DMU Operations: Eastern Region
Cambridge-St Ives
DMU used would be any of the regular East Anglian types. Services ended on 5 October 1970.
Sample Timetables
The first two are for Cambridge - Peterborough services on which St Ives was a stop.
3rd November 1958 to 14th June 1959
This measured 5" x 7 1/2" when folded.
2nd January to 11th June 1961
This measured 5" x 7 8" when folded.
5 June 1967 to 4 May 1968
This measured 2 7/8" x 4 1/8" when folded.
5 May 1969 to 2 May 1970
This measured 8 3/4" x 3 3/4" when folded.
circa 1968
A Cravens / GRC&W set at St Ives station (Cambridgeshire) circa 1968. Steve Davies Collection.
circa 1968
A Derby Lightweight (Blue Square) DMU at St Ives (Huntingdonshire) after arriving from Cambridge into the platform which used to be for the line to Huntingdon and Kettering circa 1968. Behind the building are the platforms formerly used for the March line. The station was largely intact at this time, but was rationalised a few months later. Cambridge depot only ever had one DMU allocated of this type, 56201 + 50610 arriving from the Scottish Region in January 1968 which explains the yellow first class stripe on the DTCL. They moved to Norwich depot in November 1968. Tom Burnham.
circa late 1960s
An Eastern Region Cravens/GRC&W hybrid set circa late 1960s. It is Long Stanton on the Cambridge to St. Ives line, heading south-east towards Cambridge. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
circa 1969
A Cravens DMU at St Ives (Hunts) station, standing on what used to be the line to Huntingdon East and Kettering; the double track on the right was formerly the line to March. Taken circa 1969. Tom Burnham.
10th July 1969
A mixed livery Cravens set (one green, one blue, both with small yellow panels) at St Ives Junction on July 10, 1969. E56114 is closest. Steve Davies Collection.
10th July 1969
A mixed livery Cravens set (one green, one blue, both with small yellow panels) at St Ives Junction station on July 10, 1969. E56114 is closest. Steve Davies Collection.
1970
The 13.10 from Cambridge and is standing in the former March platform at St Ives (Huntingdonshire) sometime during 1970. It is formed of a hybrid DMU with a Class 100 DMBS (possibly E50347) and a Class 105 DTCL. Tom Burnham.
12th January 1970
The 13.44 St Ives - Cambridge service approaches Histon on 12 January 1970 formed of a GRC&W DMU. Tom Burnham.
20th April 1970
The 11.53 Cambridge to St Ives at Longstanton station on 20 April 1970, the cars recorded as E50344 and E56316, both ex-Scottish Region and now allocated to Cambridge, although they would move to Norwich within a few weeks. Longstanton station was mentioned in the song, "The Slow Train", Flanders & Swan's eulogy to the railways facing closure under the Beeching plan. Tom Burnham.
21st April 1970
11.53 Cambridge - St Ives has just taken the St Ives line at Chesterton Junction on 21 April 1970. Class 108 DTCL E56203 leads working with a Class 105 DMBS. Tom Burnham.
20th August 1970
A Cravens DMU in Cambridge station with a service for St Ives on 20 August 1970. Stuart Mackay Collection.