This day in history 11 January
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Hawick [2nd]: Class J35 0-6-0 no 64509 pulls away from the platform at the commencement of its journey with the 1225 Hawick - Carlisle train on 11 January 1958.
Motherwell MPD: D1835 and D6837 stand in the shed yard at Motherwell in January 1971.
Motherwell MPD: A misty Motherwell shed on 11 January 1971, with snow on the ground, hosting a trio of Clayton locomotives. The individuals concerned are (front to rear) 8502, 8568 and 8538. All 3 examples were withdrawn in October that year. After being purchased for private industrial use 8568 was later preserved. See image [[22649]]
Maudlands Viaduct: 47432 passes the site of Maudland Viaduct signalbox as it leaves the bridge and nears Preston on a Blackpool to Euston service in January 1981. The train is approaching the cutting and signal shown in See image [[19011]]. The three tracks at this location (formerly four) were later reduced to two and by 2017 the area was being prepared for electrification.
Bristol Temple Meads: A down First Great Western HST leaving Bristol Temple Meads on 11 January 2002.
Bristol Temple Meads: View over the West end of Bristol Temple Meads station in January 2002.
Highworth: View along the trackbed of the 1883 Swindon and Highworth Railway in January 2009. This section of the line, which closed around 1965, passes through a wood near Highworth and is now used as a footpath.
South Marston: The hump of a 1940's siding off the Swindon - Highfield branch into the wartime Vickers factory at Long Marston. Here they built, amongst other things, Spitfires. This siding turned north up the embankment and then crossed over the Highworth branch (seen running in from the right) via a now demolished bridge. Like all these long forgotten lines not a lot remains. The Highfield branch finally closed in 1965.
Carrbridge: Under fading light at Carrbridge on 11 January the Ainscough crane (the 5th crane to be used) works flat out lifting the containers. [See addendum to today's Railscot News Item.]
Birmingham Snow Hill: First light and fresh snow at Birmingham Snow Hill on 11 January and 150124 (and the 3-car unit to which it was coupled) have unloaded their commuters in front of the BT Tower before going forward on the Kidderminster line.
Carrbridge: EWS 66113 and DRS 37423 arrive at Carrbridge from Inverness on 11 January on snowplough duty.
Carrbridge: Bit of a mess! Organising the recovery operation at Carrbridge - 11 January 2010.
Carrbridge: Here comes the cavalry... EWS 66112 makes its way through the snow en route to the Carrbridge crash site on the morning of 11 January 2010 to provide assistance with the ongoing container recovery operation.
Carrbridge: General view of Carrbridge from the A9 on 11 January. EWS 66139 is at the head of an engineers train and the large crane on the right has just lifted a damaged wagon from the station and is lowering it into a holding area.
Stratford-upon-Avon: The old main line through Broadway to Cheltenham appears to continue beyond Stratford's platforms, but in fact the buffers are just round the corner and this station has been a terminus since 1968. The line remained for freight only (avoiding the Lickey incline) until 1976 but a road has now been built over the old trackbed through part of the town. 150018, seen from the Great Western covered footbridge, is newly arrived from Stourbridge Junction and about to return there via Birmingham Snow Hill.
Carrbridge: Platform scene at Carrbridge station on 11 January with container recovery ongoing.
Stratford-upon-Avon: There is still plenty of evidence of GWR ownership at Stratford-upon-Avon station, as well as three operational platforms. London Midland Sprinter 150018 stands in fresh snow at Platform 1 on 11 January waiting to form a service to Stourbridge Junction via Birmingham Snow Hill.
Birmingham Snow Hill: Birmingham Snow Hill lives up to its name as London Midland Sprinter 150014 runs in from Stourbridge Junction to form the 0819 to Dorridge. 0n the right, behind the railings, lie the Metro tram tracks.
Nuneaton: Tamper, tamper: a Colas Rail dual tamper unit waits to set off for a bit of 'one part ballast, one part snow'. Part of the crew had walked down from the recently-built office complex near the formner Abbey Street station.
