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09/06/2025	Contract from Transport for London shows The Caley is on track for success Rail News
07/06/2025	More ScotRail services for TRNSMT demanded after chaotic travel scenes last year Daily Record
	First Minister: 'We'll do everything we can' to bring back Rosyth Euro ferry Dunfermline Press
06/06/2025	Why is Rosyth so noisy at night time? Dunfermline Press
	Plans for Paddle Steamer Comet model in Helensburgh Helensburgh Advertiser
	Dunkeld and Birnam station raised to new heights with platform upgrade Network Rail
	Fife Planning Ahead: Starbucks approval and fresh Levenmouth rail bridge plan The Courier
	Former firefighter remembers fatal Nuneaton rail crash of 1975 BBC News
	Retired miner remembers his key role on Metro in the 1980s Tyne and Wear Metro
	Railway 200 wins top tourism prize at VisitEngland Excellence Awards Network Rail
	FirstGroup applies to run rail services between Hereford and London via Cwmbran Rail News
	DB Cargo fits more Class 66s with in-cab monitoring equipment RAIL
	Cumbrian railway station ranked second worst in the UK News and Star
	Why did Scots ministers support award of £381m in ferry contracts to overseas firms The Herald
	'Laughable': Turkey ferry to be delivered seven years faster than Scots fiasco ship The Herald

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1781	George Stephenson George Stephenson, pioneering railway engineer, born.
1851	North London Railway Extended to Hampstead Road (now the closed Primrose Hill).
1862	Eden Valley Railway Opened from Kirkby Stephen (South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway) to Clifton [Moor] (just south of Penrith on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, the junction giving access to the south). Engineer: Thomas Bouch.
1879	Dowlais and Merthyr Joint Line London and North Western Railway passenger service starts to run to Merthyr. Access also opened to the Crawshays Private Railway.
1902	Dunblane, Doune and Callander Railway Doubled section between Dunblane and Doune opened. West and East signal boxes at Doune and Dunblane North box at Dunblane Junction replaced. Doune rebuilt as an island platform station.
1952	Great North of England, Clarence and Hartlepool Junction Railway Closed to passengers.
1952	Durham and Sunderland Railway Hartlepool Dock and Railway Sunderland to West Hartlepool service via Haswell withdrawn.
1958	Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway Abergavenny Junction closed.
1958	Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway Stations between Pontypool Road and Hereford, excluding Abergavenny Monmouth Road, closed to goods.
1958	Ely and Clydach Valleys Railway Passenger service withdrawn.

K2 Mogul 61772 <I>Loch Lochy</I> passing Cardonald Junction on 9 June 1959 with a westbound freight. (The plate on the left lamp bracket reads N279) [Ref query 5426]

K2 Mogul 61772 Loch Lochy passing Cardonald Junction on 9 June 1959 with a westbound freight. (The plate on the left lamp bracket reads N279) [Ref query 5426]

G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow (1959)

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

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Dedication Plaques

The plaques from this bridge are now on display at Inverness station.

One reads

I & A. J. RWY.
This railway extending from the town of Nairn to Keith.
Completing the communication between London and Inverness.
Was begun in Oct 1856 and opened for public traffic on 18 August 1858:
and this viaduct crossing the Spey was completed in 20 months.
Contractors for masonry, David Mitchell and Chas. Brand, Montrose.
For iron work, Messrs Fairbairn and Sons. Manchester.
Engineer Joseph Mitchell F.R.S.E. Inverness.

and the other

Directors
Left panel
Alex Matheson Esq of Ardross M.P. Chairman
The Right Hon The Earl of Seafield
CEO Loch Esq London
Eneas W MacKintosh Esq of Raigmore
Sir James D.H. Elphinstone Bart. M.P.
Wm. Jas. Taylor Esq. of Rothiemay
Sir Alex. P. Gordon Cumming Bart. of Altyre

Right panel
The Hon. Thos. Chas. Bruce Deputy-Chairman
Alex. Inglis Roberson Esq. of Caithness
Captain Wm. Fraser-Tytler of Aldourie
The most nobile the Marquis of Stafford M.P.
John Blaikie Esq. Aberdeen
The Hon. George Skene Duff of Miltonduff

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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