This day in history 08 November
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Greenock (Lynedoch): Fairburn 2-6-4T no 42245 calls at Lynedoch station on Saturday 8 November 1958 with a Princes Pier - St Enoch local.
Greenock Princes Pier [2nd]: BR Standard 2-6-4T no 80127 with the Empress Voyager arriving at Princes Pier on Saturday 8 November 1958.
Greenock Princes Pier [2nd]: Fairburn 2-6-4T no 42245 preparing to leave Princes Pier on Saturday 8 November 1958 with the empty stock of the Empress Voyager.
Kilmacolm: BR Standard class 4 2-6-0 no 76090 leaving Kilmacolm with a down (westbound) passenger train in November 1958.
Cartsburn Viaduct: Delivered new to Corkerhill shed from Horwich Works one year earlier, BR Standard class 4 2-6-0 no 76099 is seen here eastbound over Cartsburn Viaduct on Saturday 8 November 1958. The train is on its way from Greenock Princes Pier to Glasgow St Enoch.
Greenock (Lynedoch): BR Standard tank no 80127 runs east through a bright and sunny Lynedoch station on 8 November 1958 with the empty stock of the Empress Voyager returning from Princes Pier.
Hawick [2nd]: 62484 Glen Lyon in the yard at Hawick, thought to be on 8th November 1961, the same month the locomotive was withdrawn. It had seen regular employment earlier that year on stopping trains to and from Carlisle, the 12.25pm SO from Hawick and 9.19pm return appear to have been regular duties. See image [[38788]]
Norwich: A Cravens DMU sets out from Norwich on 8th November 1976 for the long haul up to Sheringham. In 1968, amateur moviemaker and professional undertaker Chib Thorp, who also specialized in dead and dying railways, made a film of the line to Sheringham and entitled it “Twilight Time†in full expectation of an imminent demise. For once, the attentions of Mr Thorp proved to be premature.
See query 2212
Kelvin Hall [Attraction]: Photograph of the train staff carried on the locomotive of the train which fell into the River Tay in the Tay Bridge Disaster.
Kelvin Hall [Attraction]: Model of the Bennie Raiplane in the Glasgow Transport Museum.
Kelvin Hall [Attraction]: Caledonian 123 in the Glasgow Museum of Transport.
Kelvin Hall [Attraction]: Caledonian 123 in the Glasgow Museum of Transport.
Kelvin Hall [Attraction]: Caledonian 123 in the Glasgow Museum of Transport.
Kelvin Hall [Attraction]: Caledonian 123 in the Glasgow Museum of Transport.
Kelvin Hall [Attraction]: Caledonian 123 in the Glasgow Museum of Transport.
Kelvin Hall [Attraction]: Gordon Highlander in the Glasgow Museum of Transport.
Kelvin Hall [Attraction]: Gordon Highlander in the Glasgow Museum of Transport.
Kelvin Hall [Attraction]: Highland Railway 103 in the Glasgow Museum of Transport.
Kelvin Hall [Attraction]: Model of St Enoch station in the Glasgow Museum of Transport.
Musselburgh: A Freightliner class 66 takes a northbound cement train through Musselburgh on 8 November 2002.
Wardhouse: Across the field stands the abandoned Wardhouse station on the Aberdeen - Keith line. Nov 2006.
Keith Junction: Looking east from the station towards Keith Junction in November 2006.
Pitcaple: In November 2006 the old signal box can still be seen through the shrubbery at the east end of the former Pitcaple station.
Oyne: Looking east from the level crossing at Oyne over the site of the former station in 2006.
Kennethmont: Kennethmont in November 2006, looking west from the level crossing towards Ardmore distillery.
Gartly: The closed station at Gartly, Aberdeenshire, in November 2006, showing the road approach from the south.
Kincardine Power Station: RMS Locotech 08756 draws a trainload of steel sleepers, for setting out on the route towards Alloa, from the engineers compound at the former Kincardine Power Station on 8th November 2006.
Pitcaple: Autumn at Pitcaple in November 2006. Looking east from the road bridge over the platform remains. The side of the signal box can just be seen in the background.
Keith Town: Looking north over Keith Town station in November 2006.
Alford Carriage Shed: The original AVR [carriage] shed at Alford in November 2006 - now refurbished and put back into use by the narrow gauge Alford Valley Railway Company.
Alford: The station at Alford in 2006. This station was built by the narrow gauge Alford Valley Railway Company to replace the original AVR station which had long been demolished.
Kilbagie: No. 08 756 is on hire from RMS Locotech to deliver steel sleepers from the former power station yard at Kincardine to the railhead, currently about a mile and a half away (and laid since Monday!)
