This day in history 08 January
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Bathgate Upper: Having taken water at the closed Bathgate Upper station, J36 65243 'Maude' sets off towards Bathgate yard with a trainload of coal from a local colliery. Remarkable that this veteran was still in service in January 1965 when many much younger locos, including BR Standard classes, had been withdrawn.
Bathgate Central Junction: Winter sunlight catches J36 65243 'Maude', approaching the signalbox for Bathgate Yard, with a trainload of coal from a local colliery on 8th January 1965.
Bathgate Yard: Meeting of young and old in Bathgate yard in 1965, between the relatively modern Standard Class 2 78050, less than ten years old, and the venerable ex-NB J36 65243 Maude, by then more than seventy.
Bathgate Yard: The substantial yard at Bathgate was still busy with coal traffic in 1965, with four ex-NB J36 0-6-0 locomotives amongst those seen in action on the day of this January visit. 65297 was pictured ready to leave the yard with a rake of empties for one of the local collieries
Bathgate Yard: Bathgate's J36 0-6-0 65282 brings coal wagons through Bathgate yard in January 1965.
Bathgate Upper: In January 1965, J36 0-6-0 65243 'Maude' pauses for water from the column at the closed Bathgate Upper station, whilst on the way to the nearby marshalling yard with a load of coal from a local colliery. Although some fifty years old, the locomotive remained hard at work in the Bathgate area, along with several other members of the class. Note that a snowplough was fitted for possible wintry weather.
Riddings Junction: A track panel, located at the meeting point of the Midland and Scottish regions of BR, is lifted from the up line near Riddings Junction on 8 January 1969, marking the end of the Waverley route as a through main line linking Carlisle and Edinburgh. The lifting 'ceremony' had been arranged by BR following a media call, presumably to emphasise the point that their battle to close the line had finally been won. Nearest the camera is local man Willie Whittaker, doubtless feeling more than a tinge of sadness as he observes the proceedings, hand on hip. The hand would likely be transferred from hip to pint pot that night in The Riverside back in Canonbie. [Editors note: Photograph copyright Cumbrian Newspapers Ltd - reproduced here with their kind permission. Thanks to Gary Straiton for obtaining the image and clearance, also Bruce McCartney for providing additional caption details.]
Bentley [EUR]: In January 1983, most of the station building at Bentley remained despite closure to passengers 17 years earlier. However, except for the southern end, which gleamed with fresh paint, it had become very dilapidated. The pristine portion contained facilities for the keeper of the still active level crossing, whose cabin can be seen on the right. Conversion of the crossing to automatic barriers in the year ahead resulted in a total demolition of the station building in 1984, adding weight to the railway adage of the time that a visit from the painters is never a good sign.
Allington West Junction: A westbound train passes the box, since replaced, at Allington Junction and level crossing.
Oakham: View north at Oakham level crossing and signalbox on 8 January 2005.
St Fillans: The girder bridge at the west end of the station has not been so fortunate however. Note also that the trackbed west of the bridge has been built on.
St Fillans: The station building at St Fillans looking remarkably well preserved in January 2007. Note the BRB notice boards on the side of the building.
St Fillans: The old signal box at St Fillans survives in a remarkable state of preservation despite the railway being closed in October 1951.
Alloa: Work in progress at Alloa on 8 January 2007, with the foundations for the new station building now in place.
Glen Ogle Viaduct: Viaducts in Glen Ogle, in typically Scottish weather for this time of year.
Alloa: Pedestrian entrance - view north over the A907 towards Alloa station on 8 January 2006. Work continues on the station building, while beyond that a supply of sleepers has been stacked against the wall on the north side of the line. The Ochil Hills form the backdrop.
Alloa: Track appears at the east end of Alloa station - January 2007.
Alloa: View west at Alloa on 8 January 2007 showing work in progress on the base for the new station building.
Edinburgh Waverley: The partially refurbished canopy over the west end of platforms 18 and 19 at Waverley standing in the rain on 8 January 2008 and showing some of the work carried out to date. In the centre background the Church of Scotland General Assembly building overlooks the scene from the top of The Mound.
Haymarket: Light at the end of the tunnel...view east along platform 2 at Haymarket as Fife Circle trains are about to cross on 8 January 2008.
Mound Tunnels: Looking west towards The Mound tunnels on 8 January 2008 with new masts in place for remaining electrification work.
Edinburgh Waverley: Cowdenbeath service about to leave Waverley platform 20 on 8 January.
