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It has been out of action since August 2023 due to essential safety repairs
(Permalink) Cairngorm Mountain Railway |
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The Borderlands Partnership have backed plans for a feasibility study into the extension of the Borders Railway to Carlisle.
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A charter train has run along EWR which is due to open to regular traffic later this year.
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Ardrossan will be without a ferry service to Arran for two more months after CalMac revealed the MV Caledonian Isles won't be back in service until April.
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The redeveloped Stow Station House has been officially opened by Cabinet Secretary for Transport Fiona Hyslop MSP, at a special event at the Borders The redeveloped Stow Station House has been officially opened by Cabinet Secretary for Transport Fiona Hyslop MSP, at a special event at the Borders railway station.
(Permalink) Stow  Stow: The ScotRail 1425 ex - Edinburgh Waverley about to call at Stow on 8 April 2022. Note the blue community award plaque attached to the wall alongside the door of the old station house. |
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The stations at Cambuslang and Rutherglen are among those that will now see reduced opening hours.
(Permalink) Cambuslang Rutherglen Ticket office |
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Engine failure blamed for the paddle steamer's crash into Brodick Pier, which left 24 people injured
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Investigation finds 'specific skills and techniques' required weren't formally documented nor included in training aboard the Waverley.
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This hideous new footbridge underlines the poor state of UK design. What is the point of Network Rail's design standards if in practice they just get ignored? asks Hana Loftus.
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The first of six fully refurbished cycle travel trains has launched on the Heart of Wales line. As part of a gradual introduction, by the summer, customers will be able to bring up to 12 bicycles and e-bikes onboard the service that runs between Swansea and Shrewsbury. Until that point only two bikes can be ...
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North Queensferry residents are still experiencing debris falling from the Forth Bridge.
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In the latest edition of Talk of the Towns, we take a look back at a saga which saw the Newton Street railway tunnel closed for months.
(Permalink) Fort Matilda Greenock Central Newton Street Tunnel |
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The UK Department for Transport commits up to £5m with that sum matched by the Scottish government.
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Plans to explore extending the Borders Railway to Carlisle have been approved.
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A new arrival will soon be steaming into Tweedbank railway station with passengers and staff able to wake up and smell the coffee.
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Incidents of crime at a busy station in Helensburgh have decreased, a new report has revealed.
(Permalink) Cardross Craigendoran Crime Helensburgh Central |
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A new study has revealed the train stations across the UK that have the highest crime rates, and a small station in an Ayrshire town has topped the list for Scotland.
(Permalink) Crime Newton-on-Ayr Statistics |
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ScotRail confirmed that due to a failure of electricity supply, all lines between Barassie and Irvine have been closed.
(Permalink) Barassie Electrification Irvine OLE Power failure |
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A single vessel ferry service will be running for most of Monday with the MV Isle of Arran out of action until late afternoon due to weather issues.
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 Grantown-on-Spey East: The restored station building at Grantown-on-Spey East on 6 February 2019. The building is now part of the Grantown East Highland Heritage and Cultural Centre.  Grantown-on-Spey East: The former Grantown-on-Spey East station has been beautifully restored and is now open as a visitor centre. The two coaches have been joined together and made into a restaurant. There is also a miniat ...  Grantown-on-Spey East: Boarding a northbound train at Grantown-on-Spey East in April 1961. (Old family photograph). |
 Ardrossan Harbour: 'Open wide!'. 'Caledonian Isles' at Ardrossan on 26th June 2011. I recall this as a Red Letter Day - the Arran service was running as planned and to timetable!
 Ardrossan Harbour [1st]: TSS Mona's Isle awaits departure from Ardrossan Winton Pier with a passenger sailing to Douglas IOM in summer 1978. She was built by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead and launched in 1950. Her maiden voyage w ...  Ardrossan Harbour Junction: Corkerhill Black 5 45007 about to pass Ardrossan Harbour signal box on 6 July 1959 with a Winton Pier - St Enoch express. |
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An 'unusual' train has been photographed passing through Carlisle Railway Station.