Lea Road: Lea Road station, on the outskirts of Preston, closed in 1938 and little remains. The site, by the bend in the distance of this picture, is also inaccessible. 158909 is heading for Blackpool North and will soon pass Salwick, which also closed in 1938 but reopened in 1940 for munitions workers at the nearby plant and still has a limited service today.
Manila: A 'wide boy' unit see image [[37875]] is caught in the driver's passenger boarding mirror at Santolan terminus on line 2. Line 2 to Recto goes ahead to the right; the curved line on the viaduct on the left leads to the line 2 depot. Footnote September 2012: regular depot tours are now available to the general public.
Manila: A 'Slim Jim' leaves Manila's EDSA station on LRT Line 2, surrounded by competing modes of transport (coach, Jeepneys, motorcycle taxis, bicycle taxis, a minicab, and even an aeroplane). Notice the Lego-style building in the left background.
Manila: Quality and width: the wider of two new classes of tram on Manila's LRT Line 2 measures up at 10 feet 3 inches across. They are very roomy - and much more comfortable than their chief competitor, the Jeepneys seen below. At about 2p a stop, they're pretty good value, too. Photograph taken at Santolan station, which is currently a terminus.
Manila: This is what all that width gives you see image [[37875]]: room for three rows of strap hangers inside. This was taken during a slack period one day in January 2012. Between 3 and 6 in the afternoon, you can't see from one side of the carriage to the other. A Filipina told me '...we like the LRT, because an hour's journey by Jeepney only takes two minutes by train'.
St John's Wood: LUL 1996 stock on a Jubilee Line short working to Willesden Green arriving at St. John's Wood station (incorrectly spelled on nameboards without the apostrophe), on 11th January 2014. This station opened in 1939 for the transfer of the Metropolitan Line Stanmore service to the Bakerloo Line, replacing both the former MR stations at Lords (formerly St. John's Wood Road) and Marlborough Road, and was transferred to the Jubilee Line forty years later in 1979.
Cowlairs South Junction: Grab shot from a passing train on 11 January 2014 showing the electrification masts which are now advancing along the Cowlairs Chord and also the Springburn-Eastfield side of the triangle.
Newbattle Signal Box: An Edinburgh bound DMU on the Borders Railway heads north from Newtongrange on 11 January 2015. The train is about to pass below the second of the two new footbridges built here, as it turns left towards Newbattle Viaduct.
Gorebridge: The 1024 Waverley - Tweedbank restarts from Gorebridge on 11 January 2016.
Warcop: 37042 at Warcop on the Eden Valley Railway, 11 January 2016, looking very forlorn. Built by English Electric at their Vulcan Works in Lancashire in 1962.
Lamington Viaduct: Network Rail's Lamington notice at Glasgow Central.
Lamington Viaduct: Detail of the Network Rail poster at Glasgow Central showing the damage and repairs to Lamington Viaduct.
Glasgow Central: The next Virgin train to Carlisle will be via Kilmarnock and Dumfries. This is Virgin's 'bypass' of the bridge problems at Lamington.
Newtongrange: Signs of an overnight frost are still present as the 0959 ex-Tweedbank boards at Newtongrange on a cold January morning in 2016. Photographed looking south from Dean Park footbridge through the site of the original 1908 station.
Gorebridge: ScotRail 158705 arrives at Gorebridge on 11 January 2016 with the 1029 Tweedbank - Edinburgh Waverley.
Eastleigh: 66133 southbound through Eastleigh at 1215 hours on 11 January 2017.
Eastleigh: 66001 southbound with a car train for Southampton Docks. (Was this was the first 66 to work in the UK?)
Eastleigh: Southbound Freightliner 66517, stopped at Eastleigh for a crew change on 11 January 2017.
Eastleigh: Freightliner 66589 southbound through Eastleigh on 11 January 2017. The locomotive is about to pull up for a crew change.
