DMU Operations: Scottish Region
Dundee - Tayport
This was just a 7½ mile journey. After crossing the Tay Bridge trains for the branch left the main Dundee - Edinburgh route at Wormit.
DMUs were introduced to one service on the line from 4 August 1958, with it expected be almost entirely diesel worked from the new timetable on 15th September 1958.[1]
Passenger services to Tayport ended in May 1966, a service from Dundee to Newport-on-Tay East continued until May 1969.
Sample Timetables
13th June to 11th September 1960
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was Table 31 (0.8 mb pdf).
12th September 1960 to 11th June 1961
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was Table 31 (0.8 mb pdf).
12th June to 10th September 1961
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was Table 31 (0.7 mb pdf).
11th September 1961 to 17th June 1962
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was Table 31 (0.7 mb pdf).
18th June to 9th September 1962
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was Table 31 (0.7 mb pdf).
10th September 1962 to 16th June 1963
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was Table 31 (0.6 mb pdf).
17th June to 8th September 1963
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was Table 31 (0.7 mb pdf).
9th September 1963 to 14th June 1964
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was Table 31 (0.7 mb pdf).
15th June to 6th September 1964
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was Table 31 (0.7 mb pdf).
7th September 1964 to 13th June 1965
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was Table 31 (0.7 mb pdf).
Images
Unknown date
A Met-Camm DMU at Tayport station in Fife. Date unknown. Walter Burt.
May 1966
A Met-Camm power-trailer set at Lighthouse, near Tayport, in May 1966. The branch from Wormit to Tayport closed on the 22nd of that month. Hamish Stevenson.
References
- ⋏ p282 September 1958 Railway Observer (Railway Correspondence and Travel Society)