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The Scotrail initiative planned to cut manned ticket office hours across Scotland's station in response to changing customer habits in buying tickets.
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These are Glasgow's busiest and least busy subway stations for 2024 based on gate entries.
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ScotRail announced the city centre travel hub celebrated its 183rd birthday on Friday, February 21.
Originally called Dundas Street Station, Queen Street opened in 1842 as the terminus of the Edinburgh to Glasgow Railway. (Permalink) Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Glasgow Queen Street  Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Glasgow Queen Street station facade, in the late afternoon of 3rd November 2021.
 Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Eastfield's 61140, with the self-weighing tender, seems anxious to leave Glasgow Queen Street High Level on 23 February 1963 with a train for Edinburgh. It is about to do battle with the formidable Co ...  Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The George Square frontage of Queen Street of a different era. The hotel to the right has enjoyed various names over the years and is currently the Millennium Hotel. The station has never fully 'front ... |
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The UK shipbuilding sector needs to address significant skills shortages in AI, robotics and automation if it is to thrive in the long term, a report from ...
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Longsuffering islanders have expressed concern as it emerged that another one of CalMac's oldest vessels has had to be kept out of service due to 'rust'.
(Permalink) MV Isle of Mull  Craignure Pier: MV Isle of Mull passing Lady's Rock, at the south end of Lismore, en route from Craignure to Oban. |
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Network Rail has completed a £3.5 million project to refurbish Awe viaduct near Taynuilt on the Oban branch of the West Highland Line.
(Permalink) Awe Viaduct Callander and Oban Railway West Highland Line  Awe Viaduct: Awe-some works taking place to restore historic viaduct in the highlands. Network Rail has started a £3.5m project to refurbish Awe viaduct. |
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Scotland is home to a station that has won multiple awards and been declared the most beautiful in the UK, and taking a look inside it is not hard to see why.
(Permalink) Wemyss Bay  Wemyss Bay: Approaching the booking office at Wemyss Bay station along the covered walkway from the pier on a summers morning in 2005.  Wemyss Bay: A beautiful bush under the glazed roof of the circulating area of Wemyss Bay station.  Wemyss Bay: Looking over Wemyss Bay station from the 15.00 ferry departure for Rothesay on 1 June 2012. The covered walkway linking the railway station and the ferry terminal is prominent in the left foreground. |
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MSP Edward Mountain is demanding an inquiry into what he says is a fiasco after nearly six years of incompetence.
(Permalink) Cairngorm Mountain Railway  Shieling Station: Ascending Cairngorm Mountain Railway car, seen from the descending car at the mid-way passing point on 24th February 2018. |
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The Arran ferry service is no longer the busiest in Scotland, after a big fall in passenger and car numbers.
(Permalink) Arran Caledonian MacBrayne  Brodick Pier: CalMac Ferry MV 'Caledonian Isles' is seen loading at Brodick Ferry Terminal for the slightly delayed 16.40 return crossing from Arran to Ardrossan, after a very rock and roll trip from the mainland i ... |
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Ullapool, Kyle of Lochalsh and Gairloch are set to receive a visit from the worlds last seagoing paddle steamer, the Waverley, this spring.
(Permalink) Gairloch Kyle of Lochalsh PS Waverley Ullapool  Ullapool Pier: Calmac 'MV Isle of Lewis' manoeuvres onto the berth at Ullapool Pier some 20 minutes late following the crossing from Stornoway on the evening of 20th June 2013. |
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Operators 'unsurprised' after Department for Transport opposes eight out of nine open access applications.
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A new teacher and parent toolkit has been launched to inspire more young people to consider a career in the railway. Its been developed as part of a national campaign, called Railway 200, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the modern railway, and is believed to be the biggest educational resource in the rail industry.
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Changes to some ticket office opening hours at stations across Fife will come into effect from the end of March.
(Permalink) Fife Ticket office |
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ScotRail is scaling back opening hours at Stranraer as it claims more people are buying tickets online or at machines.
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