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A Paris - Edinburgh service is among the most eye-catching proposals for a network of premium overnight sleeping car services set out by French start-up Midnight Trains on June 16.
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Community and business leaders have questioned if plans to move more freight by rail in the far north is 'commercially viable'.
(Permalink) Far North Line Georgemas Junction Thurso Wick  Georgemas Junction: Close up of the wagon loading equipment in use for the trial timber trains at Georgemas Junction, seen on 4th August 2020.  Georgemas Junction: 'The Georgemas' underwent a transformation when much of the station - the island platform - became a loading point with a crane. The view looking towards the junction itself shows the new facility. |
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Levenmouth rail campaigners have praised Tuesday's rail announcement as a 'step forward'.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Electrification Levenmouth  Cameron Bridge: Plan of the proposed new two platform Cameron Bridge station. The station will have two platforms, linked by a footbridge with lifts, on a double track electrified line with a large car park. This wil ...  Levenmouth: Plan of proposed Levenmouth terminus (overflow car park omitted). |
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A new design of bridge that could transform rail crossings across Britain will be unveiled by Network Rail at Rail Live today (June 16). The innovative circular bridge is set to revolutionise the way Network Rail builds footbridges over the tracks. Made from lightweight material, the environmentally friendly bridge can be installed in a matter of days, and its modern, modular design means it can be adapted to different locations. It also features built-in monitoring to assess usage and maintenance needs.
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Enva, a provider of recycling and specialist resource recovery solutions in the UK and Ireland, has extended its contract with ScotRail.
The extension will see Enva continue to provide over 40,000 waste collections a year to more than 200 locations including stations, depots and offices. (Permalink) Enva ScotRail |
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A new rail speed record between London and Glasgow is to be attempted by Avanti West Coast, sources have told The Scotsman.
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Double tracking and electrification to be progressed and station locations confirmed.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Electrification Levenmouth Cameron Bridge: Plan of the proposed new two platform Cameron Bridge station. The station will have two platforms, linked by a footbridge with lifts, on a double track electrified line with a large car park. This wil ... Levenmouth: Plan of proposed Levenmouth terminus (overflow car park omitted). |
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The return of rail services to Levenmouth has moved a step closer with confirmation by Transport Minister Graeme Dey that the line would be double tracked and electrified.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Electrification Levenmouth  Kirkland Yard: View west along the north bank of the River Leven from the Iron Brig in the summer of 2007. Behind the camera are Methil docks, while on the other side of the plate girder bridge lay Kirkland Yard, w ...  Levenmouth: Looking east from the Iron Brig towards Methil East Junction, with track cleared of vegetation in March 2021. Methil Power Station, which once dominated the horizon, has been demolished. |
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A new collaborative partnership has launched today which will play its part in meeting the challenges set by Network Rail in response to the UK decarbonisation agenda within the UK rail infrastructure. ARQ, which comprises AmcoGiffen, REL (Rail Electrification Limited) and QTS, will provide a truly integrated self-delivery model for the UK rail network as it moves closer to electrification and ...
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Train operators, Network Rail and unions have agreed to talks over cutting rail services and axing thousands of jobs to save the industry up to £2bn a year as it plans for a post-Covid future of fewer passengers. Under a framework agreement signed by the four main transport unions and rail employers, voluntary redundancies will be sought throughout the railway to close the funding gap from an 80% decline in passenger revenue since the start of the pandemic.
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The return of rail services to Levenmouth moved a step closer today with confirmation by Transport Minister Graeme Dey that the line would be double tracked and electrified.
Mr Dey was speaking during a visit to Leven where he also announced the options being taken forward for the locations for Leven and Cameron Bridge Stations. The Leven Station is to be located behind the Leisure Centre and Cameron Bridge Station will be to the east of the A915. The options were confirmed following detailed development work as well as stakeholder consultation for the new rail link. (Permalink) Cameron Bridge Electrification Levenmouth |
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Calls to reopen the Formartine and Buchan Railway, one of the lines lost to Dr Beeching's cuts have been gaining momentum in recent months.
