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11/07/2025	Structural works planned for historic disused railway viaduct News and Star
	ScotRail begins process to begin replacing 'ageing DMUs and EMUs' RAIL
	ORR report shows satisfaction with assisted rail travel remains unchanged as it sets out new operator rating system ORR
	Interim deal means Glasgow Subway strike for TRNSMT weekend has been called off Glasgow World
	16 DB Cargo UK drivers switching to rival after contract loss results in surplus RAIL
10/07/2025	Level boarding included in ScotRail's fleet replacement plans Railway Gazette
	Major disruption on ScotRail routes from Glasgow due to 'track defect' Glasgow Times
	Reopening of station cafe comes as surprise to passengers Grampian Online
	No trains to run on Shotts line this weekend Glasgow Times
	Deal struck to end Subway strike ahead of TRNSMT festival this weekend The Herald
	Scottish railway stations with highest proportion of cancelled services revealed Scotsman
09/07/2025	Friends of Wemyss Bay Station make plea for 2026 calendar photos Greenock Telegraph
	Railway visionary honoured with GWR train naming BBC News
	Firefighters tackle large blaze near Cowdenbeath railway station BBC News
	Rush hour Scotrail services face disruption because of cows on track The Herald

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On this day

1806	End of Holy Roman Empire
1837	Maryport and Carlisle Railway Act passed.
1844	Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Cutting of first sod.
1874	Hallcraig Colliery and Ironworks Branch (Caledonian Railway) Line opened.
1879	Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway Glasgow Central Station (Caledonian Railway) New portions of Bridge Street opened, in connection with the opening of Glasgow Central.
1900	Dundee Corporation Tramways Electric trams from High Street to West Park Road.
1905	Brynmawr and Western Valleys Railway Opened formally.
1920	Cowbridge Railway Aberthin Platform closed.
1972	Kinross-shire Railway Kelty to Cowdenbeath (North British Railway) Kelty Coup (by former Kelty station) to Cowdenbeath North Junction (excluded) closed to freight.
1999	Bridgeton Yard Derailment at Bridgeton Yard.

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This day in history

D1 4-4-0 62230 passing Philorth Halt on 12 July 1950 with a Fraserburgh - Aberdeen train. G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow (1950)

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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 Queens Park Locomotive Works.

Draughtsmen

Famously when the works was short of draughtsmen for tracings an artist friend suggested to Henry Dübs that women could be employed as draughtsmen, a very successful and (at the time) revolutionary decision.

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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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The Great Britain Railtour		10 photos
Glasgow Central Railway		16 photos
Largs to Ardeer and back		34 photos
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Crouch Valley Line,Essex, 1972-2014	[[images]]	0 photos
Cumbernauld		5 photos

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