Pitcaple: Approach to Pitcaple in November 2006 - view east towards Inveramsay. The old station building is now a shop. The support from the two substantial brick chimneys looks quite important to the structure.
Insch: View north west from the footbridge at Insch station in November 2006, looking towards the signal box and North Road level crossing.
Carmont: A southbound train from Aberdeen seen just north of Carmont in November 2006.
Kennethmont: An afternoon Inverness - Aberdeen 158 service passing between Kennethmont signal box and Ardmore distillery in November 2006 on the approach to the former Kennethmont station, closed to passengers in May 1968.
Gartly: Looking south towards Aberdeen from the level crossing at Gartly in November 2006.
Kennethmont: Kennethmont signal box, November 2006.
Insch: Pedestrian aproach to Insch station from the west in November 2006
Kincardine Ground Frame: 08756 nears the former Kincardine Power Station yard, after depositing a trainload of steel sleepers for the SAK relaying, in November 2006.
Pitcaple: The old timber railway building at Pitcaple in November 2006, looking west. The A96 runs past on the right.
Huntly: Double arch GNSR bridge over the River Bogie to the south of Huntly in 2006.
Insch: Platform view north at Insch on 8 November 2006, looking towards the signal box controlling the busy North Road level crossing see image [[31886]].
Grampian Transport Museum: One of the rescued and restored ex Aberdeen Gas Works locomotives, No 3 (AB 0-4-0ST 1889/1926), sheltered from the rain (lucky for some) outside the Grampian Transport Museum, Alford, on 8 November 2006 (unfortunately the museum was closed for the winter!) See image [[18062]].
Huntly: The modern station building at Huntly in November 2006, View north towards Keith..
Keith Town: The rebuilt Keith Town station catches the last of the evening sun on 8 November 2006. The tower of St Rufus Kirk stands in the background.
Cramlington: A southbound Voyager runs through Cramlington station, Northumberland, on 8 November 2007 [Ref query 8061]
Whitehouse North Junction: Remains of lines around Whitehouse Junction, south of Preston on 8 November. In the foreground stand the remaining abutments on the west to north route while the bridge in the background is on the west to south alignment.
Morpeth: Interesting looking signal with various supplementary attachments standing on the northbound platform at Morpeth station on 8 November 2007. The white printed sign reads Electric trains No access to South East Curve.
Nelson: The ornate canopy at Nelson station, opened by the East Lancs Railway in 1849. Still an impressive structure, although it would doubtless benefit from some refurbishment. Seen here on 8 November 2007 looking northeast towards Colne.
Nelson: The abandoned side of the island (former eastbound) platform at Nelson, Lancashire on 8 November.
Whitehouse North Junction: Looking southwest through the bridge standing on the west to south alignment at Whitehouse on 8 November. In the background a class 185 can be seen heading for Preston on the WCML.
Morpeth Junction: An ECML Edinburgh bound Voyager passes Morpeth Junction just north of the station on 8 November 2007. The line diverging to the east in the foreground is about to cross Coopies Lane with the level crossing just off picture to the right. This link gives access to the former Blyth and Tyne lines.
Nelson: Looking west along the platform at Nelson on 8 November with a Colne - Blackpool North service having just arrived.
Morpeth [B and T]: Coopies Lane level crossing and signal box in Morpeth just north of the current ECML station (behind camera to left) and the former Blyth and Tyne station (behind camera to right). View north on 8 November 2007.
Nelson: The driver of an eastbound class 142 reaches out of his cab window at Barkerhouse Road level crossing, Nelson, on 8 November in order to activate the barrier control. See image [[17268]]
Kielder Forest: Opened as Kielder by the Border Counties Railway in 1862, the suffix Forest was added in 1948, coincident with the start of the massive expansion by the Forestry Commission. The station lost its passenger service in 1956, with the line closing completely between Bellingham and Riccarton Junction two years later. The station building is seen here looking west in the autumn of 2007, with the village behind the camera. The building now comprises two separate private houses, while the trackbed at the rear has been raised to platform level.
See query 2247
Knowesgate: The former station at Knowesgate, Northumberland, in November 2007 looking north towards the platform Entrance. The station lay between Reedsmouth and Scotsgap on the Wansbeck Railway. Passenger services were withdrawn in 1952, although the branch from Morpeth survived as far as Woodburn for another 14 years (See [[41352]]).
See query 2295
Angerton: View along the site of the old platform at the much modified Angerton station, on the Wansbeck Valley line, Northumberland. Looking east towards Morpeth on 8 November 2007.
