DMU Operations: Eastern Region
Upminster - Tilbury
This service connected with the Romford - Upminster service. They were operated by sets allocated to Stratford depot, including Derby and Met-Camm Lightweights, Wickham twins and Derby Heavyweights.
The everyday use of DMUs on the service ended in 1969.
Sample Timetables
9th June to 14th September 1958
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 20 (0.6 mb pdf).
15th September 1958 to 14th June 1959
15th June to 13th September 1959
This measured 5" x 7 1/2"
12th September 1960 to 11th June 1961
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 16 (0.4 mb pdf).
12th June to 10th September 1961
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 16 (0.7 mb pdf).
Images
16th July 1959
The staff seem happy to be posing in front of this Met-Camm Lighweight unit in Tilbury station on the 16th July 1959. Steve Davies Collection.