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10/01/2025	Cairngorm railway: Swiss experts flown in to check the broken funicular will it ever open? Press and Journal
	Avanti Strike to go ahead after talks fail to deliver new offer RMT
	Buses to replace trains on busy Glasgow railway lines Glasgow Times
	St Giles Centre closure: What will happen to Elgin bus station? Press and Journal
	Network Rail and DB Cargo prepare for increased Port Talbot steel traffic after blast furnace closure RAIL
	Millions of train tickets to be discounted next week in sale - How it works Glasgow Times
	500 million passenger journeys made on Elizabeth line Rail News
09/01/2025	Anger at fake ScotRail 2 Smartcard offers targeting Highland passengers Inverness Courier
	Angus bridge demolition sees £3 million project take a huge step forward Network Rail
	Rail campaigner wants to stop Inverclyde ticket office cuts in their tracks Greenock Telegraph
	No reopening date set for Cairngorms mountain train as repair works start after further delay Scotsman
	Avanti West Coast issues travel advice ahead strike action on Sundays Avanti West Coast
	£60m investment for West Coast Main Line motorway bridge replacement in Cumbria Network Rail
	Here's the UK rail companies that had the most complaints last year Metro
	CrossCountry wants to run Alnmouth to Newcastle peak time service despite omission from draft rail timetable Berwick Advertiser

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On this day

1827	Dundee and Newtyle Railway Construction work goes out to tender.
1858	Taff Vale Extension Tredegar Junction to Quakers' Yard (Low Level) opened.
1875	Hamilton and Strathaven Railway Doubled from Strathaven Junction to Meikle Earnock
1966	Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway Bridge of Earn Junction to Ladybank closed by rockfall at Clatchard Craig Quarry.

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This day in history

Class J35 0-6-0 no 64509 pulls away from the platform at the commencement of its journey with the 1225 Hawick - Carlisle train on 11 January 1958. Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) (1958)

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Notes and Queries

A Class 47 loco stabled near a junction in summer 1989 but where and what are those gantries for? [Added 01 March 2023.] Responses so far

Miscellany

Related to Druimuachdar Summit.

Pigs and boars

A number of locations on the Highland Main Line refer to pigs and boars.

West of Druimuachdar Summit are two striking hills, An Torc (the Boar of Badenoch) and, to its south, Meall an Dobharchain (the Sow of Atholl). The profiles resemble hogbacks.

Slochd Viaduct crosses Slochd Mhuic - pig's den in English.



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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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