(Permalink) Formartine and Buchan Railway  Maud: GNSR D41 4-4-0 no 62231 backing onto the Fraserburgh portion of a train at Maud on 30 July 1948.  Fraserburgh: 80021 arrives at Fraserburgh on 16 July 1955 with a train from Aberdeen.  Peterhead: D5323 prepares to take the Formartine and Buchan Railtour out of Peterhead on 24 May 1969. Passenger services were withdrawn in 1965, although freight operations at the busy fishing port contin ... |
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Passengers booked onto the Caledonian Sleeper will be issued a refund as 11 days of strike action gets under way.
(Permalink) Caledonian Sleeper Refund Serco Strike Strikes  Kilmarnock: 73969 showing off the Caledonian Sleeper logo during shunting moves at Kilmarnock |
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RMT to strike for pay justice on Tyne and Wear Metro in co-ordinated joint union action.
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Railway untion RMT confirmed today that it has announced eight further strike dates over the summer on East Midlands Railway.
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The future of a lifeline ferry link in Lochaber is up for debate - with the opinion of locals sought.
(Permalink) Corran Ferry  Ardgour Slip: The Corran ferry leaves Ardgour Slip on Sunday 10th June 2018
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Visitors to the popular venue in Alford can see everything from horse-drawn carriages and bicycles through to racing cars and hot-rods.
(Permalink) Alford Cruden Bay Tram Grampian Transport Museum  Grampian Transport Museum: One of the two trams that linked the GNSR Cruden Bay Hotel and Cruden Bay station on display at the Grampian Transport Museum, Alford, in October 2012. Car No 2 is beautifully restored to a very high ... |
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SNP plans to nationalise Scotland's rail service next year come with big risks, according to Britain's former railways minister, business and passenger groups. Tom Harris, the former Labour minister.
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Bala Lake Railway's manager says it was always the plan to extend the track to the town centre.
(Permalink) Bala Lake Railway Bala and Dolgelly Railway  Llanuwchllyn: The interior of the still operational GWR signal box at Llanuwchllyn in September 2016. These days the levers and block instruments control movements on the narrow gauge tracks of the Bala Lake Railwa ...  Pentrepiod Halt: Summer lakeside scene on the Bala Lake Railway in 2016 as a train disappears towards Bala passing through Pentrepiod Halt.  Llangower: Llangower station, mid way along the Bala Lake Railway, was re-opened on a slightly different site to the standard gauge halt that closed with the line in 1965. The BLR re-opened the four mile stretch ... |
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ScotRail passenger numbers bounced back to 60 per cent of normal last Saturday but rail chiefs said it would take more than three years to recover to their record pre-pandemic levels.
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London North Eastern Railway (LNER) has begun an eight-week public consultation to seek views on its proposed significant timetable change and uplift from London North Eastern Railway (LNER) has begun an eight-week public consultation to seek views on its proposed significant timetable change and uplift from May 2022.
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Is the new Indiana Jones being filmed in Borders? And when will Harrison Ford arrive on set?
(Permalink) Film Harrison Ford Leaderfoot Viaduct  Leaderfoot Viaduct: The abandoned deck of Leaderfoot Viaduct in December 2016 looking north across the valley of the Tweed towards Earlston. The western section of the Berwickshire Railway, between Ravenswood Junction an ...  Leaderfoot Viaduct: View north west over Drygrange Old Bridge towards Leaderfoot Viaduct in February 2018. |
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People are paying an average of £11,400 for properties closer to train and subway stations.
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No trams will run on the West Midlands Metro network until further notice. Tram services in the West Midlands have been suspended indefinitely after a fault was discovered among the fleet.
(Permalink) CAF West Midlands Metro  Birmingham St Chads [Tram]: Midland Metro (since renamed West Midlands Metro) No.29 with a Birmingham to Wolverhampton service arriving at Snow Hill (since renamed St. Chad's), on 8th December 2016.  Bull Street [Tram]: Midland Metro (since renamed West Midlands Metro) tram no. 26 from Wolverhampton St. George's threading its way through Birmingham city centre on the approach to Bull Street, on 30th January 2016. At ... |
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The UK government has announced plans to kickstart the domestic tourism industry after months of restrictions on travel, socialising and hospitality, including a new rail pass and vouchers for popular attractions. In a bid to encourage people to holiday at home instead of abroad, an alternative to the 'BritRail' pass for foreign visitors will be launched, letting Britons travel across the UK cheaper on certain days of their break, and possibly allowing children to travel free.
