Bevan Price
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I thought that some of you might be interested in what summer saturday services operated before the growth of road traffic & overseas holidays. To avoid posts of excessive length, I have split the lists into sections. The lists show summer saturday departures from coastal holiday resorts, but not the corresponding services to the coast. Local branch services are mostly excluded from the lists.
Eastern Region, Summer 1955
Departures from East Coast Resorts, omitting most local services & regular daily services.
Part 1. Essex & Suffolk Coasts.
Southend On Sea (Central)
09:25 Kentish Town
17:15 Kentish Town **
17:50 Upper Holloway **
18:55 Cricklewood **
** - Also ran SX in summer (school holiday period)
These were in addition to a handful of daily through services to Kentish Town or London St. Pancras.
Southend On Sea (Victoria)
Nil
Clacton On Sea
10:50 Leicester (London Road) via Sudbury, Cambridge, St. Ives, Kettering.
11:10 Birmingham (New St.) via Bury St. Edmunds, Peterborough
16:27 Derby (Friargate) via Bury St. Edmunds, March, Bingham.
19:12 Bury St. Edmunds
Harwich (Town)
08:50 London (Liverpool St.)
Also at 10:05, 12:15, 13:35, 14:45.
12:49 Doncaster via Peterborough.
Harwich Parkeston Quay
(Daily) 07:43, 13:30, 19:35 London Liverpool St
08:00 Liverpool Central via March, Lincoln, Sheffield Vic. & Manchester Cen.
Felixstowe (Beach).
10:31, 13:52 London (Liverpool St.)
11:07 Birmingham New St (combines with 11:10 from Clacton)
Lowestoft (Central)
08:25 Leicester & Derby (Midland) via Peterborough
09:19 York via March, Spalding
11:50 Bradford (Exchange) **
12:13 Rugby (Midland) via Peterborough East, Market Harborough.
** Portion attached to 12:02 ex-Yarmouth service
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Part 2 - Norfolk Coast Reesorts.
Gorleston On Sea
08:00 Leicester / Derby (Midland) (08:25 from Lowestoft)
08:44 York
10:50 London (Liverpool St.)
13:43 London (Liverpool St.)
Yarmouth (Vauxhall)
06:35 Birmingham (New St.) Via Peterborough East, Market Harborough, Rugby.
08;55 Bradford (Exchange) (non-stop, March - Doncaster)
09:06 Sheffield (Victoria) Via March, Lincoln.
09:50 Bradford (Exchange) via Spalding
10:00 York via March, Lincoln
10:10 Newcastle && via March, Lincoln.
&& - Conveys portion from Gorleston On Sea
10:40 Derby (Friargate) via Spalding, Nottingham Victoria.
11:10 Manchester (Central) via Sleaford, Sheffield Victoria.
11:33 Sheffield (Victoria) via March, Lincoln
12:02 Leeds (Central) via March, Spalding.
12:40 Northampton (Castle) via Peterborough East, Wellingborough London Rd.
13:33 Cambridge
13:47 Manchester (Victoria) via March, Spalding (non-stop) & ??
14:37 Walsall via Peterborough, Rugby.
15:34 Peterborough
Yarmouth (South Town)
Had daily services via Beccles to London Liverpool St.
Yarmouth (Beach) (M&GNR route)
08:46 Leicester (London Road)
09:00 Birmingham (New St.)
09:30 Derby (Midland)
09:50 Leicester (London Road)
11:30 Mansfield (Town)
15:00 Leicester (London Road)
Caister On Sea
10:41 London (Liverpool St.) via Wroxham
Mundesley On Sea
13:30 London (Liverpool St.)
Cromer (Beach) (M&GNR route)
08:40 Birmingham (New St.)
09:28 Birmingham (New St.)
Sheringham & Cromer had daily services to London via Norwich
Hunstanton
09:20 Birmingham (New St.) via Bourne
Also had daily services to Cambridge & London (Liverpool St.)
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Part 3. Lincolnshire Coast Resorts.
Skegness.
08:00 Lincoln (Central)
09:05 London (Kings Cross)
09:22 London (Kings Cross)
09:53 Manchester (Central) (No intermediate stops shown)
11:12 York (first stop Doncaster)
11:36 Leeds (Central) via Bardney, Lincoln.
