DMU Operations: North Eastern Region
Darlington - Bishop Auckland
This was originally a Darlington - Crook service, the six mile section between Bishop Auckland and Crook closed in July 1965 leaving this Darlington - Bishop Auckland service.
Services on the almost 12 mile journey were normally operated by Class 101 DMUs allocated to Darlington depot.
Sample Timetables
14 June 1965 to 13 September 1966
In the Passenger Services North Eastern Region timetable it was Table 32 (0.4 mb pdf).
13 September 1965 to 17 April 1966
In the Passenger Services North Eastern Region timetable it was Table 32 (0.4 mb pdf).
18 April to 4 September 1966
In the Passenger Services North Eastern Region timetable it was Table 32 (0.4 mb pdf).
5 September 1966 to 5 March 1967
In the Passenger Services North Eastern Region timetable it was Table 32 (0.4 mb pdf).
6 March to 3 September 1967
In the Passenger Services North Eastern Region timetable it was Table 32 (0.3 mb pdf).
4 September 1967 to 5 May 1968
In the Passenger Services North Eastern England timetable it was Table 32 (0.4 mb pdf).
6 May 1968 to 4 May 1969
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 52 (0.5 mb pdf).
1 May 1972 to 6 May 1973
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 27 (0.4 mb pdf).
7 May 1973 to 5 May 1974
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 27 (0.5 mb pdf).
5 May 1975 to 1 May 1976
4 1/8" x 2 7/8" when folded
5 May 1975 to 1 May 1976
Revised version
4 1/8" x 2 7/8" when folded
28 March 1976 until further notice
4 1/8" x 2 7/8", rear is blank
3 May 1976 to 1 May 1977
4 1/8" x 2 7/8" when folded
Images
31st August 1971
A Class 101 twin, E50223 closest, in Bishop Auckland station on 31 August 1971. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Unknown date
A Met-Camm set at Bishop Auckland. Undated. Ian Francis.
2nd June 1972
A Class 101 DMU is seen departing Bishop Auckland for Darlington on a wet Friday 02/06/1972. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Unknown date
A Class 101 set after arriving at the Crook platform of Bishop Auckland station. Date unknown. Stuart Rankin.
27th July 1973
A Class 101 ready to depart from Bishop Auckland station on July 27, 1973. David Mant.
1974
A Class 101 DMU arrives at the old Bishop Auckland station 1974. John Law.
circa 1975
A Met-Camm DMU arriving into Bishop Auckland station circa 1975. John Law.
Unknown date
A Met-Camm DMU stands in the platform at Bishop Auckland station, sometime in the 1970s. Curly42.
June 1976
The NER Bishop Auckland Station, 06/76. A Metro Camm Class 101/2 & 144 2-car dmu is on a service to Darlington (Bank Top). Hugh Llewelyn.
June 1976
The NER Bishop Auckland Station, built 1857, June 1976. A Metro-Cammell Class 101 2-car dmu is on a service to Darlington (Bank Top). Hugh Llewelyn.
16th June 1976
Ready for in a Met-Camm at Bishop Auckland on 16 June 1976. Nigel Menzies.
16th June 1976
A Class 101 at Bishop Auckland on 16 June 1976. Nigel Menzies.
circa 1977
A Class 101 DMU is seen calling at North Road, Darlington, on the Bishop Auckland branch. Though the station name board is of an older style, the DMU's headcodes are blank plus it has no blue square coupling codes, dating this original slide as late 1970s. Graeme Phillips Collection.
15th July 1977
On 15/07/1977, a 2-car Class 101 awaits departure from Darlington with 1710 to Bishop Auckland. It is in one of the long-defunct bay platforms at the north end of the platform - services to Bishop Auckland now use platform 4, which is the northbound ECML platform. Graeme Phillips Collection.
15th July 1977
A Class 101 DMU is seen waiting in the long abolished platform 5 of Darlington with the 1710 Darlington-Bishop Auckland, 15/07/1977. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Unknown date
A two-car Class 101 - E56059 in refurbished livery and a DMBS in plain blue - seen in platform 6 at Darlington with a Bishop Auckland service, date unknown. Paul Redmond.
26th April 1978
A Class 101 DMU awaits departure from Bishop Auckland on 26/04/1978 with the 11:42 Bishop Auckland - Darlington. It sits in the platform formerly used by Durham - Bishop Auckland-Darlington services, now a retail site / car park. The site of the current station is out of shot, to the left. Graeme Phillips Collection.
4th November 1978
E50212 at Shildon on November 4, 1978. Michael Mensing.
4th November 1978
E56405 heads the 2.12pm Bishop Auckland - Darlington service at Shildon on 4/11/78. Michael Mensing.
4th November 1978
E50142 on the end of a four-car Class 101 DMU forming the 12:42 to Bishop Auckland at Darlington on 4 November 1978. The other power car is E50182. Michael Mensing.