Buchanan Street [Subway]: The non-facing platform arrangement at Buchanan Street Subway seen on 11/02/2017. Left platform is Inner Circle, right Outer. To keep you right the Inner Circle has grey signs, the Outer has orange. Now you've no excuse for getting lost.
Eastleigh East Yard: 66712 GBRf, this loco has been sat at Eastleigh since Sunday, leading a PW train with 66723 at the rear. Apparently it headed to London but got sent back!
Shotts: View from the top of the platform 2 ramp at Shotts a few days after demolition of Station Road overbridge, with work in progress on preparations for the replacement structure to cater for electrification. See image [[57713]] for a similar a view 7 days earlier.
Eastleigh: 66846 and 66850 'dead' in the nearby sidings. Colas Rail.
Shotts: 7 days on see image [[57698]] with the bridge now demolished. Perhaps that's one of the culprits on the left still clutching a length of pipe.
Eastleigh: 70008 high speed Freightliner runs through Eastleigh station bound for Southampton Docks on 11 January 2017.
Eastleigh: 70015 called into Platform 2 for a crew change, departed at 1358 hours.
Eastleigh: 450 553 EMU a local all stations stopper bound for London Waterloo at 1348 hours.
Eastleigh: South West Trains 158-882 signalled on to the Romsey line with a train for Salisbury.
Farington: Colas Rail Freight 60095 crosses the WCML, near the end of the journey from Lindsey Oil Refinery to Preston Docks, on 11 January 2017. The train consists of a number of 100T tank wagons containing bitumen.
Hest Bank: The rather splendid 37424 Avro Vulcan XH558 propels the 2C32 Carlisle to Preston service through Hest Bank on 11th January 2018.
Tulloch: 73971 passing through Tulloch on its way to Fort William.
Edinburgh Waverley: 86101 'Sir William A Stanier FRS' with the 23.40 Edinburgh - Carstairs sleeper portion, on 11 January.
Hest Bank: Network Rail have applied to Lancaster City Council for permission to demolish Hest Bank signal box. It was opened on 22nd December 1958, replacing an LNWR box on the opposite side of the crossing, but will not see its 60th birthday. An Edinburgh to Euston Pendolino passes on a frosty 11th January 2018.
Fort William: 73971 on arrival at Fort William with the Sleeper from London.
Conder Viaduct: High above the Galgate rooftops 90048 and 90045 speed a Daventry to Coatbridge intermodal over the Conder Viaduct on 11th January 2018. The River Conder caused serious flooding in Galgate in November 2017, with over 150 homes affected.
Fort William: 73971 drawing into Fort William with the Sleeper from London.
Carnforth: 37425 Sir Robert McAlpine pauses briefly at Carnforth before haling The Class 37 Farewell tour back to Carlisle on 11th January 2019.
Carlisle: Freightliner 90046 and 90049 take an intermodal service northwards through Carlisle on 11th January 2019.
South Gyle: An Edinburgh service calls at South Gyle on 11 January 2019. South Gyle lost half of its daytime services when the new Edinburgh Gateway took them over in December 2016, but it was never very busy outhwith peak times. Strangely perhaps South Gyle is the terminus of two extended Borders Railway services in the morning, adding to Edinburgh's meagre total of crossrail services.
Carlisle: DRS 57304 Pride of Cheshire, on Thunderbird standby, is stabled across from Platform 1 at Carlisle on 11th January 2019.
Lancaster: Freightliner 90046 and 90049 speed the Daventry to Coatbridge intermodal service through Lancaster on the Down Main on the afternoon of 11 January 2019.
Edinburgh Park: A Dunblane to Waverley service calls at Edinburgh Park on 11 January 2019. Visitors with long memories may recall a hoarding in a lineside field in the 1980s announcing this spot as the site for a future Sighthill station. This sign weathered over the years and eventually fell down. It was only after Edinburgh Park itself was established that the station opened in 2003. The ticket machine at Waverley advised me that my ticket to Edinburgh Park was not valid via Southsea Hoverport. Good to know, if only to learn that we still had hovercraft.