11:45 Peterborough
12:00 Sheffield (Victoria) via Bardney, Lincoln.
12:25 London (Kings Cross)
12:40 Derby (Friargate) via Sleaford
12:58 Grantham
13:25 Nottingham (Victoria)
13:35 Hucknall (Central) via Bardney, Lincoln, Mansfield Cen..
13:42 Leicester (Belgrave Road) via Boston, Melton Mowbray
13:50 Bradford (Exchange) via Bardney, Lincoln.
14:12 Kirkby In Ashfield (Central) via Lincoln, Mansfield (Cen.)
14:20 Kings Norton via Derby Friargate
14:42 New Holland Pier Via Louth
14:50 Sheffield (Victoria)
15:05 Pinxton (South) Via Sleaford, Daybrook, Basford North
15:20 Clay Cross Via Boston, then ?? Sleaford
16:10 Hitchin
18:20 London (Kings Cross)
18:55 Nottingham (Victoria)
19:22 Gainsborough (Lea Road)
Mablethorpe
09:34 (09:09 Louth) - London (Kings Cross)
11:58 Basford (North) via Bardney, Lincoln, Mansfield Cen.
12:12 Nottingham (Victoria)
13:35 Nottingham (Victoria)
13:50 Leicester (Belgrave Road) via Boston, Melton Mowbray
14:05 Derby Friargate
15:10 Manchester (Central) via Bardney, Lincoln.
18:30 Nottingham Victoria
Cleethorpes
07:30 Blackpool (North) via Barnsley (Exchange)
08:27 Sheffield Victoria via Retford
08:54 Bradford (Exchange)
09:05 Leeds (Central)
09:43 Sheffield Victoria via Retford
10:02 Rotherham (Central) via Doncaster
10:11 Doncaster
10:25 Sheffield Victoria via Retford
11:29 Sheffield Victoria via Retford
13:38 Bradford (Exchange)
13:46 Leeds (Cen.) & Bradford
14:10 Sheffield Victoria via Retford
14:45 Barnsley (Court House) via Doncaster
15:00 Penistone
18:40 Sheffield Victoria via Retford
(The Leeds / Bradford services avoided Doncaster.)
New Holland Pier
09:50 Skegness
(Ferry connection from Hull)
Eastern Region, Summer 1955
Departures from East Coast Resorts, omitting most local services & regular daily services.
Part 1. Essex & Suffolk Coasts.
Southend On Sea (Central)
09:25 Kentish Town
17:15 Kentish Town **
17:50 Upper Holloway **
18:55 Cricklewood **
** - Also ran SX in summer (school holiday period)
These were in addition to a handful of daily through services to Kentish Town or London St. Pancras.
Southend On Sea (Victoria)
Nil
Clacton On Sea
10:50 Leicester (London Road) via Sudbury, Cambridge, St. Ives, Kettering.
11:10 Birmingham (New St.) via Bury St. Edmunds, Peterborough
16:27 Derby (Friargate) via Bury St. Edmunds, March, Bingham.
19:12 Bury St. Edmunds
Harwich (Town)
08:50 London (Liverpool St.)
Also at 10:05, 12:15, 13:35, 14:45.
12:49 Doncaster via Peterborough.
Harwich Parkeston Quay
(Daily) 07:43, 13:30, 19:35 London Liverpool St
08:00 Liverpool Central via March, Lincoln, Sheffield Vic. & Manchester Cen.
Felixstowe (Beach).
10:31, 13:52 London (Liverpool St.)
11:07 Birmingham New St (combines with 11:10 from Clacton)
Lowestoft (Central)
08:25 Leicester & Derby (Midland) via Peterborough
09:19 York via March, Spalding
11:50 Bradford (Exchange) **
12:13 Rugby (Midland) via Peterborough East, Market Harborough.
** Portion attached to 12:02 ex-Yarmouth service
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---
Part 2 - Norfolk Coast Reesorts.
Gorleston On Sea
08:00 Leicester / Derby (Midland) (08:25 from Lowestoft)
08:44 York
10:50 London (Liverpool St.)
13:43 London (Liverpool St.)
Yarmouth (Vauxhall)
06:35 Birmingham (New St.) Via Peterborough East, Market Harborough, Rugby.