Reedsmouth Shed: Head-on view of the former locomotive shed at Reedsmouth on the Border Counties line, closed by BR in 1952. The shed, latterly a sub to 52C Blaydon, stood in the V of the junction to the north of the station between the Border Counties line to Riccarton Junction (left) and the Wansbeck Valley route to Morpeth. The building is seen here being used by the local farmer in November 2007, some 55 years after the last locomotive left. For a view of the shed from the station signal box in 1963 see [[35727]].
Scotsgap: Old railway building, thought to have been used as a lamp room, still standing at Scotsgap, the junction station on the Wansbeck line for the Rothbury branch. The line from the Junction came in under the bridge carrying the B6343 road, with the station itself just off picture to the right. View north west on 8 November 2007.
Scotsgap: The old station at Scotsgap on the Wansbeck Railway looking south east towards Morpeth on 8 November 2007. The sign on the building reads 'Wannie Line, 1863 - 1966'.
Glasgow Central: An unbranded Voyager departing Platform 2 on 8th November with a service for Exeter St Davids.
Meldon: The former station at Meldon on 8 November 2007, looking east along the Wansbeck line towards Morpeth.
Morpeth: The attractive southbound platform at Morpeth on 8 November looking towards Newcastle.
Knowesgate: Standing on the former level crossing at Knowesgate on the Wansbeck line on 8 November 2007 looking east through the old station (closed 1952) towards Morpeth.
Morpeth [B and T]: Some of the redundant former railway buildings running along Coopies Lane on the old Blyth & Tyne site opposite the current Morpeth (Newcastle & Berwick Railway) station on 8 November 2007, which have been found useful alternative uses. See image [[30508]]
Nelson: Chaffers level crossing, just east of Nelson station, where the driver must pull the cord on the board next to the STOP sign in order to activate the crossing warning lights and barriers, following which he obtains a white proceed light. Once his train has cleared the crossing the barriers are then raised automatically. I have not come across any other examples of a crossing operated in this way other than at stations where a train is scheduled to stop anyway, eg Kirknewton see image [[13900]], or on some freight-only lines.
Morpeth: The classic 1847 station building at Morpeth, once an important junction, seen looking west in November 2007.
Plashetts: View near the site of Plashetts station on 8 November 2007, taken from the west side of Kielder Water, with the remains of the station and sidings now lying below the reservoir. Coal deposits found in the hills above Plashetts was one of the key factors in the decision to build the Border Counties line. Slaters Incline, down which loaded coal wagons (latterly from Far Colliery) were lowered to sidings alongside Plashetts station was part of the original Plashetts Colliery Wagonway. See image [[26241]]
Kielder Forest: The station building at Kielder, closed in 1956, seen on 8 November 2007 looking north west.
Kielder Viaduct: One of the later additions to the ironwork along the top of Kielder Viaduct commemorates the four companies who operated the Border Counties line. Seen here on 8 November 2007.
Cardenden: Inner Fife Circle train approaching Cardenden at Cluny Clays Golf Club.
Thornton Yard Tower: The former Control and signalling centre at Thornton Yard. Opened in 1956 incorporating the latest technology to accommodate the supposed trainloads of coal from the new Rothes deep mine. Unfortunately this was at the last moment declared unsafe by geological boffins, a debacle indeed.
Thornton Yard: Three of the six rakes of HAA coal hoppers which have been rehoused at Thornton Yard having been at Perth New Yard for several years.
Durham: FTPE Manchester Airport-Newcastle and ArrivaXC services pass at Durham on 8 November 2008.
Thornton Yard: Spraying equipment used to settle dust on loaded coal hoppers at Thornton Yard, seen from the level crossing on 8 November.
Durham: A Newcastle Central - Manchester Airport FTPE service runs south over Durham Viaduct on 8 November 2008.
Castle Eden: The former Castle Eden Station platform area in November 2009, looking east towards Hesleden and Hartlepool from the adjacent road overbridge.
Haymarket [Tram]: Utility services excavation works taking place alongside Haymarket station (off picture to the right) in preparation for the section of track to be laid directly ahead along West Maitland Street / Shandwick Place to link up with the tracks on Princes Street.
Princes Street [Tram]: Frost protection covering being put in place over freshly laid and floated concrete on Princes Street between Waverley Bridge and the Scott Monument on 8 November 2011. A cast catenary support mast mounting base can be seen centre left by the white bulk bag. A number of the easily portable half moon 'tents' are in use along the works site.
