| 16/08/2018 | Delays as tractor ploughs over West Yorkshire rail track [BBC News] |
| A tractor towing a trailer has damaged tracks and overhead electric wires after it rolled on to a railway line, causing major disruption to services.
The vehicle demolished a gantry at Fitzwilliam, near Wakefield, West Yorkshire at 20:55 BST on Wednesday.
It was removed at about 05:40 BST, but passengers were warned of delays on routes including Leeds, London, Glasgow and Plymouth due to repair work.
Disruption is expected until 18:00, when all lines are expected to be open.
No injuries were reported and no arrests have been made, British Transport Police said.
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| 15/08/2018 | Plans for car park at Glenfinnan Viaduct Harry Potter hotspot [BBC News] |
| Plans have been submitted for a new car park in Glenfinnan for tourists who visit to see a location from the Harry Potter films.
Thousands of visitors arrive to see the Glenfinnan Viaduct and a steam train that operates on its railway line. Both feature in the movies.
Glenfinnan Community Council said a lack of parking had also become a health and safety issue.
It said vehicles were currently using verges along the A830 for parking.
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| 15/08/2018 | Campaigners protest in Edinburgh against increase in rail fares [Scotsman] |
| Protests will be held outside railway stations amid mounting anger over an expected 3.5 per cent increase in regulated train fares.
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| 14/08/2018 | ScotRail confirms Aberdeen to Dyce journeys back on track [ScotRail] |
| ScotRail is reminding customers that services between Aberdeen and Inverness will be returning to normal from Monday, 20 August, following 14 weeks of major upgrade works.
Engineers from Network Rail Scotland ' ScotRails partner in the ScotRail Alliance ' have been working around the clock since mid-May to lay a second track and install a new signalling system on the 6.25 mile stretch between Aberdeen and Dyce.
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| 14/08/2018 | Livingston South station redevelopment programme revised [Network Rail] |
| Work on the programme to redevelop Livingston South station has been extended after encountering unforeseen ground conditions and a subsequent delay in developing an appropriate design for the new lifts to be constructed in the station.
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| 14/08/2018 | Borders railway - helping businesses prosper and be more connected [The Herald] |
| More businesses are being encouraged to start, relocate and expand in the Scottish Borders, Midlothian and Edinburgh, where the Borders Railway is breathing new life into local economies.
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| 14/08/2018 | £18m investment in rail freight spells good news for construction industry [Network Rail] |
| As part of the Great North Rail Project, Network Rail is investing £18m to lengthen freight sidings in Buxton. This vital investment will allow even longer freight trains to operate across the railway network, transporting construction materials from Buxtons quarries to destinations across Britain.
Extending the track by 430 metres will allow freight trains to increase their number of wagons from 18 to 26 wagons. This will help provide an economic boost for local quarries and future national construction projects, as up to 2,500 tonnes of materials could be transported by each train.
Having longer trains also helps create a cleaner environment, as each freight train takes 76 lorries off the road and each tonne of freight transported by rail cuts carbon emissions by 76%.
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| 14/08/2018 | Network Rails plan to improve East Coast Main Line is approved [Global Railway Review] |
| A Network Rail proposal to construct a new section of railway underneath the East Coast Main Line has been permitted by the Secretary of State for Transport.
The improvement is part of the Railway Upgrade Plan and will link the Stamford lines and the Great Northern Great Eastern lines at Werrington Junction near Peterborough.
Currently, slow moving freight trains cross over three lines of the East Coast Main Line, causing high-speed passenger trains to slow down on the approach to Werrington Junction. This multi-million pound investment will mean freight trains no longer need to do this and can instead travel under the East Coast Main Line.
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| 13/08/2018 | Commuters could see rail fares rise by 3.5% next year [ITV News] |
| The exact fare rise will be confirmed on Wednesday.
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| 11/08/2018 | Poll shows support for fully devolved Scots rail network [Scotsman] |
| Most Scots want to see power over Network Rail north of the Border fully transferred to Scotland, according to a report into the nations railways.
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| 11/08/2018 | In Pictures: The golden age of railways as UK marks anniversary of end of steam [ITV News] |
| Events are marking 50 years since the end of mainline steam rail services.
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| 11/08/2018 | First look inside the restored Deeside royal station [Press and Journal] |
| A prominent emblem of Deeside’s royal heritage will soon reopen more than two years after it was destroyed by a fire.
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| 11/08/2018 | Deputy mayor demands answers over ‘chaotic’ Northern Rail cancellations [ITV News] |
| On Friday, the operator said it expected 80 of the scheduled 1,500 train services on Sunday not to run.
