This day in history 18 November
Images
Bathgate Shed: Reid N15 0-6-2T no 69211 standing alongside the 1954 shed at Bathgate (64F) on 18 November 1963.
Bathgate Yard: Amongst the locomotives awaiting disposal in the yard at Bathgate in November 1963 is A2 60534 Irish Elegance. Withdrawn from St Margarets shed at the end of 1962, the Pacific was cut up at Campbell's of Airdrie in June 1964.
Bathgate Yard: Amongst the many withdrawn steam locomotives awaiting disposal in the yard at Bathgate on 18 November 1963 is Gresley A3 Pacific no 60099 Call Boy. See image [[26976]]
Bathgate Shed: Doomed McIntosh 3F no 57550 stands alongside Bathgate shed in November 1963, minus some key components. The locomotive was disposed of via Messrs Arnott Young, Carmyle, some 6 months later.
Bathgate Yard: A3 Pacific no 60098 'Spion Kop' awaiting disposal in the yard at Bathgate in November 1963. Officially withdrawn from St Margarets the previous month, the locomotive was eventually cut up at Inverurie Works in February 1964.
Bathgate Shed: J36 0-6-0 no 65297 simmering in the yard at 64F Bathgate on 18 November 1963. The sign in the background reads No ashes to be deposited between these sidings.
Boat o' Brig Viaduct: 40114 about to cross the Spey Viaduct at Orton with an afternoon service in November 1978 heading for Aberdeen.
Southall: A Bristol - Paddington express passes a DMU stopping service to Reading at Southall station in November 1980. The locomotive is no 47509 Albion.
Southall: 47581 Great Eastern takes a train of oil tanks west through Southall station on 18 November 1980.
West Drayton: A BR Western Region 'Express Parcels Service' diesel unit that spent its days calling at stations between Paddington parcels depot and Reading in the 1970s and 1980s, seen here calling at West Drayton in November 1980. See image [[42682]]
West Drayton: A Brush Type 4 speeds through West Drayton in 1980 with a Bristol - Paddington express.
Southall: 50034 Furious takes the down fast line through Southall station in November 1980 with a Paddington - Plymouth train.
Southall: Platform view west at Southall on 18 November 1980 as a train of tanks runs through the station. The tall octagonal building in the right background is The Water Tower, which supplied water to trains using the GW Main Line between 1895 and 1968, prior to its conversion to flats.
West Drayton: Class 47 with a train of 100t oil tanks westbound on the GW main line through West Drayton in November 1980.
West Drayton: 31423 runs through West Drayton in November 1980 with a Paddington bound parcels train see image [[42682]].
Patterton: The then daily monotony of Class 303/311 EMUs is relieved at Patterton by a PW train on November 18th 1984. Leading is 37146 with 37056 at the rear. Repairs were underway at a bridge on the Neilston side of the station.
Gunton: An afternoon arrival at Gunton, Norfolk, on 18 November 2003, bound for Norwich.
Cardross: SPT train running beside the Clyde just east of Cardross on a frosty November morning.
Cardross: A West Highland Line train heading east from Cardross passes a ship sailing down the Clyde
Tongland viaduct: Remains of Tongland viaduct on the north bank of the River Dee on 18 November 2005. The surviving arched section of the approach viaduct now forms an unusual and interesting garden wall.
Tongland Viaduct: Remains of Tongland Viaduct on the east side of the River Dee in November 2005. Rubble from the demolished main sections of the former bridge can be seen in the field alongside.
Tongland Viaduct: View east along the River Dee, just over a mile north of Kirkcudbright in 2005, with the remains of Tongland Viaduct on the right and Tongland power station in the background. For the north side viaduct remains see image [[6001]].
Newark Crossing: Newark Flat Level Crossing at night. A GNER train speeds south. Taken from the road crossing.
Kings Cross: 47709 at the stops having brought in the ECS for a charter to Manchester.
Kings Cross: 47703 at the head of a charter to Manchester.
Kings Cross: 4771 arrives at Kings Cross with an NRM charter from York.
Kings Cross: Only the wires indicate that this is 2006 and not 1956.
Finsbury Park: 47703 at the head of a Kings Cross to Manchester charter.
Finsbury Park: 47709 at the rear of a Kings Cross to Manchester charter.
Euston: In Scotrail colours 90024 has brought in The Royal Highlander from Inverness with portions from Aberdeen and Fort William.
