From The John Debens Ticket Collection.
1st November 1975
British Rail
Culm Valley Line - Last Day
of Service
Train(s) cancelled due to safety issues.
| Booked Loco | Booked Stock | Route |
| ????? | brake vans | Exeter St Davids - Cowley Bridge Jn - Tiverton Junction - Hemyock |
| ????? | brake vans | Hemyock - (reverse of outward route) - Exeter St Davids |
Notes:
(1) The train(s) were to have used vacuum-braked freight vans (the only stock
cleared for the 8 mile branch from Tiverton Junction) however it was reported
that 'at the last moment, it was found that all the safety requirements laid
down by the Department of the Environment could not be fulfilled' resulting in
the train(s) not running. As the tickets had been printed they were still sent
out/available to purchase as a memento of the passing of the line into history.
From The John Debens Ticket Collection.
Sources : John Debens
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