08;55 Bradford (Exchange) (non-stop, March - Doncaster)
09:06 Sheffield (Victoria) Via March, Lincoln.
09:50 Bradford (Exchange) via Spalding
10:00 York via March, Lincoln
10:10 Newcastle && via March, Lincoln.
&& - Conveys portion from Gorleston On Sea
10:40 Derby (Friargate) via Spalding, Nottingham Victoria.
11:10 Manchester (Central) via Sleaford, Sheffield Victoria.
11:33 Sheffield (Victoria) via March, Lincoln
12:02 Leeds (Central) via March, Spalding.
12:40 Northampton (Castle) via Peterborough East, Wellingborough London Rd.
13:33 Cambridge
13:47 Manchester (Victoria) via March, Spalding (non-stop) & ??
14:37 Walsall via Peterborough, Rugby.
15:34 Peterborough
Yarmouth (South Town)
Had daily services via Beccles to London Liverpool St.
Yarmouth (Beach) (M&GNR route)
08:46 Leicester (London Road)
09:00 Birmingham (New St.)
09:30 Derby (Midland)
09:50 Leicester (London Road)
11:30 Mansfield (Town)
15:00 Leicester (London Road)
Caister On Sea
10:41 London (Liverpool St.) via Wroxham
Mundesley On Sea
13:30 London (Liverpool St.)
Cromer (Beach) (M&GNR route)
08:40 Birmingham (New St.)
09:28 Birmingham (New St.)
Sheringham & Cromer had daily services to London via Norwich
Hunstanton
09:20 Birmingham (New St.) via Bourne
Also had daily services to Cambridge & London (Liverpool St.)
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---
Part 3. Lincolnshire Coast Resorts.
Skegness.
08:00 Lincoln (Central)
09:05 London (Kings Cross)
09:22 London (Kings Cross)
09:53 Manchester (Central) (No intermediate stops shown)
11:12 York (first stop Doncaster)
11:36 Leeds (Central) via Bardney, Lincoln.
11:45 Peterborough
12:00 Sheffield (Victoria) via Bardney, Lincoln.
12:25 London (Kings Cross)
12:40 Derby (Friargate) via Sleaford
12:58 Grantham
13:25 Nottingham (Victoria)
13:35 Hucknall (Central) via Bardney, Lincoln, Mansfield Cen..
13:42 Leicester (Belgrave Road) via Boston, Melton Mowbray
13:50 Bradford (Exchange) via Bardney, Lincoln.
14:12 Kirkby In Ashfield (Central) via Lincoln, Mansfield (Cen.)
14:20 Kings Norton via Derby Friargate
14:42 New Holland Pier Via Louth
14:50 Sheffield (Victoria)
15:05 Pinxton (South) Via Sleaford, Daybrook, Basford North
15:20 Clay Cross Via Boston, then ?? Sleaford
16:10 Hitchin
18:20 London (Kings Cross)
18:55 Nottingham (Victoria)
19:22 Gainsborough (Lea Road)
Mablethorpe
09:34 (09:09 Louth) - London (Kings Cross)
11:58 Basford (North) via Bardney, Lincoln, Mansfield Cen.
12:12 Nottingham (Victoria)
13:35 Nottingham (Victoria)
13:50 Leicester (Belgrave Road) via Boston, Melton Mowbray
14:05 Derby Friargate
15:10 Manchester (Central) via Bardney, Lincoln.
18:30 Nottingham Victoria
Cleethorpes
07:30 Blackpool (North) via Barnsley (Exchange)
08:27 Sheffield Victoria via Retford
08:54 Bradford (Exchange)
09:05 Leeds (Central)
09:43 Sheffield Victoria via Retford
10:02 Rotherham (Central) via Doncaster
10:11 Doncaster
10:25 Sheffield Victoria via Retford
11:29 Sheffield Victoria via Retford
13:38 Bradford (Exchange)
13:46 Leeds (Cen.) & Bradford
14:10 Sheffield Victoria via Retford
14:45 Barnsley (Court House) via Doncaster
15:00 Penistone
18:40 Sheffield Victoria via Retford
(The Leeds / Bradford services avoided Doncaster.)
New Holland Pier
09:50 Skegness
(Ferry connection from Hull)