Princes Street [Tram]: Workmen in the process of bonding insulating blocks onto rails along Princes Street, near The Mound, to prevent stray electrical traction return currents.
Princes Street [Tram]: 'Tram Works 5 - The Council Strikes Back'... view over the east end of Princes Street on 8 November 2011 towards the junction with Waverley Bridge.
Ben Cruachan Quarry: This is the trackbed of the former Ben Cruachan Quarries branch looking to Drishaig Junction in 2012. This portion of the branch has been reused. The trackbed closer to the Oban line, where the route has not been reused, is much harder to see today.
Ben Cruachan Quarry: This is Cruachan Quarry reached by a branch from Drishaig Junction near Loch Awe and with final approach via a reversing spur. The stone for the heron fountain (at [[Strathyre]] station on the C&O) and stork fountain (still at [[Dalmally]] station) came from this quarry.
Ben Cruachan Quarry: This was the reversal point at the far end of the Ben Cruachan Branch which ran out from Drishaig Junction, located between Loch Awe station and the Orchy Viaduct. Trains would approach via the lower track on the left and reverse behind the camera to run to the quarry. There was a short loop on the quarry approach in the foreground here.
Tyndrum Lead Shed and Mill: This is the remains of one of the buildings of the Tyndrum / Clifton lead mines. These mines were connected to sidings at Tyndrum station by a tramway the route of which varied over the years (including an incline at the western end for a time). The tramway predated the C&O and once connected at the eastern end to crushing mill by the Crom Allt. Its site, east of the lower station, can still be seen as nothing will grow here.
Tyndrum Incline: The view east, from the bottom of the incline, along a remaining portion of the tramway which connected the Tyndrum (Clifton) lead mines to Tyndrum Lower station.
Loch Park Siding: The Waverley trackbed running south from Hawick. View from Wellogate Brae road bridge in November 2013. Mill Path passes below the trackbed in the middle distance see image [[45776]]. Loch Park PW depot stood on the north side of the bridge behind the camera. [Ref query 2617]
West Kilbride: Freightliner 66536 working the 6E06 Hunterston - Cottam power station loaded coal hoppers through West Kilbride on 8 November 2013.
Loch Park Siding: The view north from Wellogate Brae, Hawick, in November 2013 - much changed since the days of the railway. The trackbed has been obliterated at this point, although buildings of the former Loch Park PW depot still survive on the right as industrial units. The tenements that stood on the left along the east side of Garfield Street have gone, with much of the area beyond the trees now given over to car parking. For the view more than fifty years earlier see image [[19716]].
Hawick [2nd]: Nice touch. Suitably adorned direction post indicating pedestrian access to the Waverley trackbed at Hawick in November 2013.
Gore Glen Bridge: The first sections of the Bridge over the A7 are laid just north of the Shank bridge.
Bob Smith's Flickr site.
Kielder Viaduct: The southern approach to Kielder Viaduct in the spring of 2013.
Thorlieshope Lime Works: Lineside remains alongside the trackbed of the Border Counties Railway approximately three quarters of a mile north west of Deadwater heading for Saughtree. View west from the road in November 2013. [Ref query 6299]
West Kilbride: DRS 37606+37419 with Hunterston - Sellafield nuclear flasks through West Kilbride on 8 November 2013.
Milton Keynes Central: A Euston bound Virgin Voyager calls at Milton Keynes Central on 8 November 2014.
Sheriffhall City Bypass Overbridge: Preparations for the Borders Railway underway in the area between Kings Gate and the Edinburgh City Bypass looking north in November 2014. The concrete box through which the new double track route to Newcraighall will pass is almost complete, with road traffic using the temporary diversion beyond. Nearer the camera work is taking place on the culvert carrying the Dead Burn, which passes below the railway here on its way to join the North Esk.
Bath Spa: Bath Spa station is located between two bridges over the River Avon. An up HST see image [[45700]] is seen heading East out of the station on 8th November.
Bath Spa: Transport interchanges are nothing new, you know. A selection of bicycles sheltering from the elements below the platforms see image [[43555]]. View looks South, towards the River Avon.
Langbank: Eastbound train approaching Langbank. It has just passed over the old bridge over the Greenock road and is about to pass over the girder bridge over the A8.
Swindon: Freightliner 66502, travelling under the new wiring, eastbound through Swindon on 8th November 2018.
Perth: An Edinburgh service leaves Perth on 8 November 2018. It is leaving a unit behind to form a later train. Pleasingly retro though the ironwork looks a paint job here is a probably a little overdue. There's a lot to tackle however.
