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Title: From Bradshaw (book, not member !), January 1960 Post by: grahame on April 20, 2020, 16:45:53 Weymouth arrivals, Monday to Saturday ...
07:55 from Dorchester West 08:44 from Bristol 09:23 from Castle Cary 10:00 from Maiden Newton 10:26 from Bristol (5 minutes later on Saturday) 11:14 from Westbury 11:50 from Weston-super-mare (7 minutes later on Saturday) 11:52 SATURDAY ONLY from Birmingham Snow Will 12:43 from Yeovil Pen Mill 13:24 from Westbury 13:57 from Bristol 14:37 from Westbury (15 minutes later on Saturdays) 15:46 from Yeovil Pen Mill 16:25 from Paddington 17:07 from Bristol 17:47 from Yeovil Pen Mill 18:23 from Westbury 18:50 from Bristol 20:05 from Westbury 20:41 from Yeovil Pen Mill 22:10 from Paddington 22:52 from Yeovil Pen Mill 23:07 from Maiden Newton 23:20 from Westbury 23:42 from Yeovil Pen Mill Scanned timetables: Westbury to Weymouth, January 1960 Monday to Saturday http://www.wellho.net/oldpix/2020_04_20_15_20_16/image00001.jpg http://www.wellho.net/oldpix/2020_04_20_15_20_16/image00002.jpg http://www.wellho.net/oldpix/2020_04_20_15_20_16/image00003.jpg http://www.wellho.net/oldpix/2020_04_20_15_20_16/image00004.jpg http://www.wellho.net/oldpix/2020_04_20_15_20_16/image00005.jpg http://www.wellho.net/oldpix/2020_04_20_15_20_16/image00006.jpg Sunday http://www.wellho.net/oldpix/2020_04_20_15_20_16/image00007.jpg http://www.wellho.net/oldpix/2020_04_20_15_20_16/image00008.jpg Notes for all days of the week on http://www.wellho.net/oldpix/2020_04_20_15_20_16/image00008.jpg Weymouth to Westbury, January 1960 Monday to Saturday http://www.wellho.net/oldpix/2020_04_20_15_20_16/image00009.jpg http://www.wellho.net/oldpix/2020_04_20_15_20_16/image00010.jpg http://www.wellho.net/oldpix/2020_04_20_15_20_16/image00011.jpg http://www.wellho.net/oldpix/2020_04_20_15_20_16/image00012.jpg http://www.wellho.net/oldpix/2020_04_20_15_20_16/image00013.jpg Sunday http://www.wellho.net/oldpix/2020_04_20_15_20_16/image00014.jpg http://www.wellho.net/oldpix/2020_04_20_15_20_16/image00015.jpg Notes for all days of the week on http://www.wellho.net/oldpix/2020_04_20_15_20_16/image00015.jpg These pages also show all services ... Reading - Westbury - Taunton Chippenham - Trowbridge - Westbury Patney and Chirton - Devizes - Trowbridge - Westbury Title: Re: From Bradshaw (book, not member !), January 1960 Post by: eightonedee on April 20, 2020, 18:24:10 Forgive my ignorance, but although I was aware that Dorchester was substantially rebuilt in the 1960s (I think) to facilitate travel from the mainline to Waterloo, I was not aware that there was no direct service between Weymouth and the nearest main South Coast towns and cities (Bournemouth and Southampton)or to Waterloo. That does not seem quite right, as I am reasonably certain I have seen a picture of a Southern Region train behind an unrebuilt Southern light pacific and a Western Region train behind a Grange alongside one another At Weymouth at about this time. Or is this just Western Region services?