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| 11/08/2018 | Aberdeen rail works to cause disruption [Evening Express] |
| Rail improvement work is set to bring disruption to a street later this month.
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| 11/08/2018 | National force may not have capacity or capability to police rail network [Scotsman] |
| The controversial integration of railway policing into Police Scotland may result in some parts of the service having to be outsourced, it has emerged. Due diligence of the plan to merge British Transport Police (BTP) and Police Scotland has identified support services which exist in the UK-wide force but not its Scottish counterpart. A report prepared for the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) warns that could lead to significant differences in the cost of railway policing, and warns Police Scotland may not currently have the capacity and capability to absorb the work of the BTP.
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170407 in British Transport Police vinyls at Haymarket today. The re-liveried set bearing the text number 61016 was launched by transport minister Humza Yousaf.
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[John Yellowlees 20/09/2016] | 
View from the station walkway at Waverley on 8 February 2018, with traincrew, passengers, catering staff and British Transport Police all going about their business. At the recently extended platform 12 is the 1027 to Glasgow Central, while the train at 11 is the 1030 to Glasgow Queen Street. Although it will leave 3 minutes later, the latter service will reach its destination 28 minutes earlier than the former.
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A WPC of the British Transport Police doing checks on a Pendolino at Glasgow Central on 30 June 2007. This was the day after the car bombs had been left in London and the same day as the Glasgow Airport attack.
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| 09/08/2018 | Local Rail Development Fund set to award grants of £681k [Transport Scotland] |
| Ten local communities will be the first to benefit from a new Scottish Government rail fund worth £2m.
Successful applicants to the Local Rail Development Fund were announced today by Michael Matheson, Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity.
The aim is to provide money for communities to carry out a multi-modal transport appraisal which could potentially bring forward proposals for improvements to rail connections in their areas.
He made the announcement in St Andrews on a visit to one of the successful groups, St Andrews Rail Link (StARLink).
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| 09/08/2018 | Historic north-east railway station destroyed by fire on track for opening [Evening Express] |
| A historic railway station which was destroyed by a blaze will reopen later this month.
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Almost burnt to the ground in May 2015,Ballater Railway Station has been rebuilt at at cost of around £3,000,000.Due to reopen soon and painted in the original colours.It was known as the Royal Station,as it was used by royalty from Queen Victoria (God bless her!) onwards,when they stayed at Balmoral Castle.The line closed to passengers in February 1966.
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Ballater Station,platform side with the replica Royal Coach alongside.This was saved by firefighters in 2015.
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Ballater Station as rebuilt,looking towards Aberdeen.
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| 09/08/2018 | Full steam ahead for St Andrews rail study [Scotsman] |
| The campaign to re-open the St Andrews rail link after a 50-year gap today won Scottish Government funding for a study which could pave the way for the scheme.
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The gateway to St Andrews is the dismantled railway bridge that carried the line over the A91 road at the western edge of the town, seen here in May 2011. Hard to imagine the ^Fife Coast Express^ [see image 26205] in days gone by, slowing as it crossed the bridge prior to pulling up at its ultimate destination. The former station (closed January 1969), St Andrews second, was located off to the right and is now a car park.
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View east towards the site of St Andrews station (1887-1969) in the spring of 2011. Station road on the left now leads up to the recently rebuilt bus station, with Hope Park Church spire standing in the background. The 1865 church saw the railway station (the town^s second) come and go, pre-dating it by 22 years. [See image 34565]
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The western approach to St Andrews station seen from a DMU in the early summer of 1967, two years before the line^s closure. This was the second St Andrews station with the first, a short distance north west of here, replaced in 1887 when the line from Leuchars was extended south. Buses are visible at the top of Station Road with the spire of Hope Park Church beyond. For the same view 44 years later [see image 34391]
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| 09/08/2018 | Borders steam train tour offers a first class trip back in time [Scotsman] |
| Step back in time this month as the Scottish Railway Preservation Society Border steam train tour returns to the timetable, writes Rosalind Erskine
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| 08/08/2018 | Train derailment in Lochaber caused by rapid thaw of snow [Scotsman] |
| A passenger train was derailed after heavy rain and a rapid thaw of snow caused a massive 1,000-tonne landslip, investigators have found.
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| 07/08/2018 | Great walks on the Scottish Grand Tour [ScotRail] |
| Grab your hiking boots, step off the train and unlock walking adventures
In Scotland you never need to travel far to experience the great outdoors and if you're taking our Scottish Grand Tour, you'll be spoiled for choice when it comes to incredible walking destinations. Lochs, mountains and centuries of history - it's all there waiting to be discovered.
