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DMU Operations: Western Region


Paignton - Kingswear

Plymouth-allocated DMUs were used on these services.

Services ended in December 1972 with the line being sold to the Dart Valley Railway.

Images

Class 116 DMU at Paignton

4th October 1966

Date is 4th October 1966, train is the 15.58 to Kingswear about to leave Paignton, formed on an unlined green Derby suburban triple DMU. The KDH Archive.

Class 116 DMU at Kingswear branch

April 1967

W50856 heads a Class 116 set on the Kingswear branch circa April 1967. Michael Mensing.

Class 118 DMU at Kingswear

12th August 1969

The terminus at Kingswear, photographed on 12 August 1969. The branch train in the platform is a 2-car Class 118 unit with 51312/51327. The Paignton-Kingswear line was sold by BR to the Dart Valley Railway on 30 December 1972. An initial service on the branch, which became the Paignton and Dartmouth Railway, commenced on 1 January 1973. Lewis Bevan.

Class 118 DMU at Kingswear

25th September 1969

Diesel multiple unit LA402 - a two-car BRC&W set - forms the 13.00 to Paignton at Kingswear on 25 September 1969. Tom Burnham.

Class 118 DMU at Britannia Halt Kingswear

25th September 1969

A BRC&W suburban DMU at Britannia Crossing Halt on 25 September 1969. This was just under a mile from the Kingswear terminus, by the crossing on the road leading down to the ferry. Tom Burnham.

Class 118 DMU at Kingswear

25th September 1969

BRC&W suburban two-car unit LA 402 is awaiting departure from Kingswear with the 13.00 to Paignton on 25 September 1969. Tom Burnham.

Class 103 DMU at Paignton

May 1972

Park Royal DMU set P200 (presumably 56168 + 50413) at Paignton ready to depart for Kingswear in May 1972. John Jarvis.

Class 103 DMU at Kingswear

May 1972

Park Royal DMU set P200 (presumably 50413 + 56168) at Kingswear with a Paignton service in May 1972. John Jarvis.