Oxford: Most freights through Didcot also pass through Oxford. Oxford's lack of wires and associated infrastructure make photography much easier though. Colas 70815 takes a northbound ballast train through the station on 8th November 2018.
Oxford: Freightliner 70006, ex-Basford Hall Yard at Crewe, runs through Oxford bound for Southampton on 8th November 2018.
Dunkeld and Birnam: Recently applied plaque at Dunkeld & Birnam in November 2018. This is one of a number dotted over the locality. Signs to the station itself are oddly lacking from either Dunkeld or Birnam. Perhaps the thinking is that if you got there by train you will remember where the station is and if you came by road you won't care.
Brock: Class 195 testing and training continues. 195103 and 195105 ran from Lime Street to Barrow with a test train on 8th November 2018. The six-car unit, seen here at Brock, was scheduled to spend five minutes at each of the intermediate stations between Carnforth and Ulverston on the outbound journey but later returned to Edge Hill Depot non-stop.
Glasgow Queen Street High Level: A concrete pour in progress as the basement of the new south extension to the station building begins to take shape.
Dublin Heuston: Dublin Heuston on 6 November 2018. The 1300hrs to Cork is formed of CAF Mk 4 stock with a DVT at the Dublin end.
Cork Kent: Class 22000 4 car DMU forming the non-stop 06.15 Cork to Dublin Heuston on the left and CAF Mark 4 stock forming the 07.00 to Dublin Heuston on the right. 8th November 2018.
Falahill Summit: Landscape with sheep and seagulls. The 0955 Edinburgh - Tweedbank southbound at Falahill on an autumnal 8 November 2018.
Shandon: A southbound Sprinter runs above the Gare Loch close to Shandon.
Oxford: DBS 66111, seen northound passing Oxford on the fast lines with empty car flats bound for Castle Bromwich and Jaguar/Land Rover on 8th November 2018. A Class 800 is in the Down passenger platform.
Perth: The unusual sight of a passenger train using Perth's normally superflous Platform 6 (left) on 8th November 2018. This is roughly fenced off from Platform 7 due to an uneven surface and has no departure screen. The line between here and Dundee was closed due to a lineside fire and Glasgow services were terminating and originating here.
Oxford: 800-028 running into Oxford on diesel power, ex-Worcester, bound for Paddington on 8th November 2018. These bi-mode trains can use electric power between Didcot and London but Oxford is still clear of the wires and gantries.
Rhu: A northbound alumina train for Fort William passes high above the Rhu Narrows. HMS Grimsby heads for Faslane. Helensburgh is in the distant right and the Rosneath is down below. The train is top left.
Edinburgh Gateway: A Dundee service calls at Gateway on 8 November 2018. 'Edinburgh Gateway station white elephant' is a prefill on Google. Just saying.
Brock: There can't be many front line locos still operating in the grey Freightliner livery but 90044 is one of them, seen here double heading a Coatbridge to Daventry train with 90049 at Brock on 8th November 2018. Postscript: In January 2020 90044 was repainted from this livery into the new Freightliner orange scheme without ever carrying green paintwork.
Falahill Summit: A cold and misty November morning at Falahill in 2018. The train is the late running ScotRail 0942 Edinburgh Waverley - Tweedbank.
Oxford: Chiltern Railways 168002 in a bay platform at Oxford on 8th November 2018, waiting to head out to Marylebone via Bicester and the new curve.
Cambus o' May: All that remains of the Great North of Scotland Railway coach body seen in David Murray-Smith's shot from 1960 see image [[67773]]. Despite the deterioration very little has changed here in the past 30 years since I lived there except that the area is overwhelmed with birch. The wall of the Agent's house can be seen in the background.
Didcot: DBS 60039 takes the Theale to Robeston oil tanks through Didcot on 8th November 2018.
Cloch Lighthouse: Two ferries pass off the Cloch - one westbound belonging to Western Ferries and the other an eastbound Argyll Ferries passenger only ferry. The view looks south down the Clyde with the pier for the former Inverkip Power Station just beyond the Cloch Lighthouse.
Dunkeld and Birnam: A Glasgow to Inverness service at Dunkeld on 8 November 2018. It's using Platform 2 which means that it will be crossing with a southbound train.
Swindon: Arriva Cross-Country Voyager 220025 seen arriving in Swindon on 8th November 2018. Due to line closures at Bristol Parkway, ACC were coming into Swindon and then heading up the Gloucester Line to regain the connection at Standish Junction and Gloucester. This provided a rare chance in Swindon for a direct train to Newcastle and beyond with no changes.