Craigentinny Depot: A Virgin Voyager stands in the refuelling sidings at Craigentinny on 8 January as work is carried out on the south side of the yard. Viewed from a passing train.
Edinburgh Waverley: How it used to be. The long climb up from Waverley to Princes Street on a cold, wet January day in 2008. It would be another 4 years before the installation of a covered escalator link - see [[41372]].
Haymarket: The 1150 National Express East Coast Glasgow Central - London Kings Cross service comes off the Carstairs line and runs into platform 3 at Haymarket station on 8 January 2007, just as the snow begins to fall.
Haymarket: Trains for Waverley on the Glasgow and Forth Bridge lines run in parallel under the spaghetti approaching Haymarket at the start of the snow shower on 8 January 2008.
Edinburgh Waverley: Sleeper locomotive EWS 90036 stands in the east end bays at Waverley on 8 January 2009.
Carrbridge: ... and the flats are even longer than the b*!!#y containers! Ongoing recovery manoeuvres at Carrbridge, scene on Friday 8 January 2010.
Maxwelltown: A snowy scene on the Maxwelltown Railway Path on 8 January 2010.
Carrbridge: The only game in town.... scene near Carrbridge station on 8 January 2010 with recovery operations underway.
Queen of the South Viaduct: View west over the renovated Queen of the South viaduct over the Nith towards Maxwelltown on 8 January 2010. The old viaduct is now part of the Maxwelltown Railway Path.
Dumfries: A four car 156 First ScotRail service bound for Glasgow Central about to pull away from Dumfries on a freezing 8 January 2010.
Rodney Street Tunnel: About to leave the north portal of Rodney Street Tunnel, Edinburgh, on 8 January 2013. Opened by the Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway in 1847, the tunnel eventually closed in 1968. It was reopened in 2009 and now provides a walking/cycling link between the Broughton area and the New Town, avoiding busy roads.
Rodney Street Tunnel: View through Rodney Street Tunnel on 8 January 2013. Looking north from Scotland Street towards Broughton Road.
Scotland Street: Leaving Rodney Street Tunnel southbound on 8 January the walker/cyclist emerges into the former Scotland Street station and goods depot, now a landscaped area, with King George V Park just off to the right. Straight ahead is the sealed north portal of the much longer Scotland Street Tunnel, through which early EL&N trains were rope hauled from Canal Street (now Waverley) under the New Town see image [[5876]].
Scotland Street: Close up of the north portal of the 1847 Scotland Street Tunnel, seen from the old goods station in January 2013 - now forming part of a basketball court. The west side of Scotland Street itself overlooks the scene, with the exit onto Royal Crescent running off to the right. See image [[5876]]
Newbattle Viaduct: The 12.45 ex-Gorebridge is held at the B6482 junction waiting to join the A7 shortly after calling at Newtongrange on 8 January 2013. The no 29 Lothian bus is heading for Silverknowes. A section of Newbattle Viaduct, lit by harsh winter sunshine, dominates the picture.
Mount Vernon: 156511 about to leave Mount Vernon for Whifflet on 8 January 2013. Electrification of the Glasgow Central - Whifflet route is underway with early line closures and replacement bus services recently introduced to allow the necessary engineering work to be carried out. Work is due to be completed in time for this summer's Commonwealth Games.
Carmyle: DMU 156611 with a Glasgow Central - Whifflet service passing the tubular steel piles which will form the base of the soon to be installed electrification masts as it leaves Carmyle station on 8 January and heads toward Mount Vernon.
Rodney Street Tunnel: Entrance to Rodney Street Tunnel from the north in January 2013. At the far end is the site of Scotland Street station, followed by the longer tunnel that once took trains through to Canal Street see image [[41661]].
Rodney Street Tunnel: The south portal of Rodney Street Tunnel on 8 January 2013 complete with walkers, bikers and shoppers. Photograph taken from the site of Scotland Street station. Below is a close-up of the commemorative plaque that now adorns the wall to the right see image [[41645]].
Morecambe Junction: The points have been changed and DRS 57003 is just about to set off along the Heysham Branch on 8 January as 156454 passes on a Morecambe to Lancaster service. Moments later the junction disappeared from view briefly when a cloud of blue smoke erupted from the Class 57 as it moved off.
Haymarket [Tram]: Notice at Haymarket on the evening of 8 January 2014 - with an Edinburgh tram parked at the tram stop.
