DMU Operations: Eastern Region
Ipswich-Felixstowe
DMUs, allocated to Norwich depot, were introduced to this 17 mile journey by the Summer 1959 timetable.
Sample Timetables
15th June to 13th September 1959
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 27 (0.5 mb pdf).
2nd November 1959 to 12th June 1960
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 27 (0.4 mb pdf).
11th September 1961 to 17th June 1962
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 27 (0.4 mb pdf).
18th June to 9th September 1962
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 27 (0.4 mb pdf).
17th June to 8th September 1963
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 27 (0.4 mb pdf).
9th September 1963 to 14th June 1964
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 27 (0.4 mb pdf).
7th September 1964 to 13th June 1965
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 27 (0.4 mb pdf).
6 March 1967 to 5 May 1968
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 37 (0.6 mb pdf).
6 May 1968 to 4 May 1969
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 74 (0.7 mb pdf).
1 May 1972 to 6 May 1973
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 36 (0.7 mb pdf).
7 May 1973 to 5 May 1974
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 36 (0.5 mb pdf).
April 1974
3 3/4" x 8 1/4" when folded
3 May 1976 to 1 May 1977
4" x 2 7/8" when folded
1 October 1976 to 1 May 1977
Cover only shown
12 May 1980 to 10 May 1981
4" x 2 7/8" when folded
Images
11th July 1960
Trimley station seen from a Derby Lightweight approaching the station on 11 July 1960. Another two sets sit in the platform heading to Felixstowe. Stuart Mackay Collection.
27th April 1963
E79621 + E79029 depart from Derby Road station with a Ipswich - Felixstowe service on 27 April 1963. The power cars has some leakage on the sides from the roof mounted header tanks / pipes. Image taken by Mike Jacobs. Stuart Mackay Collection.
27th April 1963
A Derby Lightweight DMU formed of E79029 + E79621 arriving at Derby Road, Ipswich, with a Felixstowe - Ipswich service on 27 April 1963. Image taken by Mike Jacobs. Stuart Mackay Collection.
3rd June 1963
Passengers make their way out of Felixstowe Beach station after alighting from two Met-Camm "Lightweight" DMUs. The station was only served by a summer service after 1959 and would close to passengers in September 1967. The negative, taken by Mike Jacobs, came with conflicting dates of 3 June 1961 and 3 June 1963. Stuart Mackay Collection.
3rd June 1963
Passengers board a Met-Camm "Lightweight" DMU in Felixstowe Beach.. The station was only served by a summer service after 1959 and would close to passengers in September 1967. The negative, taken by Mike Jacobs, came with conflicting dates of 3 June 1961 and 3 June 1963. Stuart Mackay Collection.
February 1966
A Derby Lightweight set approaches at East Suffolk Junction, Felixstowe on the destinaton blind, in February 1966. The image was from the Steve Davies Collection. Stuart Mackay Collection.
June 1966
A 2-car Derby Lightweight set passes East Suffolk Junction with a Felixstowe service in June 1966. The image was from the Steve Davies Collection. Stuart Mackay Collection.
June 1966
A Met-Camm DMU on the Felixstowe branch between Westerfield and Derby Road, looking south from Tuddenham Road bridge. June 1966. Steve Davies Collection.
June 1966
A Met-Camm DMU on the Felixstowe branch in June 1966, probably looking north from Tuddenham Road bridge, between Westerfield and Derby Road. Steve Davies Collection.
23rd August 1968
A Gloucester DMU at Felixstowe on 23 August 1968 on a service to Ipswich. Andrew Parr.
13th June 1971
DMU car E51300 waits at a much reduced Felixstowe Town station with the 16.46 to Ipswich on 13 June 1971. Tom Burnham.
Unknown date
A Class 100 GRC&W DMU heading out of Derby Road station in Ipswich. Date unknown. Steve Davies Collection.
Unknown date
A Cravens / GRC&W set (carrying set 69 or 89?) departs from Derby Road, date unknown. Steve Davies Collection.
Unknown date
A Cravens vehicle is on the rear of a 4-car formation departing from Trimley station on the Felixstowe branch. Date unknown. Steve Davies Collection.
April 1977
A Cravens Class 105 DMU with E56137 closest in Felixstowe station in April 1977. Tony Watson.
9th September 1977
A Class 105 Cravens DMU sitting in Felixstowe station after arriving with the 10:00 from Ipswich on 9 September 1977. Closest is DTCL E56439. Robert Thomas.
12th July 1978
Class 105 DMU set 43 (56114 + 51297) arriving at Felixstowe on 12 July 1978. Stuart Mackay Collection.
10th September 1978
E50595 leads a BRCW set having arrived at the old Felixstowe station on 10th September 1978. This had been an Eastern Region set from new until 1982 when it was reallocated to Longsight, but lasted less than 2 years there before withdrawal. Murray Liston.
11th April 1979
Class 105 at Felixtowe Town on 11 April 1979. E51255 at the end of the line. Alistair Ness.
Unknown date
Cravens set 59 arriving at Trimley station on the Felixstowe branch. Date unknown. Steve Davies Collection.