Cotgrave Colliery: Not a lot left. Looking north at Cotgrave Colliery. The track is still in place to within a short distance of the site.
Rectory Junction: Looking north to Rectory Junction (from behind a fence by the way). The two viaducts merge at the junction off to the left.
Bingham: Bingham box looking north-west.
Potteric Carr Junction: Track maintenance trains in Doncaster Railport. Doncaster still has a considerable number of sidings and yards.
Tinsley Marshalling Yard: New mini yard takes shape within Tinsley Yard.
Barrow Hill Shed: Strange bedfellows in Barrow Hill roundhouse.
Seymour Junction: In Scotland we celebrate the opening of the Larkhall line and re-building of the S-A-K. Elsewhere lines are still closing. This is Seymour Junction on the most recently closed line in Britain which formerly ran from Barrow Hill to Creswell. View from level crossing.
Treeton: Treeton Junction, eastern entry point to Tinsley Yard. The connection may re-open with the redevelopment of the yard. View from above former station. Treeton North Jnct looks to be taken out.
Worksop: An evening train from Nottingham entering Worksop station from the West in November 2006.
Sleaford North Junction: Sleaford North Junction and box looking south to the junction.
Rowston Level Crossing: Safety equipment mounted on the gatepost at Rowston level crossing.
Metheringham: Metheringham looking from the level crossing to the station and on to Lincoln.
Sleaford: Weedkiller train leaves Sleaford station heading east.
Sleaford: A westbound train heading for Nottingham calls at Sleaford, Lincolnshire, in November 2006.
Tinsley MPD: Bleak. Tinsley MPD, closed 1998, after site clearance in 2006 looking east. The site has since been redeveloped as a car showroom. See image [[38598]].
Tinsley Marshalling Yard: Re-development of the Tinsley Marshalling Yard site begins with the re-laying of the sidings to the north of the site. The rest is to be cleared for an industrial estate with excellent rail links. The connection to the steelworks will be relaid further west.
Weekday Cross Junction: The NET tram system in Nottingham uses the former route of the Great Central to approach Nottingham (Midland) station. Here a tram sits at the terminus with the station beyond and below. Just to the north was the former Weekday Cross Junction. View looks south.
Ancaster: An East Midlands service westbound towards Nottingham on 18 November 2006, photographed from the platform at Ancaster station, Lincolnshire.
Sunderland: Looking from the front of a Metro train heading for South Hylton, turning west from the heavy rail line to Hartlepool, immediately south of Sunderland station on 18 November 2007.
Sunderland: Looking from the front of a Metro train heading for South Hylton, turning west from the Durham Coast line south of Sunderland, another service heading for Newcastle Airport comes off the Hylton line. 18 November 2007. Sadly the new Metro cars will not have this forward view.
South Hylton: Tyne and Wear Metro train at the South Hylton terminus on 18 November.
RNSD Lathalmond: The new arrivals at the Shed 47 site at Lathalmond pose alongside the Fowler diesel on 18 November.
RNSD Lathalmond: Ex MOD 251 arriving at the Shed 47 site at Lathalmond on 18 November 2007.
Pfaffikon SZ1: A Swiss railways Re 460 locomotive in UEFA Euro 2008 promotional livery in November 2007.
Pfaffikon SZ: Austria bound express at Pfaffikon SZ near Zurich.
Moreton-on-Lugg: Level crossing and signal box at Moreton-on-Lugg north of Hereford on the Shrewsbury & Hereford Joint line in November 2008. Note the telegraph pole behind the box still retaining its extensive array of cross arms and insulators.
Kirkcaldy: 170 419 and 425 pass at Kirkcaldy on 18 November 2008.
Tram Inn: The former Tram Inn station building (now used as part of Mill Garage) and signal box on the ex-GWR line between Hereford and Abergavenny.
Marsh Brook: A single car class 153 unit passes Marsh Brook signal box on 18 November with a service to Swansea via the former L&NW Heart of Wales line. Marsh Brook station closed to passengers in 1958.
Moreton-on-Lugg: A southbound class 158 runs throught Moreton-on-Lugg on 18 November with the access to the exchange sidings and the former Army depot to the left behind the train.
Marsh Brook: Arriva Trains Wales service from Cardiff to Manchester passes the site of the former station at Marsh Brook between Craven Arms and Shrewsbury.