Bay Horse: A long intermodal train snakes through the reverse curves and into Forton cutting behind 90046 and 90049 on 11th January 2019.
Crewe: The new Trans-Pennine loco hauled coaches have been on regular test on the WCML during January 2019. This image, taken at Crewe on the 11th January, shows a new Driving Trailer. Note that these vehicles, and the Class 68s that provide the traction, are exempt yellow front ends due to the lights meeting certain standards and TPE have designed their livery accordingly.
Dalton: An immaculately turned out 37409 'Lord Hinton' heads the outward leg of the Carlisle to Carnforth special to mark the end of Class 37 services on the Cumbrian Coast on 11 January 2019. Seen passing Dalton and with 37425 on the rear,the trip was organised by Northern with the proceeds going to charity.
Carlisle: Drivers at Carlisle at the start of the return 'Last 37' trip to Carnforth on 11th January 2019. Recently refurbished 37409 was on the front outbound with 37425 on the rear.
Carlisle: The crew of the 'Last 37s' tour from Carlisle to Carnforth and return on 11th January 2019, seen on arrival back in Carlisle. Over £6,000 was raised for the Cumbrian Mountain Rescue and Cancer Research charities. Not bad for a tour organised in ten days.
Carlisle: Headboards from the Class 37 Farewell trip, displayed at Citadel station on arrival back in Carlisle on 11th January 2019.
Roose: The return trip from Carnforth to Carlisle via the Cumbrian Coast of the Class 37 Farewell special, on 11 January 2019, is seen passing Roose on the outskirts of Barrow in Furness with 37409 on the rear and 37425 leading.
Caton: Two views of the Caton to Lancaster trackbed cycle path from the access point at Crook o'Lune. The upper view looks towards Lancaster with the westerly bridge over the Lune visible in the distance. The lower view looks towards Wennington over the easterly bridge, which was rebuilt around 2013 and now looks far more presentable than a few years ago See image [[23719]]
Shields Road [Subway]: Shields Road itself suffered at the hands of 1960s planners and lost the top bit, but the station was always in Scotland Street rather than Shields Road. So, a queue for tickets forms in a very wet Scotland Street while fish on the fishmonger's slab are glad they are indoors. The station isn't usually so popular but there was a big march in town. There are ticketless options but unlike Edinburgh buses (smug simper) tap and cap isn't one of them; if you're not a regular user you've just got to buy a ticket. Very 2010s.
West Street [Subway]: A moment on an (almost) empty Subway car halted at the quietest station, West Street. These cars were due to be replaced during 2020, but apparently that is now looking doubtful. Who'd have thought it?
Woodacre Crossing: Despite the introduction of the new Class 397 EMUs the TPE 185s are still making trips to Scotland. 185137 heads south at Woodacre with a Glasgow to Manchester Airport service on 11th January 2020. The M6 to the right was empty of traffic due to a bridge removal that had closed it both ways between J32 and J33.
Cessnock [Subway]: It’s Saturday 11 January 2020 and at Cessnock Subway station there are more trains than passengers - if you ignore me (and people usually do). The southernmost part of the circle is much quieter than the rest of the line as station usage figures clearly demonstrate.
Woodacre Crossing: With the M6 completely closed for the weekend between Junctions 32 and 33, Woodacre was eerily quiet as this Pendolino sped northwards on 11th January 2020. The situation on the A6 main road was not so peaceful. [Postscript: Work was completed ahead of schedule and the M6 reopened on the Sunday morning].
Cowcaddens [Subway]: Mint green is the colour at Cowcaddens Subway station, seen on 11 January 2020.
