DMU Operations: Eastern Region
Long Melford - Bury St Edmunds
This 16 ½ mile section also had through trains from Colchester and Marks Tey.
In the summer 1959 timetable, just one of the infrequent services is shown as DMU operated, most were in the winter 1959 edition.
The Long Melford - Bury St Edmunds section closed to passengers on 10 April 1961.
Sample Timetables
15th June to 13th September 1959
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 21 (0.4 mb pdf).
2nd November 1959 to 12th June 1960
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 23 (0.4 mb pdf).
12th September 1960 to 11th June 1961
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 23 (0.4 mb pdf).
12th June to 10th September 1961
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 23 (0.4 mb pdf).
It notes the closure and the bus alternative.
Images
4th February 1961
A Wickham DMU with a Long Melford service in Cockfield Suffolk station on 4 February 1961. The station, on the line from Bury St Edmunds, closed in April of that year. Stuart Mackay Collection.