Woofferton: A Class 60 heads south with a freight past the former Woofferton station, Shropshire, on 18 November 2008. The station, closed in July 1961, still retains its signalbox, passing loop and fine array of ex-GW signals together with a former goods shed (although it has seen better days). Just beyond the signal box was the junction for the branch line to Tenbury Wells where the S&HJ stopped but the GW continued through Cleobury Mortimer to Bewdley. The Clee hills form the backdrop.
Onibury: The 1852 Onibury Station building (now a private residence) stands beside the level crossing on the A49 road between Craven Arms and Ludlow on the S&HJ line. The door beneath the porch still states Booking Office although tickets have not been sold here for quite a few years now, having closed to passengers in 1958!
St Devereux: Arriva Trains Wales 175105 heads north between Abergavenny and Hereford, just over a mile to the south of the former St Devereux station, in November 2008. The train was heading to Manchester Piccadilly.
Onibury: An Arriva Trains Wales service heads north on 18 November past the unusual design of SB at Onibury, Shropshire. The box controls the level crossing over the busy A49 road.
Onibury: Heading north from Onibury towards Craven Arms on 18 November 2008, a class 175 unit climbs to cross the River Onny.
Tram Inn: Looking east across the level crossing at Tram Inn on 18 November 2008, with the station and signal box on the left and the old Tram Inn itself standing on the right.
Coombe Junction: Coombe Junction, just after the last train of the day (drat) viewed from Coombe Level Crossing. This view looks south. Some distance behind the camera is Coombe station and the short freight only line to Moorswater part of which is a stub of the Liskeard and Caradon Railway. Also the mainline crosses over the top at 90 degrees. The line to the left runs to Liskeard station and forms a link between what were two separate systems; the Cornwall Railway and the Liskeard and Looe Railway. The line to the right continues down to Looe. Trains from Liskeard going to Looe leave a platform at 90 degrees to the mainline platforms heading north, turn slowly round passing under the mainline southwards before approaching Coombe Junction from the south, reverse at Coombe and then head off south from the junction due to the unusual arrangement. It's a ponderous journey through a lovely part of the country. The small hut on the left contains the ground frame for the junction.
Par: A First Great Western 125 at Par, Cornwall, looking south over the station on 18 November 2009.
Goonbarrow Junction: The China Clay Rock Dries Siding site at Goonbarrow Junction. The route to Par/St Blazey is off to the right and beyond the buildings the line continues on to Newquay. In this shot, but very distant, are a 66 with a china clay train, two 08s and Goonbarrow Junction signalbox.
Combe Junction: Combe Junction illuminated at night in November 2009. The line to the left runs up to Liskeard and that to the right down to Looe.
Luxulyan: The morning Goonbarrow Junction to Fowey loaded China Clay train heads south from Luxulyan. The view is from Treffy's viaduct and the train is on a 'new' section of line which replaced a nearby incline and, sadly, Treffy's Viaduct.
Golant: China Clay from Goonbarrow, Rock Dries Siding, passes Golant as it approaches the unloading facility at Carne Point just north of Fowey. Moments before the train arrived a number of 'pedestrians' had to quit the trackbed. Readers of RAIL 630 will find this viewpoint strangely familar (p70) although a few houses have been repainted (and built) in the intervening years.
Burngullow: On the right the Wednesdays only St Blazey - Penzance (Long Rocks) - St Blazey oil train scoots east back through Burngullow. On this occasion this was one tank. To the left is a Steelman locomotive in the Blackpool Driers sidings. The mainline (the two tracks to the right) between here and Probus (9 miles west) has been re-doubled in recent years. See image [[11880.]]
St Blazey: A single coach sprinter heads north east from St Blazey - briefly as the line is about to turn north west to head for Newquay. The sprinter is nearby the point where the Pontsmill works siding leaves the line. This section of line replaced an earlier canal which ran from Par Harbour to Pontsmill from which Treffry's Railway continued to Bugle (Mollinis).
Treffry's Viaduct: Treffry's Viaduct from the east end in November 2009. This viaduct was on Treffry's (eastern) Railway. The railway ran from the canal at Pontsmill up the 1 in 10 Carmeers incline, then on the level it ran over the viaduct and on to Bugle. The line was horse worked except on the incline. The present day Newquay - Par line passes under this viaduct on a new alignment at the west end.