Partick [Subway]: The larger Subway stations make the trains look particularly small; visiting Londoners must have difficulty keeping a straight face (though of course it would be wise to try). A very busy Outer Circle train calls at Partick on 11 January 2020 and would-be passengers seek out a doorway they can squeeze into.
Partick: The circulating area at Partick interchange station, seen from the ScotRail platform level on 11 January 2020. The integration is not total as there are separate ticket windows for ScotRail and the Subway, out of sight to the left. The escalators go straight down to the Subway platforms; Outer Circle ahead and Inner Circle just visible on the right.
Harringay: With three miles still to go to King's Cross, a brand new LNER Azuma unit rushes south past Harringay station, on Saturday, 11th January 2020.
Govan [Subway]: There are no driverless trains on the Glasgow Subway yet (coming 2021?) but this train is very temporarily without a driver. An Outer Circle service pauses at Govan for a driver break on 11 January 2020.
Cessnock [Subway]: A little license is granted in the corporate image of the Glasgow Subway when it comes to the colour schemes of the smaller stations. Here at Cessnock they have gone for a cheerful grey. The station name friezes are in the standard orange for the Outer Circle side and charcoal for the Inner.
Cowcaddens [Subway]: The driver of this Inner Circle service at Cowcaddens is not looking too unhappy given that he is soon to be replaced by an algorithm. Perhaps he is consoled by the fact that people will no longer be making tired jokes about going round in circles.
St Georges Cross [Subway]: St George's Cross Subway station seen on 11 January 2020. It looks like lining panels have been removed for some reason. I know this station had problems with damp in the past; I was once unable to use my camera because the lens steamed up. Yes, I know it, it should happen more often.
Hillhead [Subway]: The orange station signs show that this is an Outer Circle train. There's a big march in a very wet Glasgow so the Subway is unusually busy; it's going to be a squeeze for these boarding passengers.
Ibrox [Subway]: Ibrox Subway station looks nice and quiet on Saturday 11th January 2020 but trains had just departed in both directions. I'm on the Outer Circle platform; the Inner is on the other side of the glass. The non-facing platform arrangement here and at three other stations was a cost-saving method of providing double platforms when the system was upgraded in the late 1970s. The rather limiting island platforms were replaced without altering the tunnels. Thanks to Stewart Duthie for this information.
Bridge Street [Subway]: An Outer Circle service calls at Bridge Street on 11 January 2020. The rear car was repainted in 1896 livery to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the system in 2016. In 2021 it will be the surely more significant 125th anniversary but these units should have gone by then. Can you see them painting a brand new carriage in heritage livery?
Gillett's Crossing: 158869, next stop Squires Gate with a Blackpool South service, passes the site of Gillett's Crossing Halt on 11th January 2022. The ground level timber platform opened in 1913 for a new railmotor service between Lytham and Blackpool. At that time there was just a minor foot crossing of the line, later superseded by the road bridge from which this photo was taken. Burlington Road Halt (now the site of Blackpool Pleasure Beach station) opened at the same time as Gillett's Crossing but both closed in September 1939.
Preston: The 4S38 Seaforth to Mossend container train passes platform 3 at Preston in January 2022 with DBC 66151 on the front.
Slaggyford: Restored Slaggyford station, and signal box, on a non-operational day in January 2022. Part of the standard gauge Haltwhistle Alston branch that closed in 1976 with this section later rebuilt as a narrow gauge line.
Slaggyford: Slaggyford signal box, on the end of the station platform, on a non-operational day in January 2022. I think the box has a wheel to open and shut the gates.
