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0805 wadthurst. To Cst ran up ecs from Hastings to wadthurst prior to electrification as Stonegate signal box was decommissioned by then and it would have not been able to run the service up from Hastings as its original time as the 0729 From Hastings due to the absolute block system so it went...

That timetable showed in an above post is one I don't recall prior to the electrification of the Hastings line however I do recall that services were drastically altered to allow for extensiveretimings of services during e works --- old post above --- --- new post below --- 1978 timetable 0540...

I was a guard on the Hs to Cx line for 30 years. In 1978 the 75 mph diesels did the fast off peak service in 1 hour and 30 mins and 1 hr50 if it was a stopper. Some peak Cannon St trains 1 hr25 up and back. Sadly as a commuter once said to me 'we haven't progressed at all on this line as certain...