Stirling: Commuters wait patiently for their rides home at Stirling on 8th November 2019. It is a cold evening, but the good news for many is that it is a Friday.
Capernwray Aqueduct 132 [LC]: Bridge 132 on the Lancaster Canal is an aqueduct that carries the waterway 35' above the River Keer. As with others on this canal it is a John Rennie design and was first used in 1797. It lies immediately south of the point where the Settle Junction to Carnforth railway line crosses the canal on Bridge 133.
Dulnain Viaduct [Carrbridge]: Some serious maintenance on the bridge over the River Dulnain, just north of Carrbridge Station. The main work has been pointing the masonry, but some track work has been done this weekend whilst the line is shut for 2 days. The electric power cables, which used to go under the bridge have been re-routed (temporarily ?)
Bay Horse: Rail Operations Group have a regular light engine working from Leicester to Kilmarnock on 2020 Sundays, returning with refurbished Anglia EMU sets. 37884 runs north through the cutting at Forton on 8th November.
Roebuck: A reminder alongside the Lancaster Canal that, before nationalisation, this waterway was owned by the railway. This L&NWR boundary post is on the opposite bank of the canal to the towpath, on the stretch between Barton and Bilsborrow. 8th November 2020.
Glasgow Central: Hydroflex demonstrator unit 799201, at Glasgow Central where it provided demonstrator runs during #COP26. There were some adverse comments that it was running from the overhead wires rather than on board hydrogen cells.
Glasgow Central: Ticket to ride - on the Hydroflex demonstrator train at #COP26
Bay Horse: An unexpected bonus to a lineside visit on 8th November 2021. I believe this Royal Train movement, seen in Forton Cutting on a gloomy afternoon, will have been in connection with HRH Prince Charles' visit to Newcastle for the Metro's 40th Anniversary (See recent News Item) although I understand it went into Scotland first. 67006 was leading with 67005 on the rear.
Crossmyloof: Masts are now appearing at Crossmyloof, seen here on 8th November 2021.
Bay Horse: Class 56s are rare birds around Lancaster these days so it was worth venturing out to Forton cutting on a damp November afternoon for 56113, working spent ballast from Carlisle New Yard to Pinnox Branch Esso Sidings, which I later found out is near Stoke on Trent. A northbound train a few minutes later made the effort doubly worthwhile [[78977]]. I initially thought this Colas train was a 'one off' but it has been running each weekday in November.
Dunkeld and Birnam: A photograph of the new cyclespaces on board the Inter7City sets.
Plumpton: The light was fading and the rain falling as 66095 passed through Plumpton on 8th November 2022 working a Network Rail infrastructure train from Carlisle New Yard to Crewe Basford Hall. This train, and the logs that preceded it, are often routed via the S&C but the Petteril Bridge derailment has put a stop to that for a while.
Plumpton: 68016 'Vigilant' and 68006 'Pride of the North' power a Mossend to Daventry container train past the Up Loop at Plumpton on 8th November 2022. Plumpton station closed in 1948 but a garden centre occupies the goods yard with a cafe in the old station house.
Events
Events from the chronology which occured on this day. This generally lists events before 1995, the creation of the website.
| Year | Companies | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1861 | Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway | Agreement reached for lease for 1000 years by the London and North Western Railway. |
| 1982 | North Devon and Cornwall Junction Light Railway Torrington and Marland Light Railway Torrington Extension (London and South Western Railway) Bideford Extension Railway Taw Vale Railway and Dock Company | Line officially closed from Meeth Clay Works to Barnstaple. Clay traffic had transferred to road. |
| 1991 | Rhymney Railway | Cylla Branch closed on removal of final stocks at Penallta Colliery. |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Crash probe focuses on car driver [BBC News] | Police say they are not assuming that a car driver committing suicide caused Saturday^s rail crash. |
| 2004 | Airport rail link plans unveiled [BBC News] | Details of the proposals for an air-rail link at Edinburgh Airport are due to be made public. |
| 2004 | City chiefs pick up top award for new station [Scotsman] | CITY council chiefs are celebrating after picking up a Scottish Transport Award for the creation of a new railway station. |
| 2004 | Fatal example of crossings danger [BBC News] | BBC News correspondent Tom Symonds looks at the dangers posed by level crossings. |
| 2004 | ^I thought I was going to die^ [BBC News] | One passenger being treated in hospital for lacerations to his arm and back after the rail crash tells his story. |
| 2004 | Girl, nine, among rail crash dead [BBC News] | A nine-year-old girl and her mother were among the victims of Saturday^s Berkshire rail tragedy, police say. |
| 2004 | Edinburgh Airport rail link [Scottish Executive] | Public consultation setting out the proposed route launched at Edinburgh airport. |
