RAILSCOT | Call goes out over community partnership for far north line [John O Groat Journal]

Call goes out over community partnership for far north line [John O Groat Journal]

Date: 26/08/2020

A call has gone out for local people to get involved in a community rail partnership to help the far north economy recover from the pandemic.

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Call goes out over community partnership for far north line

John O Groat Journal

A call has gone out for local people to get involved in a community rail partnership to help the far north economy recover from the pandemic.

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158720 just arrived at Thurso station from Inverness at 10.58 (this photo was taken three minutes later) on 17th June 2019. Trains no longer pull up under the train shed - but they still do so at Wick.
Location: Thurso
Company: Sutherland and Caithness Railway
17/06/2019 David Bosher

First ScotRail 158722, snug in its little house, waits to depart with the first afternoon train to Inverness.
Location: Wick
Company: Sutherland and Caithness Railway
24/05/2013 Colin McDonald

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Date	Item
03/08/2020	Increase in rail services from today [JohnOGroat Journal]
28/07/2020	Ambitious plans to transform Scottish rail network unveiled [Scottish Government]
03/07/2020	New community rail group hopes to promote tourism on Far North line in Caithness and Sutherland; People with a 'passion for trains' invited to put their names forward to become trustees [Northern Time
20/02/2020	John Yellowlees: Far North Line has huge potential not just for locals but for tourism too [The Scotsman]
07/02/2020	25 Years of the Friends of the Far North Line [CILT Scotland]
09/01/2020	Anger over disabled boys left on railway platform [John O Groat Journal]
20/11/2019	Railway campaigners praised on 25th anniversary [Inverness Courier]
07/11/2019	Campaign group welcomes Caithness/Inverness rail report [John O Groat Journal]
02/11/2019	Next steps for improvements on Far North Line identified as review group moves to enhance accessibility [Press and Journal]
02/11/2019	Heavy flooding forces closure of Highland railway line [Press and Journal]
27/10/2019	Extra rail investment for North East and Highland passengers [Network Rail]
24/07/2019	MeyGen could power battery trains in Caithness [John O'Groat Journal]
11/07/2019	Full steam ahead as operators express interest in Far North Line sleeper train [Press and Journal]
13/02/2019	Far North Line investment is on the right track [Network Rail]
18/04/2018	Royal Mail to vacate Inverness Strothers Lane [Friends of the Far North Line]
30/01/2018	Trolley service back on track on Caithness rail route [Press and Journal]
11/06/2017	North Highland rail services confirmed as worst performing [Press & Journal]
24/04/2017	'Highland Survivor' wins 2017 Railway Book of the Year [Kessock Books]
04/03/2017	NR delivers rails for Far North Line renewals for first time in Scotland by sea [IRJ]
13/10/2016	ScotRail Alliance 'committed' to Far North Line [BBC News]
22/09/2016	Scotland's most northerly railway line 'facing closure' [Scotsman]
07/09/2016	David Spaven: We need to save one of Scotlands heritage routes [Scotsman]
12/09/2015	Concern poor rail service forcing people back to roads amid reports passengers left standing at Beauly and Conon Bridge [Inverness Courier]
24/05/2014	Remote Altnabreac cottage put on the market [John O' Groats Journal & Caithness Courier]
04/05/2014	Highlands told to look at glass-roofed trains [Scotsman]
07/03/2014	Stranraer line best in Scotland [Carrick Gazette]
30/03/2012	New Conon Bridge railway station 'could open soon' [BBC News]
16/12/2011	Dornoch rail link gets shunt in right direction [John O'Groats Journal]
07/10/2011	Cost-cutting threat to rural rail stations [Herald]
15/09/2011	Dornoch rail group quiz on Far North Line train usage [BBC News]
06/09/2011	Carlisle-based nuclear firm outlines Highland rail plan [BBC News]
25/02/2011	Track repair works for Far North Line [Network Rail]
23/12/2010	Images reveal far north line's problems with snow [BBC News]
26/01/2010	'Increase trains' to ease Inverness traffic [BBC News Article]
18/07/2007	Rail boss points to Far North investment [John O'Groat Journal]
07/10/2003	Iron Roads to the Far North and Kyle by Michael Pearson launched
04/10/2003	Railway bridge in Inverness damaged by excavator on truck
15/04/2002	Beauly station re-opens
15/04/2002	Freight returns to Thurso
02/02/2002	EWS Starts running freight to Thurso
22/12/2001	New Beauly station awaiting go-ahead
28/07/2001	Beauly Station construction begins
19/01/2001	Beauly station re-opening
30/08/2000	Rail Passengers Committee meeting in Largs

Call goes out over community partnership for far north line [John O Groat Journal]

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