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17/01/2025	No opening date as funicular repairs near end BBC Scotland
	Green light for new passenger help point at Berwick Railway Station Northumberland Gazette
	Track defect alert wipes out Inverness to Aberdeen train services Inverness Courier
	West Coast Main Line to close between Preston and Carlisle this weekend News and Star
	ScotRail staff donate 'life saving' defibrillators to two Inverclyde primary schools Greenock Telegraph
	Park Signalling to develop SSI design workstation Railway Gazette
	New technology to be fitted at East Coast Main Line bridge prone to lorry strikes RAIL
	Network Rail assessing impact of Grand Central's plan for bi-mode trains on East Coast Main Line RAIL
	Game-changing for the North - Northern sets its sights on up to 450 new trains Northern
	£90 million re-signalling programme begins across the Lewisham area Rail News
	'Failing' Waterloo-Exeter line 'sorely in need of investment' as study recommends key improvements RAIL
16/01/2025	Three railway lines in Tayside, Fife and Stirling hit by engineering work on same weekend The Courier
	ScotRail recognised as UK Top Employer 2025 ScotRail
	Campaign to save ScotRail ticket offices to visit local stations this week Greenock Telegraph
	Transport Focus calls for national 'yellow card' warning for those who make ticket mistakes RAIL

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On this day

1854	Londonderry Railway Hetton coal train runs from Seaham [1st] to Sunderland Dock via new line as far as Ryhope and Durham and Sunderland Railway to Hendon Dock. The connection at Ryhope was temporary for the ceremonial occasion.
1859	Limerick and Ennis Railway Longpavement to Clarecastle opened. Trains provided by Waterford and Limerick Railway.
1898	Great North of Scotland Railway Doubled Rothiemay to Keith opened.
1898	Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla Railway Moray Coast Railway (Great North of Scotland Railway) Cairnie Junction to Grange North Junction doubled.
1934	Belfast and Ballymena Railway Double track curve opened from Bleach Green Junction, Whiteabbey, to cross Valentine's Glen Viaduct (concrete) to Mossley. Mossley to Carrickfergus Junction singled.
1963	British Railways Additional Condor conflat container service introduced between Glasgow Gushetfaulds Goods and Birmingham Aston.
1998	Ulverston and Lancaster Railway Cark signal box closed (demolished 24th-25th).
2004	North British Railway Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway During a two day (17-18) blockade Edinburgh Waverley's signalled and control equipment is re-fitted.

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This day in history

Late on a gloomy January afternoon in 1970, Hymek D7031 awaits its departure time at Cardiff General with the 16.35 to Portsmouth Harbour. Bill Jamieson (1970)

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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 Glenfinnan.

Glenfinnan Viaduct on foot

The viaduct is east of Glenfinnan station. There are two convenient walking routes to the viaduct.

The easier is to walk down the hill from the station and turn left onto the main road, follow the pavement downhill past the church and turn left before the road crosses the River Finnan (just beyond is the Glenfinnan Visitors' Centre) and follow the dirt road to the viaduct.

The other route is to use the scenic footpath which climbs above the station and east, past a viewpoint which looks out over the station, to approach the viaduct from above at its west end.

The two can be combined to make a circular walk.
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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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