Parkandillack Works: Shunting in the half light. I must say if I were involved I'd like to be dressed in bright orange too. This train is the empties on arrival from Fowey being handled at Parkandillack - a complex operation involving, for some of the time, the locomotive both pushing and pulling rakes of wagons simultaneously. The view looks north and this freight line once continued north to join the Newquay line at St Dennis Junction. Today it is a branch from Burngullow (you can just see the buffer in this shot). There were plans to re-open the line northwards to St Dennis Junction and upgrade the line for passengers. The line from St Dennis Junction to Goonbarrow Junction would be abandoned and from there to Par given over to freight. Fortunately for the small villages at Roche, Bugle and Luxulyan this has not gone ahead.
Kilmarnock: Virgin Thunderbird no 57311 Parker waits for 156 432 to clear the single line section between Kilmaurs and Kilmarnock with the 13.49 to Carlisle from Glasgow Central. 57311 was travelling light engine from Carlisle to Polmadie
Drem: Survival of 322482 and it's four classmates have less than a month to go before the Airdrie to Bathgate class 334s take over the run which extends to Helensburgh in the west to North Berwick in the east. Will the famous five 322s survive?
Longniddry: A class 322 arrives at Longniddry with a service to Edinburgh on 18 November 2010.
Carnforth: With the departure of the last Class 20s in November 2011 only one DRS loco remains in storage at Carnforth, namely BRCW Type 3 33030. These Southern Region engines always seemed a bit out of place in the North West but, by coincidence, the last two main line operational Class 33s are still used by West Coast Railways from the depot behind the coaling tower.
Milton Keynes Central: Milton Keynes can look surprisingly old-fashioned early in the morning, with more than a hint of 'The Ladykillers' in the staircase on the right. View south from the station footbridge on 18th November 2011.
Rugby: The 07.02 London Midland service from Rugby to Euston via Northampton waits for passengers on the morning of 18 November as dawn breaks ahead.
Coombe Junction: GWR Steam Railmotor no 93 pauses at Coombe Junction on 18 November as a First Great Western HST passes overhead on the main line.
Coombe Junction: Restored GWR Steam Railmotor no 93, seen following its arrival at Coombe Junction on 18 November 2012.
Terras Crossing: Broadside view of restored GWR Steam Railmotor no 93 photographed near Terras Crossing between Looe and Sandplace on 18 November 2012.
Ashfield Tunnel: A northbound Glasgow Queen Street to Aberdeen service is about to pass the southbound Highland Chieftan at Ashfield (north of Dunblane) on Sunday 18th November 2012.
Terras Crossing: Scene near Terras Crossing between Looe and Sandplace on 18 November 2012, with restored GWR Steam Railmotor no 93 in action see image [[34137]].
Antalya: Antalya in Turkey has no mainline railway but two tram lines. This photograph from 18 November shows a tram operating on the modern AntRay route.
Antalya: The second of the Antalya tram routes see image [[45361]] is the older Nostaljik, seen here on 18 November. The vehicles used formerly operated on the Nuremberg tram system.
Lytham: 150269 pulls away from Lytham on a Northern service for Colne. The train is just passing the site of Lytham's first station, terminus of a branch from Kirkham. It closed in 1874 when the through line to Blackpool was opened but remained open for goods until 1963. Booths car park and Lytham Fire Station now occupy the site of the old station and yard.
Auchinleck: Late floral display, seen under the footbridge at Auchinleck in November 2015 as Sprinter 156509 pulls in.
Craigendoran Junction: Southbound 66743 passes the signal box at Craigendoran and is about to join the Helensburgh line.
Craigendoran Junction: A Sprinter is about to take to the West Highland at Craigendoran. Just off the the left is a memorial to Henry Bell and the Comet. But you can't see it. Sorry about that.
Mansfield Road Crossing: Approaching Mansfield Road level crossing, to the west of Retford on the line to Worksop, on a freezing Saturday night on 18th November 2017. Looking at the rails there was evidence of a recent visit from a rail grinder. [Ref query 21 November 2017]
Andover: 35028 CLAN LINE racing through Andover station at 1240hrs on a very wet Saturday 18th November 2017. The train was The Wessex Express from London Victoria to Eastleigh.
Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The scaffolding being erected around the Milennium Hotel extension blends in with the Christmas lights in George Square in this view from mid November 2017.
Andover: South Western Railway 159017, still in Stagecoach livery, seen west bound at Andover station with another 3-car unit on 18th November 2017.
Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Bird's eye view of the progress in mid November 2017 on the construction of new permanent buildings at the east side of the station.