| 2004 | Marine praised as a hero [BBC News] | A Royal Marine from Exmouth speaks of his efforts to save victims in the Berkshire rail tragedy. |
| 2007 | Inspiring the next Generation of Railway Engineers | |
| 2007 | Polish operations launched [Railway Strategies] | Freightliner Poland Ltd (FPL) commenced their first commercial contract on 1st September 2007, operating services to Kozienice Power Station. |
| 2007 | Long-term coal train contracts [Railway Strategies] | EWS Energy has been awarded a new long-term contract from EDF Energy to deliver coal trains to its major power stations at Cottam and West Burton. |
| 2007 | New coal contracts marked with naming [Railway Strategies] | John Smith, managing director at First GBRf has named a First GBRf class 66 locomotive Drax Power Station. |
| 2007 | New service [Railway Strategies] | NYK Logistics has launched a rail freight service between Southampton and inland freight terminals at Tamworth (BIFT) and Daventry (DIRFT), helping its customers to avoid port/road congestion and reduce their carbon footprints. |
| 2007 | New coal contracts marked with naming [Railway Strategies] | John Smith, managing director at First GBRf has named a First GBRf class 66 locomotive ‘Drax Power Station’. |
| 2008 | Rail work during festive period [BBC News Article] | Signalling work will result in no train services from Glasgow Central high level between 26 and 30 December. |
| 2009 | Glasgow ^axed^ from train route [BBC News Article] | Trains on the East Coast Main Line would no longer go to Glasgow and instead terminate at Edinburgh, under new plans. |
| 2010 | Welsh Highland Railway reaches Porthmadog [BBC News] | The first passenger train on the rebuilt Welsh Highland Railway has arrived in Porthmadog. The train was the first to cover the 25-mile length of the railway from Caernarfon. |
| 2011 | Scotland urged to begin work for high-speed rail link [BBC News] | The Scottish government is being urged to begin preparatory work for a high-speed rail link. The House of Commons transport committee has backed proposals for a high-speed line between London, the Midlands and eventually Scotland. HS2 will feature 250mph trains running from London to Birmingham, with plans to extend it north. The Scottish government has agreed to discuss the funding of the project to develop the route across the border. The entire HS2 project is set to cost £32bn. |
| 2011 | ScotRail’s Bishopbriggs & Lenzie stations go ‘Smart’ [Rail.co] | ScotRail customers in Bishopbriggs and Lenzie can now switch to SmartCard tickets. New scanners at the stations allow monthly and weekly season ticket holders travelling to any station between Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh via Falkirk High to take advantage of the train operator’s new ticketing technology. SmartCard holders can start and complete their journey in two ways: by ‘passing’ their card over the yellow circle on automatic ticket gates or by using the platform scanners |
| 2011 | 500,000 passengers a year won^t use the railways because of delays caused by cable thefts [Mail] | As many as six to eight cable thefts take place on the railways every day, MPs heard today. The crime is costing the UK economy around £16 million to £20 million and deterring around half a million passengers a year from using the railways. Thieves sometimes target periods when signals are being replaced, when it was ‘almost like providing sweets in a sweetshop’ Network Rail’s operational services director Dyan Crowther told the House of Commons Transport Committee. |
| 2012 | ScotRail apologises after overcrowding complaints [Herald] | SCOTRAIL has apologised for overcrowding on its flagship Edinburgh-Glasgow service, blaming mechanical failures and two crashes elsewhere on the rail network for a shortage of train carriages over the past three weeks. |
| 2012 | CILT talk on St Andrews Rail Link - 20 November [Railscot] | A talk on the above will take place in Dundee on 20 November, to which all are welcome. For details see panel alongside. |
| 2012 | Dwight D Eisenhower locomotive to go on show in NRM workshop [The Press] | With President Obama newly re-elected to the White House across the Atlantic, a visitor from North America was given a presidential-style welcome at the National Railway Museum in York. |
| 2012 | FirstGroup shares plunge after freezing of dividend [Herald] | EMBATTLED FirstGroup chief executive Tim O^Toole insisted he is backed by the rail and bus company^s board after the freezing of its dividend prompted another plunge in the company^s share price leaving it at less than half the level it was when he took over two years ago. |
| 2014 | Edinburgh trams inquiry given increased powers [BBC News] | The official inquiry into the Edinburgh trams fiasco has been given increased powers, after some of those involved with the project refused to co-operate. It has been given ^statutory^ status by the government in the wake of concerns raised by chairman, Lord Hardie. The government and the inquiry has not named those who would not co-operate. Edinburgh^s tram service began running in May but only after six years of disruption and a bitter dispute between the city council and its contractor. The previous Labour-led Scottish government originally earmarked £375m to pay for the tram network, which ended up costing £776m and began running years late |
