DMU Operations: Scottish Region
Stirling - Dollar - Kinross
Railbuses would be introduced to the Devon Valley line on 4 May 1959, operating a Stirling - Dollar service. There were also DMUs on the line working through to Kinross.
The Devon Valley line between Alloa and Kinross Junction closed on 15 June 1964.
Sample Timetables
15th September 1958 to 14th June 1959
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was Table 28 (0.4 mb pdf).
The railbuses would be introduced near the end of this timetable, but it does include some DMU services to and from Alloa.
4th May to 14th June, 1959
Scan courtesy of John Paton.
15th June to 12th September, 1959
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was Table 28 (0.4 mb pdf).
12th June to 10th September 1961
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was Table 28 (0.4 mb pdf).
9th September 1963 to 14th June 1964
In the Passenger Services Scotland timetable it was Table 28 (0.5 mb pdf).
15th June to 6th September 1964
The service still appeared in the Passenger Services Scotland timetable as Table 28 (0.4 mb pdf), but the alterations booklet (0.4 mb pdf) commencing the same date noted the service withdrawals.
Images
22nd July 1961
Park Royal railbus M79971 at Dollar on the Devon Valley line, 22 July 1961. Walter Burt Collection.
9th August 1962
A rather wet 9th August 1962 finds Wickham railbus 79965 in Platform 5 at Stirling awaiting its next duty which will take it to Dollar. Photo by the late R.F. Hodgson and shared by the kind permission of his son G.R. Hodgson. R.F. Hodgson.
5th April 1963
A two-car Met-Camm DMU at Crook of Devon with a service for Stirling on 5 April 1963. Note the 53 in the centre cab window. Stuart Mackay Collection.
13th April 1963
A Met-Camm twin DMU at Kinross Junction on 13 April 1963. It is coming off the line from Alloa, and Perth is on the destination blind, and the timetable shows there was a 3.20pm Alloa - Perth diesel service. The DMBS was recorded as SC51252, it is presumably paired with original partner SC56410. Stuart Mackay Collection.
May 1964
Park Royal railbus M79973 in Dollar station in May 1964, a few weeks before closure. Hamish Stevenson.
May 1964
M79973 is seen in Tillicoultry station with a Dollar service in May 1964. Hamish Stevenson.
6th June 1964
A 2-car Class 101 departs from Tillicoultry station with the 7.43am Perth - Alloa service on the 6th June 1964. Hamish Stevenson.
6th June 1964
A 2-car Met-Camm set sitting in Dollar station on the 6th June 1964, after arriving with the 1.02pm from Stirling. Hamish Stevenson.
13th June 1964
A Met-Camm DMU, set number 50 in the left cab window, seen in Kinross Junction station forming the last passenger train over the Devon Valley railway on 13 June 1964. Stuart Mackay Collection.