Chinley: On a beautiful late Autumn day, a First TPE Class 185 passes Chinley whilst working a Cleethorpes to Manchester Airport service. 18th November 2018
Clayhills Yard: I was almost blinded by the spot lights at Clayhills on 18th November 2018, but it was nice to see so many HST units.The one on the left is the only refurbished Scotrail HST so far. Next to that is a training unit but it will soon be in service in 'classic' mode.
Portlethen: Taken from the 21:00 Edinburgh to Aberdeen at Portlethen on 18th November 2018. Lots of workers, but I presume they were not tending the flower beds as it was nearly half eleven at night. It must have been very urgent work!
Straiton Sidings: A view of the old Glencorse branch between Loanhead and Gilmerton, looking towards the latter on 18 November 2019. The replaced bridge in the background crosses the Lasswade Road. The squint post on the left probably once held a notice for drivers. I wonder what it said: Whistle? Catch points? Check your mirrors? Substantial development is under way at 'Gilmerton Heights' (sic) on the left; a little late to save the branch.
Warrington Bank Quay: In a surprise visit to Warrington Bank Quay Station, Boris Johnson handed a 'Heart of Gold' award to Jennifer Birdsall, a Customer Service Assistant who has helped save the lives of multiple vulnerable individuals in her career.
Events
Events from the chronology which occured on this day. This generally lists events before 1995, the creation of the website.
| Year | Companies | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1841 | Ulster Railway | Extended from Lisburn to Lurgan. |
| 1884 | Glasgow Central Station (Caledonian Railway) | Eglinton Street Shed converted for carriages. |
| 1935 | Blantyre to East Kilbride Line (Caledonian Railway) | Mavor and Coulsons Siding, East Kilbride to Hunthill Junction closed to freight. |
| 1966 | Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway | Lockerbie to Dumfries closed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Weather impacts on ScotRail^s performance | ScotRail^s recent punctuality has been poor due to various difficulties such as flooding, landslides and sleeper trains^ locomotive failures. |
| 2008 | Campaign to derail terminal grows [BBC News Article] | Residents in Coatbridge and Glenboig fight plans to create one of Europe^s biggest rail freight terminals on their doorstep. |
| 2008 | Rail improvements on track [Scottish Government] | Design contracts aimed at improving Glasgow-Edinburgh rail link ready to be awarded. |
| 2009 | Train drivers continue slow-downs [BBC News Article] | Drivers continue to reduce speeds at gate-free railway level crossings following the deaths of three people, a union says. |
| 2010 | Rail route to boost service [Scotsman] | RAIL bosses have announced plans for four trains an hour between Edinburgh and Bathgate with the opening of a new £300-million route. |
| 2010 | Passenger train slides for two and a half miles [BBC] | A passenger train overshot its intended station in East Sussex by almost two-and-a-half miles. [See video] |
| 2011 | Direct Inverness-London train services face new threat [Inverness Courier] | DIRECT train services between Inverness and London are facing a new threat, this time from a Scottish government review of the country’s rail services. Exactly one year after The Inverness Courier won a major campaign to save the Highland Chieftain, the future of the daily service — along with the direct sleeper between the Highland and UK capitals — is in doubt. The possible loss of both through services, seen as key to the region’s economy, has emerged in a consultation document on the future of Scotland’s rail services after 2014. |
| 2011 | More carriages on Aberdeen-Inverness trains [Rail.co] | ScotRail’s longest-ever daytime diesel train will be launched next month on the Aberdeen-Inverness line. The seven-carriage train will run during the evening peak-hour as the 17.18 Aberdeen-Inverness service – providing 124 more seats. And almost 400 more seats will be added in total to three other trains on the route. |
| 2013 | Egypt train and bus crash kills 24 outside Cairo [BBC News] | At least 24 people have been killed and 28 injured as a train crashed into a minibus and other vehicles south of Egypt^s capital Cairo, officials say. The freight train, travelling from the city of Beni Suef, hit the vehicles at a crossing about 40km (25 miles) from Cairo, they say. State TV says many of those killed on the bus were members of the extended family returning from a wedding. Egypt^s roads and railways have a notoriously poor safety record. |
| 2013 | Rail on track for ‘new golden age’ [Scotsman] | A RAIL chief has invoked the Hollywood blockbuster Field Of Dreams in setting out his vision for how the Scottish network will dramatically expand over the next 50 years. Alex Sharkey, one of Network Rail’s most senior officials in Scotland, believes the demand is there to drive significant further growth in train travel if only the lines can be opened. [From David Spaven] |