Newcraighall North Junction: View north from Whitehill Road on 8 January 2014 as the 12.17 service to Glenrothes with Thornton awaits its departure time from Newcraighall station. At the top of the picture a truck is heading west on the A1, at the bottom is the junction for the Borders Rail route south to Tweedbank.
Mount Vernon: DMU 158738 leaves a mastless Mount Vernon station on 8th January 2014 for Carmyle on its way to Glasgow Central high level. Electrification of this line is due to be completed in time for the Commonwealth Games in summer 2014
Baillieston: DMU 158738 on a Whifflet - Glasgow Central service boarding at Baillieston station on 9 January 2014. View east from the platform at Mount Vernon. Note the efforts of local graffiti artists on the disused bridge near the former greyhound race track.
Dane Road: The first of quite a few. Metrolink 3001 calls at Dane Road with an evening service from Altrincham to Cornbrook. Dane Rd opened in 1931 when the MSJ&A was electrified. The M5000 fleet of trams was steadily expanded from its introduction in 2009 until, with the final 2016 delivery, it numbers 120 sets.
Glasgow Central: The 14.30 service to Ayr waits at Glasgow Central platform 15 on 8 January.
Kilmaurs: 156513 works the 1A17 Kilmarnock to Glasgow Central service in very wintry conditions through Kilmaurs on 8 January 2016. This service has since been temporarily suspended and replaced by Virgin Voyagers until the bridge over the Clyde at Lamington is reopened in February.
Gorebridge: The 0945 (Sunday) ex-Tweedbank ready to leave Gorebridge on 8 January 2017 on its way to Edinburgh Waverley. Note the sizeable housing development that now occupies the area to the south of Lady Brae, from which there is a direct entrance to the station see image [[51910]].
Bury Bolton Street: A very welcome return - 60103 'Flying Scotsman' at Bury Bolton Street on the East Lancashire Railway prior to it's first public test run to Heywood following its lengthy restoration at Ian Riley Engineering. Mr Riley's Black 5 45407 was coupled inside the train in support.
Hawick [2nd]: Recently I was speaking with Kenneth Gray, he expressed surprise at a street in Hawick - Back Railway. I decided to investigate this long-gone street. From the book by W S Robson published 1947: 'BACK RAILWAY (MANSFIELD) After a railway siding now dismantled.' Now known as Mansfield Square/Mansfield Park the siding would be down the street - to presumably supply coal to Riversdale Mills or to Eastfield Mills.
Hawick [2nd]: This shows, I think, the formation of the track siding sloping down from the mainline to the Gasworks - and no doubt - this siding in the street, which would require a reversal.
Hawick [2nd]: From the site of the gasworks sidings I turned left (north-west) at the rugby roundabout and headed on to the path to the walk. This underpass is quite visible from the road. I would have taken it but there are steps involved and I was pushing a 15 week child in a buggy!
Hawick [2nd]: The only real evidence - a signal wire support - of the railway. (I’d like to say that you can imagine the solum of the siding below the banking.)
Hawick [2nd]: Found during a visit to Burnfoot cemetery.
'Sacred to the memory of John Turnbull Spiers who was accidentally killed at Newcastle-on-Tyne Central Railway Station 10th September 1912 Aged 68 years and in the 50th year of his service with the N.B.R. Company.'
The headstone also recalls his wife Janet and daughter Martha.
John Messner, Glasgow Riverside Museum, has sent me newspaper extracts from the Hawick News and Border Chronicle 13 September 1912 from which we learn
' ... Mr Spiers left as usual from Hawick to Newcastle on Tuesday morning. The accident happened just before starting from Newcastle to Hawick on the return journey in the forenoon. Deceased left his engine to go to the platform, and was in the act of returning when he was run down by an engine and carriages coming in an opposite direction. Death was instantaneous. Mr Spiers was a well known and highly esteemed townsman, and was one of the oldest engine drivers in the service of the N. B. Railway. He was a native of Nettleflat, parish of Heriot; and had he lived till next April he would have completed fifty years service on an engine, for forty six of which he had been engine driver. He had run the train between Hawick and Newcastle for over thirty years, and his ability as a driver is borne ample testimony to in the fact he had never made a mistake or accident worth mentioning. The total mileage of his railway journeys will be between two and three million miles, the longest journey which he has performed on his engine in one day being 300 miles ... '
His death was also recorded in the Southern Reporter of the 12th.
Gorebridge: An Edinburgh bound train on the Borders Railway heads towards the Gore Glen shortly after restarting from Gorebridge and passing below Station Road on 8 January 2017.
