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 |