Events
Events from the chronology which occured on this day. This generally lists events before 1995, the creation of the website.
| Year | Companies | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1827 | Dundee and Newtyle Railway | Work goes out to tender. |
| 1858 | Taff Vale Extension | Tredegar Junction to Quakers^ Yard (Low Level) opened. |
| 1875 | Hamilton and Strathaven Railway | Doubled from Strathaven Junction to Meikle Earnock |
| 1966 | Edinburgh and Northern Railway | Bridge of Earn Junction to Ladybank closed by rockfall at Clatchard Craig Quarry. |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Scanner trials start at stations [BBC News] | A body scanner that detects explosives is being unveiled as trials begin in London aimed at boosting rail security. |
| 2006 | Fare response to rail strike [Scotsman] | RAIL passengers from Edinburgh will be able to purchase £20 walk-on fares on Virgin trains this Sunday. |
| 2008 | Wi-fi milestone for Subway [BBC News] | A deal to provide a mobile and wi-fi network across 15 Glasgow subway stations is announced. |
| 2010 | Carrbridge derailment - day 8 [Railscot News] | Carrbridge derailment day 8 [from Gus Carnegie]. Various Class 66s have now arrived at the Carrbridge crash scene to provide assistance. Both of the J Jack cranes have now left the site and a large Ainscough crane is currently handling the ongoing recovery of the Stobart containers and flats..... Addendum PM 11 January : Under fading light the Ainscough crane (the 5th crane to be used so far) is working flat out lifting the containers. A Class 37 and yet another Class 66 have appeared from the North with a snowplough - perhaps a line reopening is imminent ? The crashed Class 66 is now under a huge tarpaulin - presumably waiting for crane No 6 for which a special road is being built. |
| 2010 | Probe into rail near miss in snow [BBC News Article] | Rail accident investigators look into a near miss involving a freight train and two passengers services. |
| 2010 | FirstInsight Newsletter [First ScotRail] | Two items from the recently issued January/February 2010 edition of FirstInsight are shown opposite. [With thanks to David Panton] |
| 2011 | Southeastern staff to strike in jobs row [BBC News] | Workers on Southeastern trains in London have voted in favour of striking in a row over jobs. |
| 2011 | German Railways launches investment plan after winter chaos [M&G News] | The rail chaos unleashed by the harsh winter weather seems to have brought to a head the deepening sense of frustration and anger in Germany about the nation^s state-owned rail company, Deutsche Bahn AG |
| 2012 | ScotRail’s Club 55 returns [Rail.co] | ScotRail’s most popular ticket offer is back – from 16 January 2012 – with prices held at autumn 2011 rates. Customers aged 55 and over can travel anywhere in Scotland – plus Berwick-upon-Tweed and Carlisle – for £19 return. |
| 2012 | Network rail awards £55m EGIP contracts [BTN] | Network Rail has today announced £55m-worth of contracts associated with the Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme. Morgan Sindall will construct a new £25m station at Haymarket, in Edinburgh, to create a fully accessible station as well as an integrated train, tram, bus and taxi transport hub. |
| 2014 | Great Central Railway bridge preparation work begins [BBC News] | Work to build a £1m rail link between two heritage railway lines used as film sets has begun. Boreholes have been drilled in preparation for a bridge over the Midland Mainline at Loughborough. It will link the Great Central Railway North and South, creating 18 miles of heritage railway across Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire. |
| 2015 | What happened to England^s forgotten railway stations? [BBC News] | In living memory, hundreds of railway stations have closed across the country and have since been abandoned, demolished or converted to other uses. But many former passengers still remember the days when they were a hive of activity. [Sent in by several Railscot contributors - thanks] |
| 2016 | ScotRail industrial action threatened in jobs row [Express and Star] | The Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) said it will ballot its members at ScotRail if control room staffing is reduced. General secretary Manuel Cortes has written to the company seeking a guarantee that staffing will remain at current levels. He said: ^This is not a pay issue, this is a safety issue. Our controllers are already working flat out. ^The Forth Road Bridge closure exposed just how overstretched they are in this high-stress environment with no slack in the system to cover sickness absence or maternity leave, with train services in Scotland already running on the good will of our members. |
