05:15 SUN