DMU Operations: Eastern Region
Kings Lynn - Hunstanton
The line closed to passengers on Monday 5 May 1969, the last train running on Saturday 3rd.
Sample Timetables
2nd November 1959 to 12th June 1960
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 39 (0.5 mb pdf).
11th September 1961 to 17th June 1962
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 39 (0.4 mb pdf).
18th June to 9th September 1962
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 39 (0.6 mb pdf).
10th September 1962 to 16th June 1963
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 39 (0.5 mb pdf).
17th June to 8th September 1963
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 39 (0.7 mb pdf).
9th September 1963 to 14th June 1964
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 39 (0.4 mb pdf).
15th June to 6th September 1964
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 39 (0.6 mb pdf).
14 June 1965 to 17 April 1966
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 48 (0.7 mb pdf).
6 May 1968 to 4 May 1969
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 67 (0.5 mb pdf).
Images
circa mid-1960s
Two Met-Camm twins head away from Snettisham on the Hunstanton branch, circa mid-1960s. Stuart Mackay Collection.
2nd June 1966
Sadly slightly out of focus, this image shows a Cravens DMU at Heacham (looking towards Kings Lynn) on the Kings Lynn to Hunstanton line on 2 June 1966. The station closed in 1969. The KDH Archive.
circa 1967
The driver is reversing his Class 100 GRC&W set out of Kings Lynn station. Circa 1967, Hunstanton is on the destination blind. Steve Davies Collection.
Unknown date
A blue liveried GRC&W set heads west away from the camera past a PW trolley at Snettisham on the Hunstanton line. Date unknown, image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Unknown date
A Class 100 GRC&W DMU in Hunstanton station, date unknown. Steve Davies Collection.
late 1960s
A Gloucester Class 100 set at Hunstanton in the late 1960s. Unknown.
late 1960s
A Cravens and Met-Camm set in Wolferton station with a Kings Lynn - Hunstanton service, probably in the late 1960s. The leading vehicle is in plain blue livery with yellow cab doors, it's partner is still in green. Steve Davies Collection.
late 1960s
A two-car Met-Camm (an a two-car Cravens behind) seen after arrival into Hunstanton station in the late 1960s. Steve Davies Collection.
January 1969
A GRC&W twin set in Hunstanton station in January 1969, one vehicle in green and one in blue. The DTCL shows signs of its recent transfer from Scotland - the G on the blue square, the set number on the yellow panel (which seems to read 71) and the first class yellow stripe. It also looks as if is still has an Sc prefix to the vehicle number. Cambridge had five of the first batch (top marker lamp) DTCLs on this date. Tom Burnham.