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22/06/2025	ScotRail announces extra trains and carriages for Lana Del Rey fans ahead of Hampden gig Glasgow Live
	125 years ago: When a tragic railway crash took place in Greenock (1900) Greenock Telegraph
	Crawick Multiverse: The coal mine which became a work of art BBC News
	Public inquiry demand over 'scandal' of 100s of Scots jobs lost in ferry fiasco The Herald
	Ferry operator CalMac wins gong for marketing campaign at awards Greenock Telegraph
21/06/2025	Revealed: 17,000 ScotRail service cancellations are the lowest in three years The Herald
	'Chaos' over five sidelined CalMac ferries including one that 'should be written off' The Herald
	Inside the secret tunnels under London where 'Ian Fleming dreamed up James Bond in WWII' Daily Mail
20/06/2025	Highland railway station building hits market - for only £50,000 RossShire Journal
	105 years ago: Docks and shipping as seen from a Greenock crane (1920) Greenock Telegraph
	Pitlochry's world-famous station bookshop hosts celebration sale of railway treasures The Courier
	Step into hundreds of destinations with ScotRail this summer The Times & The Sunday Times
	Glasgow Central Floods 1994: How Glasgow Central Station flooded in 1994 Glasgow World
	Changes for Britannic Explorer as GBRf readies train's introduction RAIL
19/06/2025	Falkirk councillors 'won't give up' on dream of Bonnybridge train station Daily Record

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1846	North British Railway Tranent, Longniddry, Haddington, Reston [1st] opened.
1864	Callander and Oban Railway First meeting of the Callander and Oban Railway Committee.
1870	Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway North facing junction at Abergavenny opened. New station opened at junction and 1863 station closed and replaced by sidings.
1885	Baltinglass Branch (Great Southern and Western Railway) Opened to Colbinstown. Contractor Robert Worthington. Double track as far as Naas.
1899	Clydebank Engineering and Shipbuilding Works John Brown & Co Shareholders of John Brown & Co, Atlas Works, Sheffield, agreed to purchase the Clydebank Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Glasgow. Reconstruction and re-equipping of shipyard begins. The new west yard will be laid out to the west of the fitting out basin.
1914	Callander and Oban Railway Connel Ferry Bridge altered for road vehicles and pedestrians.
1984	Isle of Mull Railway Line officially opened by Chris Green.

12-wheel LMSR restaurant car sandwiched between two MkIs at Crewe on 22nd June 1961.

David Murray-Smith (1961)

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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Furthest West

This is the furthest west station in mainland Britain, approximately 12 miles further west than Penzance.

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Penzance	5Â°31'57.49"W
Arisaig	5Â°50'22.10"W

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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