Brackenhills: The Giffen - Kilbirnie branch of the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway is completely obliterated beyond the abutments of this difficult to access bridge crossing the Powgree Burn just to the west of Brackenhills station. The Kilbirnie Branch was built using part of the solum of the former Barkip Railway, which had been associated with the Glengarnock Iron Works.
Shettleston: 320313 draws in to Shettleston with a mid afternoon Balloch - Airdrie Service on a cold but sunny 8th January 2018.
Didcot Parkway: A strange visitor to Didcot on the 8th January 2018. I have no idea where it was going to or coming from. Any further information would be welcome.
Gorgie Cattle Market [CR]: The Caley's Gorgie Cattle market branch was better placed than the NB's and directly accessed the main line. Despite this it was more modest affair with no fan of sidings or cattle pens. Here is the site in January 2019, looking towards the buffers.
Aberdour: 158739, a little to the west of Aberdour with the 12.08 from Arbroath to Edinburgh Waverley on 8th January 2018. The minor road leads to Otterston Loch.
Haymarket: The 0800 Glasgow-Plymouth meets the 0852 Edinburgh-Euston at Haymarket on 8th January 2018. These Voyagers will both route through Birmingham New St but reach it via the different routes. Cross-Country via the East Coast and Virgin via the West Coast routes.
Lancaster: Tree and vegetation clearance is opening up the cutting to the south of Lancaster Castle station. A TPE EMU heading for Manchester Airport accelerates up the bank after the Lancaster stop on 8th January 2019. See image [[48224]] for the previous appearance of this location.
Yoker Depot: Two former Virgin MkIII buffet coaches at Yoker Depot in January 2019. They have been used for fire safety training.
Aberdour: 43062 John Armitt drops towards Aberdour leading an Edinburgh - Aberdeen and return Network Rail working on 8th January 2019. Vegetation clearance has opened up the view at this location.
Slateford: A Glasgow-bound service passes an Edinburgh one at Slateford on 8 January 2019. The 1960s Slateford Junction can be seen just behind the Glasgow train. The original one, from Edinburgh Princes Street days, was a little further back.
Bonnington South Junction: There are plans to convert the disused Powderhall branch to a cycle path (to connect with the rest of the former Granton Harbour line) but for now the rails remain in place. The buffers are just behind me and this was the site of the junction for North Leith. The view is south towards the Powderhall compactor plant - currently being demolished - and the city. [Ref query 14 January 2019]
Kilpatrick: Kilpatrick looking good with new planters and windows restored for the building's new use as an office.
Lancaster: A bright day in Lancaster but the low winter sun leaves the cutting in shade as 90046 and 90049 drop down the bank towards the station with a Daventry to Coatbridge intermodal service. 8th January 2019.
Ormskirk: Merseyrail 507029 waits at Ormskirk for the booked departure time of 2107hrs for a service to Liverpool Central on 8th January 2020. This is the south end of the single platform face at Ormskirk however beyond the buffer stops the Northern trains arrive on the services from and to Preston.
Heysham Power Station: 88004 'Pandora' and 68033 'Courageous' pause on the short power station branch at Heysham waiting for the level crossing gates on the ferry terminal road to be opened for them. The two locos had travelled light engine from Sellafield to collect a return flask load on 8th January 2020.
Heysham Port: The road bridge at Heysham, which carries the access roads to the power stations and ferry terminal, is being refurbished and is covered in scaffolding. 68033, and 88004, are entering the power station branch light engine to collect a load for Sellafield on 8th January 2020. The guard is operating the ground frame as the locos draw forward.
Dunbar: I don't know about yours but my camera battery goes from 3 bars to 'Not playing' in about a shutter speed, so this phoneshot will have to do. A Penzance service pulls out of Dunbar on 8 January 2020; a new viewpoint from a new platform. The 'old' platform line continues to be bidirectional so ScotRail services change ends there leaving the main lines clear in the meantime.
Ormskirk: The Northern service from Preston has just terminated at Ormskirk on 8th January 2020 and after the crew had changed ends, returned to Preston. At the other end of the platform a Merseyrail EMU waits to depart to Liverpool Central.
Pilton Junction West: This picture serves as a 'now' to Bill Roberton's 'then' of 1980 (see image [[75406]]). The Granton Gasworks station building, hardly changed, serves as a point of reference even if today it has the awning of a Morrison's petrol station in front of it. Apart from that, the immediate area remains undeveloped.
