DMU Operations: Eastern Region
March - Wisbech - King's Lynn
Services ended in September 1968.
Sample Timetables
17th September 1956 to 16th June 1957
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 42 (0.6 mb pdf).
9th June to 14th September 1958
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 42 (0.6 mb pdf).
15th June to 13th September 1959
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 38 (0.6 mb pdf).
12th September 1960 to 11th June 1961
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 38 (0.6 mb pdf).
18th June to 9th September 1962
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 38 (0.6 mb pdf).
17th June to 8th September 1963
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 38 (0.6 mb pdf).
14 June 1965 to 17 April 1966
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 47 (0.4 mb pdf).
6 May 1968 to 4 May 1969
In the Passenger Services Eastern Region timetable it was Table 66 (0.4 mb pdf).
Images
Unknown date
A Cravens set with Peterborough on the destination blind, thought to be taken from the level crossing on Fen Road near the site of the former Magdalen Gate station on the Magdalen Road (now known as Watlington) to Wisbech line. Date unknown but in the mid-to-late 1960s before the line closed in September 1968. Steve Davies Collection.
Unknown date
A Wickham DMU with DMBS E50417 seen in Emneth station, date unknown. A Cravens DMU is departing. Stuart Mackay Collection.
circa 1968
A Cravens DMU with Peterborough on the destination blind in platform 3 of Kings Lynn station. Probably circa 1968 before the route via Wisbech was closed. Stuart Mackay Collection.
circa September 1968
A Gloucester twin in Wisbech East station. March is on the destination blind, note the broken route indicator glass. The slide process date is November 1968, the station closed on 9 September 1968, these vehicles were first allocated to East Anglia in May 1968. Roger Geach Collection.