DMU Operations: North Eastern Region
Darlington - Bishop Auckland
Services on this almost 12 mile line were normally operated by Class 101 DMUs allocated to Darlington depot.
Sample Timetable
5 May 1975 to 1 May 1976
4 1/8" x 2 7/8" when folded
5 May 1975 to 1 May 1976
Revised version
4 1/8" x 2 7/8" when folded
28 March 1976 until further notice
4 1/8" x 2 7/8", rear is blank
3 May 1976 to 1 May 1977
4 1/8" x 2 7/8" when folded
Images
Unknown date
A Met-Camm set at Bishop Auckland. Undated. Ian Francis.
2nd June 1972
A Class 101 DMU is seen departing Bishop Auckland for Darlington on a wet Friday 02/06/1972. Graeme Phillips Collection.
27th July 1973
A Class 101 ready to depart from Bishop Auckland station on July 27, 1973. David Mant.
1974
A Class 101 DMU arrives at the old Bishop Auckland station 1974. John Law.
circa 1975
A Met-Camm DMU arriving into Bishop Auckland station circa 1975. John Law.
Unknown date
A Met-Camm DMU stands in the platform at Bishop Auckland station, sometime in the 1970s. Curly42.
June 1976
The NER Bishop Auckland Station, 06/76. A Metro Camm Class 101/2 & 144 2-car dmu is on a service to Darlington (Bank Top). Hugh Llewelyn.
June 1976
The NER Bishop Auckland Station, built 1857, June 1976. A Metro-Cammell Class 101 2-car dmu is on a service to Darlington (Bank Top). Hugh Llewelyn.
16th June 1976
Ready for in a Met-Camm at Bishop Auckland on 16 June 1976. Nigel Menzies.
16th June 1976
A Class 101 at Bishop Auckland on 16 June 1976. Nigel Menzies.
circa 1977
A Class 101 DMU is seen calling at North Road, Darlington, on the Bishop Auckland branch. Though the station name board is of an older style, the DMU's headcodes are blank plus it has no blue square coupling codes, dating this original slide as late 1970s. Graeme Phillips Collection.
15th July 1977
On 15/07/1977, a 2-car Class 101 awaits departure from Darlington with 1710 to Bishop Auckland. It is in one of the long-defunct bay platforms at the north end of the platform - services to Bishop Auckland now use platform 4, which is the northbound ECML platform. Graeme Phillips Collection.
15th July 1977
A Class 101 DMU is seen waiting in the long abolished platform 5 of Darlington with the 1710 Darlington-Bishop Auckland, 15/07/1977. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Unknown date
A two-car Class 101 - E56059 in refurbished livery and a DMBS in plain blue - seen in platform 6 at Darlington with a Bishop Auckland service, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
26th April 1978
A Class 101 DMU awaits departure from Bishop Auckland on 26/04/1978 with the 11:42 Bishop Auckland - Darlington. It sits in the platform formerly used by Durham - Bishop Auckland-Darlington services, now a retail site / car park. The site of the current station is out of shot, to the left. Graeme Phillips Collection.
4th November 1978
E50212 at Shildon on November 4, 1978. Michael Mensing.
4th November 1978
E56405 heads the 2.12pm Bishop Auckland - Darlington service at Shildon on 4/11/78. Michael Mensing.
4th November 1978
E50142 on the end of a four-car Class 101 DMU forming the 12:42 to Bishop Auckland at Darlington on 4 November 1978. The other power car is E50182. Michael Mensing.
4th November 1978
At 12:35 on 4 November 1978 Darlington station has a two two-car Class 101 formation just arrived from Bishop Auckland on the left, on the right is the 12:42 to Bishop Auckland. This is formed of a four-car set (E50182 closest and E50142 on the rear). Michael Mensing.
4th November 1978
E50182 is at the closest end of a four-car Class 101 Metro-Cammell DMU (E50142 at the far end) seen at Bishop Auckland after arriving on the 12:42 ex-Darlington on 4 November 1978. Michael Mensing.