159 meets 158

[Oracle]

Was at Southampton Central this morning. A Salisbury-bound 158 in P3A was mated by a 159 from the St Denys direction and then ensemble left at 1044. Is this booked? Where does the 159 come from and go to please?

 

[33011]

Was at Southampton Central this morning. A Salisbury-bound 158 in P3A was mated by a 159 from the St Denys direction and then ensemble left at 1044. Is this booked? Where does the 159 come from and go to please?

It is a booked working.When i was there last year it used to be two 158s that attached.one section comes from Romsey and the other from Portsmouth.The 158 from portsmouth used to do a stopper from Basingstoke to Southampton Central then a stopper to Portsmouth then a stopper back and then make the attachment.The reason i think for the attachment is to save an ecs move to Salisbury.I don't know what the diagram now its 159.

 

[Oracle]

Could it be the 0933 stopper ex-Pompey? I guess it frees up a 450.

 

[Matt Taylor]

5D96 0510 SAL-SOU
2B98 0542 SOU-ESL
5B16 0558 ESL-BSK
2B89 0655 BSK-SOU
2E13 0751 SOU-PMH
2E24 0933 PMH-SOU
2S23 1045 SOU-SAL
1L38 1145 SAL-WAT
1L39 1350 WAT-GIL
1L58 1615 GIL-WAT
1L59 1850 WAT-SAL
5L59 2055 To Depot

Thats the 159, the 158 continues on the Salisbury-Romsey shuttles all day.

 

[Oracle]

Cheers Matt! Must see if I can grab it Southampton to Portsmouth & back.

Is there still as Southampton - Waterloo 159 service? I used to catch a 2 x 159 mid-morning which made a pleasant change from the usual 442s.

 

[thefab444]

Not that I know of.

My 2001 timetable shows an 1120 Salisbury - Waterloo via Winchester, calling at Romsey, Southampton Central, Eastleigh, Winchester, Basingstoke, Farnborough and Waterloo. Going the other way there was a 1015 Waterloo - Salisbury, with the same calling pattern in reverse.

The 2001 TT is, generally, better than the current one.