Title: Re: From Bradshaw (book, not member !), January 1960 Post by: grahame on April 20, 2020, 18:31:57 Forgive my ignorance, but although I was aware that Dorchester was substantially rebuilt in the 1960s (I think) to facilitate travel from the mainline to Waterloo, I was not aware that there was no direct service between Weymouth and the nearest main South Coast towns and cities (Bournemouth and Southampton)or to Waterloo. That does not seem quite right, as I am reasonably certain I have seen a picture of a Southern Region train behind an unrebuilt Southern light pacific and a Western Region train behind a Grange alongside one another At Weymouth at about this time. Or is this just Western Region services? Sorry - this is just Western Region - here under "Heart of Wessex". I've have a look at services via Wareham and Southampton tomorrow. Title: Re: From Bradshaw (book, not member !), January 1960 Post by: FarWestJohn on April 20, 2020, 18:33:36 Dorchester south was rebuilt and the trains to Waterloo leave from there. I can remember the Cromptons reversing back into the Up platform to gain access and then out again towards Southampton. You are looking at Dorchester West.
Title: Re: From Bradshaw (book, not member !), January 1960 Post by: bradshaw on April 20, 2020, 18:38:26 Dorchester South was rebuilt for the electric service to start around 1987/8. The new station up platform was built on the curve. The old station was sold to Eldridge Pope’s brewery but has subsequently been demolished during the Brewery development.
Title: Re: From Bradshaw (book, not member !), January 1960 Post by: smokey on April 20, 2020, 18:56:26 The time table shown is the Western region service, there won't be many if any London to Weymouth through trains.
London Waterloo to Weymouth is a Southern region service, and I'm sure there were plenty of trains Waterloo to Weymouth and a few to Weymouth Quay. As built Dorchester South was a terminal station and when the Southern line from Dorchester to Weymouth opened trains from London arrived in Dorchester South then reversed out before going on to Weymouth, Trains from Weymouth to London passed Dorchester South and then reversed into the platforms before going on to London. I believe there was a new platform built on the Weymouth bound (Down) line years before the up side platform was built, so for years only up services reversed to call at Dorchester South. Title: Re: From Bradshaw (book, not member !), January 1960 Post by: ellendune on April 20, 2020, 22:01:42 As built Dorchester South was a terminal station and when the Southern line from Dorchester to Weymouth opened trains from London arrived in Dorchester South then reversed out before going on to Weymouth, Trains from Weymouth to London passed Dorchester South and then reversed into the platforms before going on to London. I believe there was a new platform built on the Weymouth bound (Down) line years before the up side platform was built, so for years only up services reversed to call at Dorchester South. The old maps showed a through island platform on the curve at Dorchester South as well as the terminal platforms. Was this not used? Title: Re: From Bradshaw (book, not member !), January 1960 Post by: stuving on April 20, 2020, 22:49:08 As built Dorchester South was a terminal station and when the Southern line from Dorchester to Weymouth opened trains from London arrived in Dorchester South then reversed out before going on to Weymouth, Trains from Weymouth to London passed Dorchester South and then reversed into the platforms before going on to London. I believe there was a new platform built on the Weymouth bound (Down) line years before the up side platform was built, so for years only up services reversed to call at Dorchester South. The old maps showed a through island platform on the curve at Dorchester South as well as the terminal platforms. Was this not used? If you look closely, you'll see that the line past one face of that platform doesn't go very far - to the engine shed, or stops short. Title: Re: From Bradshaw (book, not member !), January 1960 Post by: grahame on April 21, 2020, 13:11:31 Sorry - this is just Western Region - here under "Heart of Wessex". I'll have a look at services via Wareham and Southampton tomorrow. Here are services via Dorchester South (Southern) ... the full table if over 20 pages, with a sprinkling of one of two Weymouth trains per page amongst lots of local and shorter workings. Please excuse me not digitising / uploading the whole lot! (http://www.wellho.net/oldpix/2020_04_21_12_57_28/image00001.jpg) If you open this image in a separate window / save it to file, you'll get it at a higher resolution Title: Re: From Bradshaw (book, not member !), January 1960 Post by: rogerpatenall on April 21, 2020, 19:33:09 Bradshaw does not always tell the full story. For instance the Weymouth Saturday arrival about 115pm shown as being from Westbury was in fact the 0835 from Paddington via Newbury and Devizes. The Western Region timetable shows this as 'TC from Reading to Weymouth' because it was possible to leave Paddington on the 930 and change into this train at Westbury.
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