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Newsham
Monday 17th March 2025 was the opening day for Newsham station on the Ashington line and although ...
Oxford
Chiltern Railways 165002, on driver training duties, running over the new East West Railway line ...
Deighton
A February 2025 view of the Transpennine Route Upgrade at Deighton, between Huddersfield and ...
Bay Horse
D8096 and D8107, bowling along the WCML in fine style with the SRPS 'Seven Counties Railtour' on 8th ...
Tonbridge
35028 'Clan Line', cylinder cocks open and now on the move from Tonbridge, with the Dover to ...
Preston
Last train - sad day. Colas 56113 seems to make light work of lifting the last empty tanks (a rake ...
Busby
Busby railway bridge is to get a £1.8m upgrade. Network Rail will replace the railway bridge over ...
Paddington
20205 with 20007 behind, at Paddington on Saturday, 22nd February 2025, waiting to depart at 07.00 ...
Dalgety Bay
SRPS owned 37403 'Isle of Mull' nears Dalgety Bay, with a route learning trip from Bo'ness to Perth ...
Bay Horse
Brand new Avanti Evero electric unit 807005 speeds into the cutting at Forton, running as 5Q15 from ...
Bermuda Park
Not something you see every day - passenger services here are normally on fixed diagrams between ...
Appleby
Freightliner 66620 making good time through Appleby, on Saturday 8th February 2025, with 6E97 ...
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On this day
| 1868 | Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway Passenger trains diverted from the Canal Street [Edinburgh] route to via Abbeyhill. A passenger station is opened at Leith Walk. |
| 1868 | Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway Scotland Street to Canal Street [Edinburgh] closed to passengers. Canal Street [Edinburgh] closed. The tunnel between Canal Street [Edinburgh] and Scotland Street is used to store wagons until 1887. |
| 1875 | Wigtownshire Railway Agreement between railway and Thomas Wheatley. |
| 1886 | Llynvi Valley Extension (Great Western Railway) Abergwynfi opened |
| 1915 | ~Great Western Railway Aberderfyn Halt closed |
| 1965 | Midland Railway Addingham closed. |
| 1966 | Dingwall and Skye Railway Achnashellach box and loop closed. |
| 2005 | Settle and Carlisle Line (Midland Railway) Prince of Wales formally re-opens the restored Kirkby Stephen station building. |
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This day in history
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Immediately after the steam push pull trains had taken over from the electric trains on the branch L&YR 2-4-2T 50829 pulls in to Brandlesholme Road Halt, serving a suburb of Bury, on the 4.16pm from Bury Bolton Street to Holcombe Brook. Electric operation officially finished three days later so this would have been one of the first steam operated services. Brandlesholme Road passed over the bridge and is still the main road from Bury out to Holcombe Brook. W A Camwell Collection (Courtesy Mark Bartlett) (1951) |
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Notes and Queries
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A Class 47 loco stabled near a junction in summer 1989 but where and what are those gantries for? |
Miscellany
Related to Lochailort.Commandos
Lochailort House, south of the station and on the shore of Loch Ailort itself, is very much associated with the training of special forces in the Second World War, such as the Commandos. The surrounding landscape is challenging and there was a nearby railway on which to practise mock sabotage.
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Key events
| December 2024 | Travel Safe team boosted. Cardiff-Edinburgh train, Lanark half-hourly in evenings, Gleneagles extra calls. Boxing Day trains to Leven, Dundee, Arbroath, Alloa. Traincrew cancellations hit Tweedbank and South Electrics (on an 'Auld Firm' Day). Lorry on line at Gretna, bus hit Cook Street bridge. Roseburn to Union Canal active travel route opens to the public. |
| November 2024 | 150th anniversary plaque unveiled at Wick. Glasgow Central new travel centre and lounge. Troon restored station opened. Dalwhinnie clock. Consecutive cancellations at North Berwick on a rugby day. Storm Bert - Oban suspended. Inverness signalling centre twice evacuated owing to fuel spill. |
| October 2024 | Temporary timetable ended. Accessible footbridge opened at Anniesland. Tuckshop opened at North Berwick. Greggs at Queen Street. Track circuit failure at Finnieston. Storm Ashley. Poor unit availability in leaf-fall season. Bomb alert at Dalmuir, power failure at Waverley both on 28 October. |
| September 2024 | Active travel route opened at Cameron Bridge. Grab and Go opens at Falkirk Grahamston. Temporary timetable introduced. Royal Mail ceased using rail. ScotRail's peak fare trial ended. |
| August 2024 | Accessible footbridges provided at Dumfries and Uddingston. TPE 2300 Edinburgh-Newcastle for Edinburgh Festivals. Temporary timetable and reduced ScotRail festival extras. Kirkhill overhead line damage. |
| July 2024 | Stranraer trains resumed. Troon rebuilt station opened in time for Open. Railway Heritage Centre opened at Dumfries. Lord Hendy appointed rail minister. Temporary timetable introduced because of driver shortage. |
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Books
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The Railways of Stirling
ASIN 1915069297
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Class 08 Locomotives in Scotland (Class Locomotives)
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Published 2023-10-15
Author(s) Howat, Colin J.
The Dundee & Arbroath Railway
ASIN 1915069173
Publisher Lightmoor Press
Published 2023-02-24
Author(s) Ferguson, Niall
Edinburgh, Granton and Leith Railways
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Publisher Amberley Publishing
Published 2023-04-15
Author(s) Williamson, Kenneth G.
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