20th April 1974

R.C.T.S. (Bristol Branch)
The Devon Rambler

DMU Used 3-car DMU set (ran as 6-car Exeter to Barnstaple & return)

Route : 1Z64 throughout

DMU Route
as listed Bristol Temple Meads - Worle Jn - Uphill Jn - Bridgwater - Taunton East Jn - (via Taunton Goods Lines) - Exeter St Davids
as listed (1) Exeter St Davids - Barnstaple (1)
as listed Barnstaple - Torrington - Meeth (end of line)
as listed Meeth (end of line) - Torrington - Barnstaple
as listed (2) Barnstaple - Exeter St Davids (2)
as listed Exeter St Davids - Crediton - Okehampton - Meldon Quarry
as listed Meldon Quarry - Okehampton - Crediton - Cowley Bridge Jn - Exeter Riverside - Exeter West - Dawlish Warren - Newton Abbot
as listed Newton Abbot - Heathfield Oil Siding
as listed Heathfield Oil Siding - Newton Abbot
as listed Newton Abbot - Dawlish Warren - Exeter St Davids - Taunton - (reverse of outward route) - Bristol Temple Meads

Notes :
(1) Attached to front of service train.
(1) Attached to rear of retimed 14.10 service train.

Source : Kevin Driscoll

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Kevin Driscoll & Ian Umpleby)

Miles Location Booked Actual
0 Bristol Temple Meads 09.08d 09.08
? Worle Jn 09/27 [AL] 09/31
? Uphill Jn 09/29 ?
? Bridgwater 09/42 09/46
? Taunton East Jn 09/55  ? [Goods Line]
? Silkmill Crossing 10/15 ?
? Whiteball Tunnel 10/28 10/22
? Cowley Bridge Jn 10/47 ?
75.5 Exeter St Davids 10.49a ~ 10.53d 10.47 ~ 10.56
114.5 Barnstaple 12.00a ~ 12.05d 11.59 ~ 12.07
128.75 Torrington 12/35 12.35 ~ 12.36
138.75 Meeth (end of line) 13.10a ~ 13.15d 13.11 ~ 13.20
148.75 Torrington 13/50 13.57a ~ 13.58d
163 Barnstaple 14.15a ~ 14.20d 14.26 ~ 14.32
202 Exeter St Davids 15.22a ~ 15.25 15.27 ~ 15.34
? Cowley Bridge Jn 15/28 15/37
? Crediton 15/35 15/42
227.25 Okehampton 16/00 16/08
229.5 Meldon Quarry 16.12a ~ 16.18d 16.17 ~ 16.35
231.75 Okehampton 16/30 16/46
? Cowley Bridge Jn 17/01 17/11
257 Exeter Riverside ??/?? 17.32 ~ 17.34
? Exeter West 17c13a ~ 17c15d ?
? Dawlish Warren 17/27 ?
277 Newton Abbot 17.40a ~ 17.45d 18.06 ~ 18.09
282 Heathfield Oil Siding 18.05a ~ 18.10d 18.34 ~ 18.36
? Heathfield 18p15a ~ 18p25d 18.41 ~ 18.48
287 Newton Abbot 18.45a ~ 18.50d 19.08 ~ 19.11
? Dawlish Warren 19/01 ?
307 Exeter St Davids 19.15a ~ 19.18d 19.32 ~ 19.34
? Cowley Bridge Jn 19/21 19/36
? Whiteball Tunnel 19/40 19/58
? Taunton 19/55 20/08 [main line]
? Bridgwater 20/09 20/20
? Uphill Jn 20/22 [AL] 20/33
? Worle Jn 20/25 ?
382.5 Bristol Temple Meads 20.45a 20.58


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