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Check out the amazing progress weve made on the ground by seeing it from the sky.
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It was a very special night for Portlethen Social Gardening Group when they picked up a gold award from ScotRail.
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Caledonian MacBrayne Union RMT has raised safety concerns over the Pentalina catamaran which the Scottish Government is considering for charter on CalMac routes.
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A Grade II listed signal box on one of the countrys most picturesque rail routes is being refurbished to improve future journeys for passengers and freight.
(Permalink) Garsdale  Garsdale: Ruswarp keeping an eye on the signalbox at Garsdale, which at the time of the photograph on 21 September 2013, was undergoing some refurbishment. |
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Hornby, the model train maker that also owns Scalextric and Airfix, is getting its business back on track after turning an annual profit for the first time in nine years.
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Figures show increase in freight train movements in Network Rails Eastern Region over corresponding period in 2019/20. New scrap metal service introduced from Ilkeston to Immingham. Sunderland Docks branch scrap metal service recommenced to cope with rising demand. New contract to move 350,000 tonnes of waste from Barking to Scunthorpe. New intermodal cargo terminal constructed in Sheffield.
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A new video has been released showing the huge progress made so far to rebuild the Bletchley flyover for the East West Rail project.
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Network Rail Scotland and British Transport Police (BTP) are raising awareness of the dangers of misusing level crossings following a series of incidents at the Stevenston crossing in Ayrshire.
(Permalink) Stevenston Stevenston Level Crossing  Stevenston: A failure of the barrier system at Stevenston results in 318 269 being flagged over the crossing against a danger signal on 12 November with a service for Ardrossan Town. |
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Network Rail Scotland and British Transport Police (BTP) are raising awareness of the dangers of misusing level crossings following a series of incidents at the Logans Road crossing in Motherwell.
(Permalink) Logans Road Level Crossing  Logans Road Level Crossing: View north from the footbridge over Logans Road level crossing on the WCML just to the north of Motherwell station on 30 January 2014. The train is the 11.09 TransPennine Glasgow Central - Manchester ... |
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Network Rail Scotland and British Transport Police (BTP) are raising awareness of the dangers of misusing level crossings following a series of incidents at Barry West and Balcathie level crossings.
(Permalink) Balcathie Level Crossing Barry Links Barry West Level Crossing  Barry Links: Barry Links footbridge looking west. The signalbox was formerly beyond the footbridge. The former excursion platform can be seen on the left. |
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Network Rail Scotland and British Transport Police (BTP) are raising awareness of the dangers of misusing level crossings following a series of incidents at Cardross level crossing.
(Permalink) Cardross Cardross Station Level Crossing  Cardross: An early evening train from Helensburgh entering Cardross station over the level crossing on a warm summer evening in July 2005. Note the significant drop in the height of the eastbound platform beyon ... |
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Plans to turn an old rail route into a green corridor for pedestrians and cyclists have been held up because the council is too busy on the Spaces for People programme. [Railscot note: use of the trackbed between Easter Road, Meadowbank and Piershill would block railway use of the route, various uses of which have included provision of extra capacity or sidings.]
(Permalink) Easter Road Deviation (North British Railway) Meadowbank Powderhall  Powderhall: In the fading light of an afternoon on the cusp of winter, the time of year for which the untranslatable Japanese word [get on with it. Ed] The foundations in the foreground are not, alas remnants of ...  Powderhall: Main entrance to Powderhall depot from Broughton Road, looking north on a bright and sunny 22 June 2019. Demolition work and decontamination of the site, previously used for refuse processing, inciner ...  Powderhall Loop: If I hadn't photographed it myself a fortnight previously I might not have believed that the rails here had been lifted in order to dig a hole. The hole is now filled in and the rails replaced. This w ... |
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Five-year contract extension for technical support and spares agreed until December 2026.
Agreement covers support in areas such as safety, reliability, maintenance, spares supply, modifications, and overhauls. A five-year contract extension has been agreed with ScotRail, which will see the Technical Support & Spares Supply Agreement (TSSSA) run until December 2026. The contract will ensure (Permalink) Class 380 Siemens |
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