Track bash July 2021

Day 7 (Saturday)

Caldercruix to Huntingdon

Last updated 2021-11-27

Last day.

Of the bits of Scotland that are left and that can be done in half a day, the Borders Line and the Fife Circle are the most significant, so that's what I did.

A miserable day much of the time. During the return trip over the Forth Bridge the rain/fog meant that the two road bridges were almost invisible, even at such a short distance.

Glenrothes with Thornton was an interesting station. I hadn't realized the station was so new; it was clear from looking at old maps that there had been a lot of railway lines around this triangular junction. It's also odd that the crossovers are west of the station rather than east, so that one platform serves trains both ways on the south curve and the other trains both ways on the north curve (rather like Worcester Foregate Street, but with less obvious justification).

And then finally heading for home. If I'd had another hour in hand, I could have gone round the coast line from Edinburgh to York instead of staying on the ECML, but I had a specific deadline to get home.

One last pleasant surprise: at Peterborough there was a train ready to depart for Huntingdon in a few minutes, meaning I was one service ahead of my expected arrival.

And so ends an enjoyable week. 63 trains. 2664 miles and 69 chains, of which 641 miles and 37 chains (24.07%) was new to me. Well over 1000 photos, a couple of dozen of which are actually quite good.

Today's trains table

2H04

334029+007

CAC

Caldercruix

08:13

08:13½

08:14¾

EDB

Edinburgh Waverley

09:02

09:02¾

2T70

170404

EDB

Edinburgh Waverley

09:22

09:21¾

TWB

Tweedbank

10:22

09:22

2T71

170404

TWB

Tweedbank

10:31

10:30¾

EDB

Edinburgh Waverley

11:29

11:30¼

2K11

170410

EDB

Edinburgh Waverley

11:40

11:39¾

GLT

Glenrothes w Thornton

12:39

12:34¾

2G12

170410

GLT

Glenrothes w Thornton

12:42

12:42½

EDB

Edinburgh Waverley

13:41

13:43¼

1E20

801202

EDB

Edinburgh Waverley

15:00

14:59

PBO

Peterborough

18:48

18:47½

18:45¼

9J59

700118

PBO

Peterborough

18:54

18:54½

HUN

Huntingdon

19:08

19:07½

19:08

Today's route table

Train		ELR	Chainages			Total	New
57	CAC EDB	NEM1	14.60	25.00	10.20	2174.71	591.57
		NBE	25.00	38.71	13.71	2188.62	591.57
		EGM1	38.71	44.75	6.04	2194.66	591.57
		EGM2	44.75	46.02	1.07	2195.73	591.57
		EGM3	1.19	0.15	1.04	2196.77	591.57
		EGM4	0.15	0.00	0.15	2197.12	591.57
58	EDB TWB	ECM9	0.00	0.28	0.28	2197.40	591.57
		ECM8	0.28	3.30	3.02	2200.42	591.57
		NDE1	3.30	4.54	1.24	2201.66	591.57
		NDE1	4.54	5.00	0.26	2202.12	592.03	New
		SBE	5.00	35.34	30.34	2232.46	622.37	New
59	TWB EDB	SBE	35.34	5.00	30.34	2263.00	622.37
		NDE1	5.00	3.30	1.50	2264.50	622.37
		ECM8	3.30	0.28	3.02	2267.52	622.37
		ECM9	0.28	0.00	0.28	2268.00	622.37
60	EDB GLT	ECN1	0.00	0.15	0.15	2268.15	622.37
		ECN2	0.15	30.24	30.09	2298.24	622.37
		CWH3	35.38	34.72	0.46	2298.70	623.03	New
61	GLT EDB	CWH3	34.72	27.00	7.72	2306.62	630.75	New
		CWH2	0.70	0.00	0.70	2307.52	631.65	New
		CWH1	22.73	13.21	9.52	2317.24	641.37	New
		ECN2	13.21	0.15	13.06	2330.30	641.37
		ECN1	0.15	0.00	0.15	2330.45	641.37
62	EDB PBO	ECM9	0.00	0.28	0.28	2330.73	641.37
		ECM8	0.28	54.50	54.22	2385.15	641.37
		ECM7	69.67	0.00	69.67	2455.02	641.37
		ECM6	80.16	80.05	0.11	2455.13	641.37
		ECM5	80.05	0.00	80.05	2535.18	641.37
		ECM4	188.40	182.79	5.41	2540.59	641.37
		ECM3	182.79	169.16	13.63	2554.42	641.37
		ECM2	169.16	160.16	9.00	2563.42	641.37
		ECM1	160.16	76.29	83.67	2647.29	641.37
63	PBO HUN	ECM1	76.29	58.69	17.40	2664.69	641.37

Today's new lines

Borders Line
Fife Circle west side (using Thornton South Curve)

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