News

08/10/2024	Steam, Steel, Road and Rail at Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway for annual gala event Falkirk Herald
	Santa Trains 2024 Doon Valley Railway
	Rush hour trains disrupted between Glasgow and Edinburgh as power outage hits ScotRail services STV
	40 new parking places at Perthshire beauty spot in £1.3million visitor services boost The Courier
	ScotRail asks for customers views to help shape improvement works ScotRail
	Ferguson Marine sheds light on Glen Sannox 'blackout' as sea trials resume Greenock Telegraph
	CalMac warns of 'perfect storm' as 1,000-passenger ferry return delayed again Scotsman
	London Euston: Change called for at 'dangerous' station BBC News
	Underfloor battery power trialled on TPE Class 802 RAIL
	In race between Scottish Government ferries and Shetland tunnels, there can only be one winner Scotsman
	HS2 likely to reach Euston, Transport Secretary suggests Railways Illustrated
07/10/2024	ScotRail services back to normal - Many new drivers being recruited Northern Times
	Fire breaks out on Scots train sparking cancellations across major rail lines Daily Record
	Island Line services resume following completion of large programme of vital maintenance Network Rail
06/10/2024	ScotRail to return to full timetable after deal struck with train drivers STV

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On this day

1890	Callander and Oban Railway Temporary box and sidings opened during work to lower the line onto a slightly different alignment at Glencruitten Summit.
1928	Rumney Railway Crash between passenger train and colliers train during single line working following a landslip. A passenger was killed.
1967	Dundee and Forfar Direct Railway (Caledonian Railway) Kingsmuir to Broughty Junction (excluded) closed to goods.
1967	Leslie Railway Leslie to Auchmuty Junction closed to freight.

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This day in history

Fowler 2.6.4T 42415 leaving Central for Gourock. G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow (1951)

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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 Inverness.

On display

Within the station the former station bell (see also Pitlochry) and Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway plaques from the Boat o' Brig Viaduct are on display in the concourse.

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Key events

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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