DMU Operations: North Eastern Region
Darlington-Penrith
The DMUs took over from steam on this route over the Pennines via Barnard Castle from 6 January 1958.
Two-car Met-Camm DMUs were initially used (probably the newly delivered 2K batch and the earlier 2E batch), later three-car TBSL sets were noted. The timetable below describes the vehicles including helpfully noting the seats were blue in first and green in second.
In 1961, when Darlington depot had six Calder Valley sets for a few months, these were noted on this service.
The Stainmore line closed in January 1962, the Barnard Castle section remained open until November 1964 for the Middleton-in-Teesdale service.
Sample Timetable
from Monday 3 February 1958
4 ¼" x 6" when folded.
This was part way through the Winter timetable, which in the Passenger Services North Eastern Region was Table 50 (0.5 mb pdf).
9th June to 14th September 1958
In the Passenger Services North Eastern Region timetable it was included in Table 50 (0.7 mb pdf).
15th September 1958 to 14th June 1959
In the Passenger Services North Eastern Region timetable it was Table 50 (0.5 mb pdf).
15th June to 13th September 1959
In the Passenger Services North Eastern Region timetable it was included in Table 45 (0.7 mb pdf).
In the LMR Passenger Services timetable the LMR section (Kirkby Stephen East - Penrith) was Table 170 (0.4 mb pdf).
2nd November 1959 to 12th June 1960
In the Passenger Services North Eastern Region timetable it was included in Table 45 (0.6 mb pdf).
13th June to 11th September 1960
In the Passenger Services North Eastern Region timetable it was included in Table 45 (0.6 mb pdf).
In the LMR Passenger Services timetable the LMR section (Kirkby Stephen East - Penrith) was Table 170 (0.4 mb pdf).
12th September 1960 to 11th June 1961
In the Passenger Services North Eastern Region timetable it was included in Table 45 (0.5 mb pdf).
In the LMR Passenger Services timetable the LMR section (Kirkby Stephen East - Penrith) was Table 170 (0.4 mb pdf).
12th June to 10th September 1961
In the Passenger Services North Eastern Region timetable it was Table 45 (0.6 mb pdf).
11th September 1961 to 17th June 1962
In the Passenger Services North Eastern Region timetable it was included in Table 39 (0.5 mb pdf).
Images
29th July 1958
A three-car TBSL Met-Camm DMU (with early crest) in Appleby East station with a Darlington - Penrith (via Barnard Castle) service on 29 July 1958. Note the number 22 on the left lamp bracket, many NE sets carried these numbers at the time. Stuart Mackay Collection.