Daisy Hill: 158870 and 150105 arrive at Daisy Hill with a Kirkby to Blackburn service on 8 January 2022.
Wigan North Western: 769448 passes Wigan North Western on the line from Hindley to Wigan Wallgate with a service to Southport in January 2022. The Class 769 is running on the diesel engines that were fitted during conversion from Class 319, although it would have used the 25kV overheads between Manchester and Bolton.
Swinton [L and Y]: 158870 and 150105 depart at Swinton with a Kirkby to Blackburn service on 8 January 2022.
Hag Fold: 158756 arrives at Hag Fold with a Leeds to Wigan North Western service on 08 January 2022. Hag Fold is a fairly recent station having been constructed in 1987 however it lacks the feature of the original L&Y stations on the Atherton line, an island platform. The platform the train is arriving at has been built on the former Up Fast line with the former Down Fast further to the right.
Wigan North Western: Northern 195107 waits in platform 3 at Wigan North Western to start its journey to Leeds via the Atherton line and Calder Valley in January 2022. The track in the former platform 2 is still in place although disconnected and the overhead wire has also been removed.
Wigan North Western: The 4L10 Coatbridge to Tilbury container train passes Wigan North Western on 8 January 2022. 88005 is seen with a lot of empty slots behind the loco, but there were five containers on the back. On the right 158905 waits in the bay platform 3 with a service to Leeds. Compare with a container service passing this location in 1974, see image [[13346]]
Events
Events from the chronology which occured on this day. This generally lists events before 1995, the creation of the website.
News
These are old news items which which occured on this day. This generally lists events after 1995, the creation of the website.
| Year | Companies | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | ^Borderer Express^; Proposed enhancements toTrans-Pennine rail franchise | Dumfries and Galloway Council have proposed creation of two new Trans-Pennine Inter City rail routes to link: Leeds with Glasgow (via Carlisle, Dumfries and Kilmarnock) Middlesbrough with Belfast (via Newcastle, Carlisle, Prestwick Airport and the Stena Line HSS high speed ferry service from Stranraer). This would, in effect create a Trans-Pennine "Borderer Express" providing a new Inter City service between Northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. These proposals are purely a suggested extension of the new Trans-Pennine franchise seen as additional to existing local services and, more importantly, that, whilst the two proposed express routes could form a natural extension to the new Trans-Pennine franchise, their geographical position and cross-border nature could fit equally into an extended ScotRail franchise or a new Northern England Franchise express service. A further reduction in the number of Trans-Pennine bidders to just 2 companies is expected this month with the SRA expeected to announce the successful bidders by Easter. |
| 2002 | Emergency timetable leads to unusual working | The emergency timetable means no service at Coatbridge Central, but the 2313 Glasgow-Livingston South is formed of a continuation of the last Glasgow-Whifflet service, giving a service on the Mossend North to East chord normally used by passenger trains only on December Sundays. |
| 2007 | Rush hour chaos as rail signal fails [Scotsman] | THOUSANDS of rush hour rail commuters returning to work in Edinburgh after the festive break faced disruption this morning following a signal failure outside Haymarket station. |
| 2007 | Train services on track after derailment [Scotsman] | RAIL services to and from Edinburgh returned to normal today after a derailment disrupted services for more than three days. |
| 2008 | Shields Junction Passenger Update: 17.00hrs, Monday 7 January [Network Rail Article] | |
| 2009 | Wild West raiders hit railways [Scotland on Sunday] | MOST thought it was a crime that had all but died with Jesse James and Butch Cassidy. But the train robbery is back and it^s happening in Scotland^s very own Wild West. [From John Robin] |
| 2009 | Rail crossing probe finds problem [BBC News Article] | An investigation into allegations of faults at railway crossing detects a battery power supply loss |
| 2009 | Kings Cross footbridge removal completed [Network Rail Article] | Work to remove the footbridge in King^s Cross station was completed ahead of schedule during the Christmas period marking a significant milestone in the multimillion pound redevelopment of the station. |
| 2010 | Trains run ^emergency service^ [BBC News Article] | Scotrail introduces an emergency train timetable between Edinburgh and Glasgow in response to the freezing weather. |
| 2013 | Network Rail unveils £37.5bn investment plan [BBC News] | A £37.5bn plan to develop the UK^s railway network over a five-year period has been announced by Network Rail. The plan, covering the five years up to 2019, promises faster journeys, 170,000 more peak time commuter seats and improved reliability but depends on making savings and rising fares. |