Here's a few of our top picks, all easily accessible when you take the Scottish Grand Tour.
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| 07/08/2018 | ScotRail announces £4million front-line recruitment drive [ScotRail] |
| ScotRail has confirmed a £4million front-line recruitment drive, as the train operator prepares for the introduction of more new trains and extra services.
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| 07/08/2018 | Network Rail to create 200 jobs in Scotland [BBC News] |
| The rail infrastructure controller says it will help deliver a network "fit for 21st century Scotland".
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| 06/08/2018 | Network Rail to open £4m Baillieston railway bridge two weeks early [Network Rail] |
| Muirhead Road in Baillieston will re-open on Wednesday 15 August as work on the multi-million pound project to reconstruct the bridge over the railway nears completion.
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| 06/08/2018 | China plans world's longest rail tunnel at 84 miles [Daily Mail] |
| The proposed Taiwan Strait Tunnel Project aims to take trains through a135km (84-mile) undersea section of the tunnel at up to 250km/h (155mph) by 2030.
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| 03/08/2018 | NR offers its final Class 31s for sale [Rail] |
| The last two Network Rail-owned Class 31s are for sale.
The locomotives are stored at Derby Railway Technical Centre. 31105 was withdrawn from main line duties in October 2014, but was used as a yard shunter and has had various exams, while 31233 was withdrawn in April 2017.
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Brush Type 2 no. D5654 stands on ^Kings Cross Loco^ stabling and refuelling point at the north west corner of the station between duties on 28 July 1967.
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One of Stratford^s Brush Type 2 locomotives no D5517 brings a lengthy North London Line freight through Willesden Junction High Level station in March 1969. The train is signalled for Mitre Bridge/North Pole Junctions and the link to the West London Line.
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One of the early versions of the Brush Type 2 diesel, no D5511, without the distinctive roof-mounted headcode box, makes a surprise appearance in this part of the world as it brings the down Waverley into Hawick on 26 July 1958. [See image 29078]
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| 02/08/2018 | Railway steam engine era remembered on 50th anniversary of demise [Mirror] |
| Mirrorman Paul Routledge recalls how the last of the locomotives that made the country a world-wide leader were unceremoniously dragged off to the breakers yard
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Train 1T57, the BR ^Fifteen Guinea Special^, at Manchester Victoria on 11 August 1968 following its return journey from Carlisle, via Hellifield and Blackburn behind 44781+44871 [see image 47244]. The train has now been taken over by 45110, which will shortly depart on the final leg back to Liverpool Lime Street. [Ref query 27 January 2018]
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The BR Fifteen Guinea Special at Carlisle on 11 August 1968 behind Black Fives 44781+44871 ready to return south. The special, which ran from Liverpool, marked the introduction of BR^s main line ^steam ban^. [See image 47133]
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[D Walker Collection [Courtesy Bruce McCartney] 11/08/1968] | 
The BR ^Fifteen Guinea Special^ was billed as the final standard gauge main line passenger train to be hauled by a steam locomotive on British Rail. It ran on Sunday 11 August 1968, the day before the introduction of the main line steam ban. The photograph shows 70013 Oliver Cromwell (the last steam locomotive to be overhauled by BR) following its arrival at Carlisle with the special.
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| 31/07/2018 | Aberdeen-Dyce rail enhancements on-track for successful completion [Network Rail] |
| Engineering work to double-track six miles of railway between Dyce and Aberdeen moved a step closer to completion today as the last section of new track was clipped into place.
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| 31/07/2018 | ScotRail targets further electrification schemes [RAIL] |
| Could there be more electrification in Scotland? The five years from 2019 could feature more wiring in Scotland, with ScotRail Alliance Managing Director Alex Hynes telling RAIL: Id love to see more electrification - Stirling to Perth, East Kilbride and the Edinburgh South Suburban. Hynes acknowledged that the East Coast Main Line would need work to increase its capacity, as more operators plan trains to and from Scotland.
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| 31/07/2018 | ScotRail pioneers smart mobile ticketing [ScotRail] |
| ScotRail has today announced the launch of an innovative mobile ticketing pilot.
Rail customers in Scotland will soon be able to buy, store and use tickets directly from their smartphone using a pioneering mobile ticketing app.
Developed by technology specialists, Rambus Inc, the new all-in-one solution is built into ScotRails existing app and enables customers to skip the queue at ticket vending machines by purchasing and downloading tickets directly to their smartphone.
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