| 2017 | National Express to sell c2c to Italian railways [Rail News] | NATIONAL EXPRESS is set to sell its last British rail franchise to the Italian state operator FS. Trenitalia, part of FS Italiane Group, will acquire the c2c franchise for some £70 million, yielding a ^small net profit^ for the Group. The deal is subject to the consent of the Department for Transport, and existing c2c management and staff are to be retained. It will also mark the exit of National Express from the franchised rail sector in Britain, although it still has the concession to operate Midland Metro trams. At one time National Express held the largest number of franchises, which included ScotRail, Midland Mainline and Central Trains. [From Richard Buckby] |
| 2017 | Southern rail strike: GTR taking legal case to Supreme Court [BBC News] | The owner of Southern rail says it will take the union Aslef to the Supreme Court over its industrial action on the train network. Drivers are continuing a 48-hour strike, with another walkout planned for Friday. Almost all of its 2,200 daily services have been cancelled. Further strikes by Aslef have been called for 24, 25 and 27 January. Southern^s owner Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) lost a court case and an appeal last year over halting strikes. Southern has insisted it will not back down in the dispute over who should open and close train doors. |
| 2019 | Woman killed was ^leaning out of train window^ between Bath and Bristol [BBC News] | A passenger was killed while leaning out of a train window below a warning sticker, accident investigators found. Bethan Roper, 28, from Penarth, suffered a fatal blow to the head when she was struck by a tree branch. The charity worker had been shopping at Bath^s Christmas market with friends on 1 December and was travelling home. A preliminary report by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) found the Bristol-bound train was travelling at 85mph at the time. |
| 2019 | Coffins, detonators and bomb threats: Closure of the Borders Railway recalled [Scotsman] | It was marked by bomb threats, detonators exploding on the track and the final train being halted for hours by protesters barricading a level crossing in the middle of the night. |
| 2019 | ScotRail Alliance performance showing improvement [ScotRail] | New figures published today show that punctuality on Scotlands railway has improved for the second consecutive period. Across Scotland, 84.2 per cent of ScotRail trains met the rail industry standard public performance measure, arriving at their destination within 4 minutes and 59 seconds of their timetabled arrival time, having called at all scheduled stations. This means the moving annual average “ the rolling performance over the previous 12 months - stands at 87.3 per cent. |
| 2019 | ScotRail fines for failing service standards fall by 25 per cent [Scotsman] | Fines imposed on ScotRail fines to spur higher service quality standards such as cleanliness today fell by 25 per cent to their lowest for nearly two years. |
| 2019 | ScotRail performance officially improves despite hundreds of cancelled trains [Scotsman] | ScotRail^s punctuality improved over the last month despite hundreds of cancellations, according to official figures published today. |
| 2020 | Dundee rail works keep Broughty Ferry locals up all night [Evening Telegraph] | Rail works are causing misery and disruption for residents of a city suburb, it has been claimed. |
| 2020 | Future of Dundee station units ^depending on Waterfront site^ [Evening Telegraph] | Uncertainty over potential tenants for the first office block completed at Dundee^s waterfront could be holding up further progress in the area, it has been suggested. |
| 2020 | Section of Highland rail route closed due to flooding [Press and Journal] | A number of train services in the Highlands are facing disruption this morning due to flooding. |
| 2020 | ^Split ticket^ rail fares to go mainstream say experts [BBC News] | Thousands of passengers could save money on rail fares as ^split tickets^ become more common, experts predict. Buying multiple tickets to split one journey into sections can work out to be cheaper than having a single ticket. Users do not have to change trains, as long as their train stops at the final destination printed on each ticket - but the practice has been ^niche^. Booking site Trainline has now released a SplitSave tool to help find cheaper journeys by splitting trips into legs. ^Split tickets^ are legal provided that trains stop at ticket destinations. |
| 2020 | Passengers endure ^nightmare journey^ aboard Caledonian Sleeper | Press and Journal [Press and Journal] | Passengers on the beleaguered Caledonian Sleeper service from London to Fort William were stranded in an unmanned station after the train broke down - then finished their journey on a leaky mini bus. |