| 2014 | Steaming for railway^s anniversary [The Cornishman] | THE Launceston Steam Railway has celebrated 30 years with some commemorative runs, including special excursions on Boxing Day and New Year^s Eve. The steam railway ran its first train with steam locomotive Lilian (then celebrating her centenary) and its one coach over the original half a mile of track on Boxing Day, 1983. |
| 2015 | Clifton Rocks Railway recreates 120-year-old sign [BBC News] | Supporters restoring the former Clifton Rocks Railway in Bristol have recreated a sign that stood outside the entrance to the top station over 120 years ago. The design is based on a recently-discovered postcard of the scene shortly after it opened in 1893. The railway was built inside the Avon Gorge cliffs and was designed to carry passengers from Hotwells up to Clifton. |
| 2016 | Flying Scotsman: Famous engine back on tracks [BBC News] | One of the world^s most famous railway locomotives, Flying Scotsman, is to take its first public test-run under steam after a decade off the tracks. The engine, which was retired from service in 1963, has been restored for York^s National Railway Museum (NRM) in a shed in Bury, Greater Manchester. Low-speed test runs begin later along the East Lancashire Railway (ELR). Andrew McLean, NRM head curator, said: ^From the dead it becomes something living and breathing again.^ The first test-run will see the engine move out of its shed and travel a short distance down the track to the heritage line^s Bolton Street station. It marks the end of a £4.2m restoration project, which was begun in 2006 by specialist engineers at Riley and Son Ltd, based in Bury. |
| 2016 | Further delay possible on West Coast Main Line repair [BBC News] | Engineers working to repair the West Coast Main Line have said damage to a crucial viaduct is more severe than they first thought. The line had to be closed after water pressure undermined a pier of the Lamington Viaduct in South Lanarkshire. An initial assessment led engineers to predict that the line could be back to normal operation by 1 February. They have now said that a new timetable for repairs will not be issued until next week. [From Richard Buckby] |
| 2017 | Queen Street Station revamp months behind schedule [Sunday Post] | {Added by Colin McDonald} Work to redevelop Glasgow’s Queen Street Station is months behind schedule. Main construction on the £112 million scheme was meant to get under way this month but Transport Scotland last night admitted the work was now planned for the second quarter of this year – meaning it could be as late as June before the bulldozers move in. The project will see the main entrance at George Square replaced by a huge glass façade with a new ticket office and longer platforms. The redevelopment, which was complicated by a planned extension of the adjacent Buchanan Galleries shopping centre being shelved in 2015, is expected to be completed by 2019. A Transport Scotland spokesman confirmed the project was still on budget and that some advance works, such as fitting out of the temporary ticket office, was already under way. |
| 2018 | Rail strikes: Train workers at five firms walkout in safety row [BBC News] | Commuters are facing up to three days of disruption, as staff at five train firms begin a fresh wave of strikes in separate disputes over ^rail safety^. Rail, Maritime and Transport union members at Northern, Merseyrail, South Western Railway and Greater Anglia will strike on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. RMT members at Southern have also staged a 24-hour walkout on Monday. A Department for Transport spokesman said the five franchises would ^keep passengers moving^ during the strikes. |
| 2019 | ScotRail passenger compensation deal branded ^a gimmick^ [Scotsman] | Hard-pressed rail passengers in Scotland are to be offered extra compensation by train operator ScotRail amid growing anger over delays and cancellations. |
| 2019 | Abellio warned it could be stripped of ScotRail contract [Scotsman] | Abellio could lose the ScotRail franchise if a remedial plan does not improve performance, transport secretary Michael Matheson told MSPs today. |
| 2019 | Lucky escape for taxi driver and passenger after turning onto railway tracks [ITV News] | A train smashed into the car between Hexham and Carlisle - but the driver and passenger just managed to get out in time. |
| 2019 | 19 rail projects to watch in 2019 [International Railway Journal] | IRJ Pro market analyst Oscar Sinclair picks out the projects set to make the headlines in the year ahead. |
| 2020 | Stow Station House redevelopment takes step forward [Scottish Construction Now] | Work is set to begin to bring the Stow Rail Station House back into community use. Hawick builder James Swinton and Co has been appointed to deliver the ambitious vision for the historic Station House, which will include a bar/bistro with community facilities and a new social enterprise cycling business. Work will begin this month, with August 2020 the target opening date for the new facility. |