| 2014 | Dramatic picture shows derailed train strewn across tracks in Bedlington [Evening Chronicle] | A freight train has crashed off the tracks in Northumberland. The wagons, which were carrying coal from Blyth to Cottam power station, left the rails at West Sleekburn near Bedlington on Monday night. Incredibly, nobody was injured in the crash. But the derailed DB Schenker train remained strewn across the line on Tuesday morning. |
| 2015 | Devolution deal boost for Birmingham rail services [Rail News] | Birmingham has secured a devolution deal with the UK government that will allow it to fund transport projects worth almost £2 billion. In return for agreeing to have a new elected mayor, the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) will receive an annual payment of £36.5 million from Whitehall to support local borrowing of more than £1 billion. The West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority (ITA) said the funding will support the delivery of the HS2 Connectivity Package, which includes light rail links from the proposed station at Curzon Street to Birmingham Airport via Bordesley Green and Chelmsley Wood, and between Wednesbury and Brierley Hill. Improvements to the West Coast Main Line and better connectivity between the East Midlands and the West Midlands will also be possible, the ITA has said. As part of the deal, the government also approved funding for the £97 million Adderley Park metro extension. [From Richard Buckby] |
| 2016 | Pullman surprise for Ashford to London rail commuters [BBC News] | Commuters were given a surprise upgrade when a luxury train arrived for their daily journey to work. The Belmond British Pullman arrived at Ashford International at 07:00 GMT as passengers waited for a London train. The train, dating back to the 1920s, is the sister of the Venice Simplon-Orient Express. Travel firm Belmond put on the service to treat commuters on a 90-minute journey through Charing, Maidstone, Otford and Swanley to London Victoria. [From Richard Buckby] |
| 2016 | Humza Yousaf rejects calls to quit as transport minister [BBC News] | Transport Minister Humza Yousaf has said he will not quit amid growing criticism of Scotland^s rail service. Train drivers union Aslef called for him to be sacked following widespread disruption across the network on Thursday. It follows growing dissatisfaction with Scotrail over delayed, cancelled and overcrowded trains. During a visit to Glasgow^s Queen Street station, Mr Yousaf said he would ^most certainly not^ quit his post. |
| 2016 | Revealed: When the first trains could set off from new Aberdeenshire train station [Press and Journal] | A north-east station gets ‘full steam ahead’ after local authority agrees to help bridge £1.2m funding gap. The multi-million pound plan to re-open mothballed Kintore station has secured 50% funding from the Scottish Stations fund meaning councillors are “optimistic†that the first trains could pull up in 2018. The total estimated value of the project is £12.2m now has £6.1m secured by the Scottish Stations Fund bid. [From Crinan Dunbar] |
| 2017 | Scotland-wide train station ban on torture law-breaching device used to disperse young gangs [Herald] | SONIC devices that violate EU torture laws and are used to disperse gangs of loitering youths have been banned from Scotland^s train network. ScotRail confirmed it has barred the use of the ^mosquito^ the anti-loitering device installed at stations including Hamilton Central, Helensburgh Central and Aberdeen stations. The device produces a high-frequency sound normally audible to under-25s in a bid to stop them congregating. |
| 2017 | Strikes and Engineering Works to cause havoc during Festive Rush [Independent] | As pre-Christmas travel accelerates, rail passengers planning inter-city journeys face multiple problems from strikes and engineering works. Christmas markets are getting under way in London, York and Edinburgh this weekend, with those in Birmingham and Manchester already open. But trains will be disrupted on Sunday, with hundreds of miles of the CrossCountry rail network closed because of a strike by members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers about rostering and Sunday working. |
| 2019 | Highland railway line reopens following ^urgent repairs^ [Press and Journal] | Commuters are still facing delays after a fault was discovered on the tracks between Arrochar and Tarbet and Ardlui. |
| 2019 | New rolling stock lowers the average age of UK train fleet [RAIL] | Introduction of IETs, Azumas and Mk 5s helps to reduce age of UK^s train fleets. Overall, according to the latest figures from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), the average age of the national train fleet in 2018-19 was 19.2 years, a decrease of 0.4 years compared with 2017-18. |
| 2019 | Parking restrictions for Aberdeen rail repairs [Evening Express] | Parking restrictions are set to be imposed while repair work is carried out on a railway line in Aberdeen. The measures will be in place on a number of dates in early 2020 while Network Rail carries out work. |
