DMU Operations: North Eastern Region

Darlington-Penrith

The DMUs took over from steam on this route over the Pennines via Barnard Castle from 6 January 1958.

Two-car Met-Camm DMUs were initially used (probably the newly delivered 2K batch and the earlier 2E batch), later three-car TBSL sets were noted. The timetable below describes the vehicles including helpfully noting the seats were blue in first and green in second.

In 1961, when Darlington depot had six Calder Valley sets for a few months, these were noted on this service.

The Stainmore line closed in January 1962, the Barnard Castle section remained open until November 1964.

Sample Timetable

from Monday 3 February 1958

4 ¼" x 6" when folded.

15th June to 13th September 1959

In the LMR Passenger Services timetable the LMR section (Kirkby Stephen East - Penrith) was Table 170 (0.4 mb pdf).

13th June to 11th September 1960

In the LMR Passenger Services timetable the LMR section (Kirkby Stephen East - Penrith) was Table 170 (0.4 mb pdf).

12th September 1960 to 11th June 1961

In the LMR Passenger Services timetable the LMR section (Kirkby Stephen East - Penrith) was Table 170 (0.4 mb pdf).

12th June to 10th September 1961

In the Passenger Services North Eastern Region timetable it was Table 45 (0.6 mb pdf).

11th September 1961 to 17th June 1962

In the Passenger Services North Eastern Region timetable it was included in Table 39 (0.5 mb pdf).

Images

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29th July 1958

A three-car TBSL Met-Camm DMU (with early crest) in Appleby East station with a Darlington - Penrith (via Barnard Castle) service on 29 July 1958. Note the number 22 on the left lamp bracket, many NE sets carried these numbers at the time. Stuart Mackay Collection.