DMU Operations: Western Region
Paddington - Ealing Broadway - Greenford
Sample Timetables
17 June to 8 September 1963
In the Passenger Services Western Region timetable it was Table 56 (0.6 mb pdf).
3 May 1971 to 30 April 1972
In the Passenger Services Western Region timetable it was Table 16 (0.6 mb pdf).
Images
7th October 1962
Single unit diesel railcar (Pressed Steel/1960) at Ealing Broadway after arrival from Greenford on 7 October 1962. John Cosford.
25th January 1964
A Pressed Steel single car with a trailer in tow enters South Greenford Halt from the south on a very foggy day, 25 January 1964. John Cosford.
29th December 1972
Class 121 no. W55023 (L123), awaits departure from Ealing Broadway for Greenford on 29 December 1972, while an unidentified English Electric type 3 (class 37) passes light engine westbound. Paul Braybrook.
1973
A Class 121 DMU (which seems to be W55022) in South Greenford Halt sometime in 1973. Stuart Mackay Collection.
17th November 1973
Class 121 "bubble car" W55030 in Ealing Broadway station with the 09:33 (SO) from Greenford on 17 November 1973. Robert Thomas.
1975
55027 in the bay platform in Greenford in 1975. John Law.
February 1975
Pressed Steel 2-car dmu set made up of Class 149 Driving Trailer (designed to work with Class 121 & 122 railcars) No.L281 (W56281) & Class 121 railcar L123 (No.W55023) in Rail Blue with all-yellow front ends passing Ealing on a Greenford - Ealing Broadway service, 02/75. Hugh Llewelyn.
February 1975
Pressed Steel 2-car dmu set made up of Class 121 railcar L123 (No.W55023) & Class 149 Driving Trailer (designed to work with Class 121 & 122 railcars) No.L281 (W56281) both in Rail Blue with all-yellow front ends at West Ealing on a Greenford - Ealing Broadway service, 02/75. Hugh Llewelyn.
May 1976
Pressed Steel 2-car dmu set made up of Class 149 Driving Trailer (designed to work with Class 121 & 122 railcars) No.L281 (W56281) & Class 121 railcar L122 (No.W55022) in Rail Blue with all-yellow front ends approaching West Ealing on a service from Greenford, 05/76. Hugh Llewelyn.
May 1976
Pressed Steel 2-car dmu set made up of Class 121 railcar L122 (No.W55022) and Class 149 Driving Trailer (designed to work with Class 121 & 122 railcars) No.L281 (W56281) in Rail Blue with all-yellow front ends approaching West Ealing on a service from Greenford, 05/76. Hugh Llewelyn.
May 1976
Pressed Steel 2-car dmu set made up of Class 121 railcar L122 (No.W55022) & Class 149 Driving Trailer (designed to work with Class 121 & 122 railcars) No.L281 (W56281) in Rail Blue with all-yellow front ends approaching West Ealing on a service from Greenford, 05/76. Hugh Llewelyn.
May 1976
Pressed Steel 2-car dmu set made up of Class 121 railcar L122 (No.W55022) and Class 149 Driving Trailer (designed to work with Class 121 & 122 railcars) No.L281 (W56281) in Rail Blue with all-yellow front ends approaching West Ealing on a service from Greenford, 05/76. Hugh Llewelyn.
23rd July 1976
W55020 arrives into Ealing Broadway on 23 July 1976 carrying Greenford on the destination blind. Nigel Menzies.
30th July 1977
55020 calls at South Greenford on 30th July 1977. I was born next to this "station" in the adjacent maternity hospital in 1958 - I have been told W55008 was working the Greenford Loop "push & pull" on this day. Ian Buck.
16th October 1978
On 16th October 1978 55020 calls at Castle Bar Park Halt on the Greenford loop. Ian Buck.
28th August 1979
Single railcar 55030 at West Ealing on the Greenford shuttle, 28th August 1979.. David Scott.
19th October 1979
A nocturnal scene at London Paddington on the evening of October 19th 1979. Class 121 single unit W55024 with its unpowered Driving Trailer Second (DTS) W56281 was stood with a service to Hayes & Harlington. Behind was Class 121 single unit W55027 that had been used on the Ealing Broadway to Greenford shuttle service. Martyn Hilbert.
23rd October 1979
Sunlight & shade as a grimy Class 121 single-unit W55023 had arrived at Ealing Broadway with the shuttle service from Greenford on October 23rd 1979. The 121's operated the 3.3 mile service from the Great Western main line at Ealing Broadway to the single bay platform at Greenford that was flanked either side by London Underground Central Line tracks. Martyn Hilbert.
April 1980
55021 calls at South Greenford Halt in April 1980. Ian Buck.
28th December 1980
In the last of the evening light 55022 takes the Greenford branch at West Ealing on the 28th December 1980. Ian Buck.