This day in history 25 November
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Wigan North Western: Photostop at an overcast Wigan North Western on 25 November 1967 featuring the MRTS Mancunian (aka the Lancs & Yorks Rambler). The special ran from Leeds City behind A4 Pacific no 60019 Bittern.
Wigan North Western: A northbound freight hauled by 8F 2-8-0 no 48631 approaching Wigan North Western on 25 November 1967 (thought to be the Winnington - Whitehaven ICI train). The primary reason for the gathering of photographers in the background is the MRTS Mancunian special hauled by 60019 'Bittern' which called that day with a railtour from Leeds City. See image [[30774]]
Guide Bridge: Running tender first, A4 Pacific 60019 Bittern brings 'The Mancunian' back towards the east end of Guide Bridge station on 25 November 1967. The special would soon depart on the next leg of the tour to Stockport. On the right beyond the footbridge are the holding sidings where many Woodhead freights changed over to/from electric traction see image [[12879]]. [Ref query 30 January 2018]
Wigan North Western: The MRTS Mancunian (aka the Lancs & Yorks Rambler) from Leeds City on a short photostop at Wigan North Western on 25 November 1967. The railtour was hauled throughout by A4 no 60019 Bittern.
Skipton: 60019 Bittern at Skipton station on 25 November 1967 with the MRTS Mancunian (also advertised as The Lancs & Yorks Rambler) on its way from Leeds to Manchester via Carnforth and Preston.
Guide Bridge: The MRTS 'Mancunian', (aka 'The Lancs & Yorks Rambler') approaching the west end of Guide Bridge from Manchester Piccadilly on 25 November 1967 behind A4 Pacific 60019 Bittern. The locomotive would run round here prior to taking the railtour along the branch to Stockport (left) tender first, before returning to Leeds via Manchester Victoria. See image [[27780]]
Guide Bridge: Gresley A4 Pacific no 60019 Bittern photographed at the west end of Guide Bridge station on 25 November 1967. The locomotive is in the process of running round the MRTS 'Mancunian' railtour (aka 'Lancs & Yorks Rambler') which it had recently brought in from Leeds City. The A4 was preparing to take the train on the next leg of the tour to Stockport - running tender first.
Wigan North Western: Photostop at Wigan North Western on 25 November 1967 for the MRTS Mancunian (aka the Lancs & Yorks Rambler) from Leeds City. Locomotive in charge is A4 Pacific no 60019 Bittern.
Guide Bridge: 60019 Bittern after running round at Guide Bridge with The Mancunian railtour on 25 November 1967. The A4 then hauled the train tender-first to Stockport, before returning to Leeds via Manchester Victoria and Hebden Bridge.
Westerfield Junction: Despite the token catcher at the foot of the signal box steps, the signalman at Westerfield Junction prefers to engage in some rather dangerous gymnastics as an Ipswich bound DMU leaves the Felixstowe branch in November 1978. With the high volume of freightliner traffic also entering and leaving the branch at that time, continually running up and down the steps would have been particularly punishing.
Bridgeton [Central]: The frontage of the former Bridgeton Central station in November 1997, then in use as a bookmaker and looking fairly unadorned compared with today. The pub next door was called The Windsor, but is now, in a bit of retrospective renaming, it's The Station Bar. The then empty premises on the left is now a beauty salon. See image [[33717]]
Westerland (Sylt): 218 434 and 218 221 stabled at Westerland (Sylt) on a sunny but bitterly cold November day in 2005. Westerland is still something of a stronghold for the class, which works the intensive car-carrying shuttle service from Niebuell on the mainland and also Inter-City services from Hamburg. Back in 2005 they handled the regional trains as well, but these have since been taken over by the Nord-Ostsee-Bahn, albeit still using hauled stock.
Edinburgh Waverley: New signalling being installed at Waverley in November 2006 on the the under-construction 'Balmoral' through platform on the north side of the station.
Edinburgh Waverley: Northside through platforms looking west on 25 November 2006.
Edinburgh Waverley: Northside through platforms looking east, situation at 25 November 2006.
Edinburgh Waverley: As another train leaves Waverley for Glasgow Queen Street, Edinburgh kicks off another festival... 25 November 2006.
Edinburgh Waverley: Finishing work on the newly designated bay platform 3 on 25 November 2006. A Virgin terminating service stands in the 'North Berwick platform' and beyond that another Voyager prepares to take out the 1505 to Birmingham New Street.
Edinburgh Waverley: Passengers off a Virgin Voyager, recently arrived at Waverley from the south, disembark at the 'North Berwick platform' on 25 November 2006. (Old platform 7 - new platform 4).
