News
| 05/04/2020 | New twist in mystery of Brunel's birthday sunrise The Guardian |
| 03/04/2020 | Work is due to start on multi-million pound upgrade to Motherwell station Daily Record |
| 03/04/2020 | Keeping Scotland's Railway clean for key workers ScotRail |
| 03/04/2020 | Extensive repair plan revealed for the Cairngorm funicular Strathspey and Badenoch Herald |
| 03/04/2020 | Bombardier and CAF suspend train production, while Hitachi reduces workload RAIL |
| 02/04/2020 | Iconic Glenfinnan Viaduct which features in Harry Potter films to light up blue for NHS heroes Scotsman |
| 02/04/2020 | New temporary timetable for NorthLink ferry services John O Groat Journal |
| 02/04/2020 | Use data to tailor coronavirus timetables to current needs, says Zipabout Railway Gazette |
| 02/04/2020 | One million tonnes of critical supplies transported weekly along the West Coast main line during Covid-19 crisis Network Rail |
| 02/04/2020 | Network Rail gives suppliers cashflow boost Network Rail |
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On this day
| 1839 | Great Western Railway Cooke and Wheatstone 5 needle system electric telegraph installed between Paddington and Hanwell. This was the first commercial telegraph line (and in fact first commercial use of electricity) and the public were able to pay to send messages. |
| 1841 | Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway Bridge Street station (a terminus with a large glass roof on the south side of the Clyde) opened. It served the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway. |
| 1858 | Rosedale Branch (North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway) The Ingleby Mining Company builds a line from Ingleby Junction to Ingleby Greenhow. |
| 1887 | Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway Adderbury opened |
| 1964 | Moffat Railway Moffat branch closed |
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This day in history
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J39 0.6.0 64700 at Hawick on train from Newcastle. G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow [1949] |
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Key events
| March 2020 | Major changes to railway operations and timetables resulting from impact of Coronavirus pandemic. |
| December 2019 |
- opening of [[Robroyston]]'s new station and [[Dunbar]]'s second platform - farewell to ScotRail Class 314s and LNER HSTs - TPE introduce Class 397s with new Glasgow-Preston-Liverpool route and Class 802s on new Edinburgh-Leeds-Liverpool route. |
| October 2019 | Almond Chord: £15 million approved to develop options for Waverley approaches. |
| August 2019 |
- Government announces reopening of Levenmouth line within 5 years. - LNER Azumas Anglo-Scottish debut. |
| July 2019 | Closure of [[St Rollox Works]]. |
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Slideshows
| Bath and Bristol since 2008 |    | 112 photos |
| Cumbernauld |    | 5 photos |
| Kenya National Rail Museum Nairobi |    | 16 photos |
| Milton Keynes |    | 51 photos |
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The Era Of Rail Blue
ASIN 1445697726
Publisher Amberley Publishing
Published 2020-06-15
Author(s) Mark Jamieson
Great Britain's Railways: A New History
ASIN 1398103365
Publisher Amberley Publishing
Published 2020-11-15
Author(s) Maggs MBE, Colin
Southdown Ancillary Vehicles
ASIN 1445696053
Publisher Amberley Publishing
Published 2020-11-15
Author(s) Simon Stanford
The Network Southeast Years
ASIN 1398104523
Publisher Amberley Publishing
Published 2020-10-15
Author(s) Mark Battle