| 2016 | Union mounts fresh attack on ScotRail ahead of protests [STV] | A transport workers^ union has renewed its call for Abellio to be stripped of the ScotRail franchise, claiming its performance has ^slumped^. The RMT said Abellio was ^draining away key funds^ that would be better spent on staffing, services and safety on Scotland^s rail network. The union hit out at the Dutch operator on Tuesday, on the eve of a series of protests in support of the Safer Scottish Railways campaign. |
| 2016 | Great Western electrification: Intercity line work ^deferred^ [BBC News] | Part of a £2.8bn project to electrify the Great Western route has been ^deferred^. The plan was to fully electrify the route from Cardiff to London by 2018 and the scheme had already been delayed. It was estimated to cost £874m in 2013, but spending spiralled out of control, causing some MPs to call it ^staggering and unacceptable^. Lines affected include major routes to Bristol, Oxford, and Berkshire. [From Richard Buckby] |
| 2016 | Southampton – London open access service proposed [Railway Gazette] | UK: Alliance Rail Holdings has started industry consultation on proposals to launch an open access passenger service on the Southampton - London Waterloo route in December 2017. Managing Director Ian Yeowart told Railway Gazette on November 8 that Alliance aims is to increase capacity on the intensively-used route and make passengers^ journeys ^less fraught^, by offering a higher standard of comfort than on the current franchised services and helping to enhance rail^s overall attractiveness. [From Richard Buckby] |
| 2017 | Rail strikes: Five rail operators hit by RMT walkout [BBC News] | Five rail operators are facing disruption due to strike action by the Rail, Maritime and Transport union. Workers on Southern, Greater Anglia and South Western Railway are striking for 48 hours, while staff on Merseyrail and Northern have walked out for 24 hours. The union is in dispute over driver-only operated (DOO) trains, also known as driver-controlled operated (DCO). Aslef is also in dispute with Southern, and will give the result of a ballot of train drivers on a proposed deal later. The proposed agreement, announced last month, also includes a five-year pay deal worth 28.5%. The executive committee of the train drivers^ union had recommended its members accept the deal. |
| 2017 | Aslef train drivers accept Southern rail deal [BBC News] | Drivers from the Aslef union have accepted a deal with Southern rail, bringing to an end an 18-month dispute. Members voted by 79.1% to accept the resolution which includes a five-year pay increase worth 28.5%. The dispute over safety came after Southern introduced driver-only operated (DOO), or driver-controlled operated (DCO) trains. The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union, which is locked in the same row, described it as a ^shoddy deal^. |
| 2018 | Coventry Stations £82m masterplan up for approval [RTM] | An £82m masterplan for Coventrys train station has been recommended for approval by the city council. The proposals include the construction of a new station building, providing a second entrance at the western end of the station, and 634-space multi-storey car park. Coventry City Council will discuss the proposals at a planning committee meeting on Thursday 15 November. If formally approved, it would see a new gateway created for the millions of passengers who arrive into the city by train each year. |
| 2018 | London Waterloo station recruits hawk after complaints of pigeons stealing food [ITV News] | Harris hawk Aria, aged five, will be on duty at the station twice a week for two-hour shifts. |
| 2019 | Highlands and Islands MSP condems Scotrail for ^dragging their feet^ in resolving customer complaints over ticket machine [Press and Journal] | A Highland and Islands MSP has condemned Scotrail for ^dragging its feet^ after taking three months to repair an overcharging ticket machine in Nairn. |
| 2019 | Crossrail will not open in 2020, chief executive confirms [ITV News] | Crossrail will not open next year, the boss of the firm building London^s new east-west railway has said. Mark Wild, chief executive of Crossrail Ltd, insisted services would begin ^as soon as practically possible in 2021^. |
| 2019 | 101-year-old World War II veteran^s emotional send-off on Remembrance railway journey to London [Network Rail] | A 101-year-old World War II veteran was given a rousing surprise send-off today as he boarded a train from Preston to London to mark the Armistice. |
| 2019 | Double-decker bus hits bridge in Inverness [Inverness Courier] | A double-decker bus has hit a railway bridge in Inverness. The Stagecoach bus hit the bridge in Harbour Road at around 7pm “ completely destroying the top deck. |
