1843 | Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway Bellahouston [1st] station opened. (At Ibrox). |
1873 | Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway Edinburgh Loanhead and Roslin Railway opened from Millerhill Junction. (Or 23 July 1874.) |
1950 | Peebles Railway Thornielee closed. |
1960 | Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway Crow Road closed. |
1960 | Glasgow City and District Railway Hyndland [1st] Branch closed to passengers, but new electric train maintenance depot was opened by the station's island platform so the branch is retained, although the station tracks lifted. |
1967 | West Riding and Grimsby Railway Carcroft and Adwick-le-Street closed |
1967 | Dundee and Newtyle Railway Fairmuir and Maryfield Goods (Scottish Central Railway) Ninewells Junction (excluded) to Fairmuir Junction to Fairmuir Goods and Maryfield Goods closed to freight. |
1967 | South Queensferry Branch (Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway) South Queensferry [1st] to Dalmeny Junction closed to freight. |
1967 | Edinburgh, Leith and Granton Railway Scotland Street goods and Heriothill Goods to Trinity Junction (excluded) closed. Scotland Street goods depot is closed. (The Warriston Junction to Bonnington East Junction approach had closed in 1960.) |
1982 | Torrington Extension (London and South Western Railway) The 'Last Train to Torrington' railtour runs, 15 carriages 'topped and tailed' with locomotives 31174 and 31158. |
On a misty November morning in 1948, Caley Jumbo 57307 of Hamilton (West) shed takes a freight over Waulkmill Glen Viaduct between Patterton and the former Lyoncross Junction. G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow (1948) |
A Class 47 loco stabled near a junction in summer 1989 but where and what are those gantries for? |
May 2024 | 50th anniversary of the Electric Scots Continuing ASLEF dispute at DfT operators overtaken by general election Barrhead/East Kilbride conductor dispute resolved Peak fares trial extended to August First Minister officially opens £116M Levenmouth Railway |
April 2024 | New active travel route at Gourock Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Central the first stations in Britain to have British Sign Language on their main departure screens Joanne Maguire new interim ScotRail MD, Liam Sumpter to head Network Rail in Scotland |
March 2024 | Alex Hynes departure announced from Scotland for DfT Jacobite suspended |
February 2024 | Dunblane resignalling to allow southbound trains to depart from Platform 3 Highland networks closed by storm on 5 February East Kilbride carpark reduced for new station construction Addiewell temporarily closed for reconstruction Brodick ferries diverted to Troon by Ardrossan pier damage Seawall damage near Helmsdale |
January 2024 | 'The Hatch' café opens at Singer 'Reboot your Commute' advertising campaign Four loops taken out of use during snow on HML Storms Isha and Jocelyn led to network closures from 1900 on 21 and 23 January Storm Ingunn on 31 January closed West and North Highland routes |
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