Edinburgh Waverley: The 1500 GNER service to London leaves platform 11 on 25 November on the avoiding line via the crossover. The train is bypassing the Virgin 1505 to Birmingham New Street boarding at platform 10.
Edinburgh Waverley: A final prayer for the driver of the GNER 1400 ex Glasgow Central (going out from Waverley as the 1500 to Kings Cross) during the major engineering works at the station in November 2006.
West Hampstead: Classic bubble car DMUs, now used on sandite duties for Chiltern Railways, passing West Hampstead on 25 November 2006. [Railscot note: the station is on the Metropolitan and St John's Wood Extension Railway and the DMU is on the Harrow to Canfield Place Quadrupling (Great Central Railway).]
Edinburgh Waverley: EWS 90035 in the east end loco bay at Waverley on 25 November having brought in that mornings lowland sleeper portion from Carstairs. What will become the new Edinburgh Council HQ occupies the right background.
Edinburgh Waverley: A Virgin Voyager for Birmingham New Street boarding at Waverley platform 10 on 25 November 2006 alongside some of the plant and equipment being used in the current reconstruction work.
Edinburgh Waverley: The 1400 GNER Glasgow Central - London Kings Cross calls at Waverley during major engineering works at the station on 25 November 2006. On the left the 'Klondyke' through platform being built along the station's south wall is nearing completion. This would become the new platform 10 in the subsequent renumbering.
Edinburgh Waverley: Admiring the handiwork - Klondyke platform, 25 November 2006.
Portobello Junction: 66142 comes off the Leith South branch at Portobello with a train of imported coal from Leith Docks to Cockenzie Power Station while in the background an unidentified 66 takes a train of empties down to the Docks for loading.
Edinburgh Waverley: 'Now then, about this canopy...' Progress meeting on platforms 20 & 21 at Waverley on 25 November 2007 (a 'sub' committee?) with the 0950 Aberdeen - Kings Cross about to restart from the latter. Note the new brickwork on the modified walkway in connection with construction of new lifts and stairways, including access to the new Klondyke through platform on the other side of the south wall.
Edinburgh Waverley: West end on Sunday morning 25 November 2007, with plant and equipment finally cleared away, showing the new track layout and signalling covering routes into platforms 8 - 20.
Livingston North: The 11.25 Bathgate - Newcraighall pauses at Livingston north on 25 November. The old staircase has been removed as work continues on site.
Heysham Port: Having met the incoming Isle of Man ferry the boat train, formed by 156452, heads back to Morecambe and Lancaster. It would return to connect with the outgoing 1415 sailing although from the December 2008 timetable only one train a day would meet the ship. The nuclear power station line goes off to the left under the bridge that carries the access road to that site and to the ferry terminal.
Heysham Port: Now a single track branch with limited services but once a double track overhead electrified commuter line that also carried significant freight traffic. This is the Heysham branch looking towards Morecambe from near the ferry port as 156452 heads for Lancaster on a boat train service.
Newhaven: 47 years on from the closure of Newhaven station the main building is still there, as is the Edinburgh-bound platform, but the Stairs down from the ticket office to the platform are long gone.� The top supports however remain, as does the bridge number apparently covering both the ticket office bridge and the substantially separate Craighall Road bridge.
Trinity Junction: The site of Trinity Junction looking south on 25 November 2009. The removal of old embankments and bridge remains together with subsequent landscaping have made the location barely recognisable when compared with the same viewpoint in March 1986 see image [[20393]].
Warriston Junction: The site of Warriston Junction on a very wet 25 November, looking south see image [[23914]]. Ahead is Scotland Street goods, and, originally, Canal Street station on the site of the present day Waverley. Trailing in from the left is the original line from North Leith. These lines spent most of their lives as goods only, being replaced by the less direct but easier route via Abbeyhill.
Newhaven: Looking towards Leith from under the road bridge at Newhaven station (closed 1962) on 25 November. Quadruple tracks ran through here: only enough of the Down passenger platform has been left to base the supports for the bridge and street-level station building; to the left of it the goods lines once ran to George Street, Leith. George Street itself was renamed when the duplicated Edinburgh/Leith street names were sorted out in 1966, by which time this wouldn't have mattered much to the doomed depot.
Newhaven Junction: The former Newhaven Junction - goods sidings fanned off to the right, quickly followed by the line to Seafield. Looking east towards Leith on 25 Nov 2009.
Bonnington North Junction: Please refer to map see image [[23914]] and imagine yourself on the line to the left of 'Flour Mills' (the original Chancelot Mills) looking south. The 'LNER Loop Line' went through the trees to the left, and the abutments of that overbridge at the end of Dalmeny Road survive.� A direct connection between Granton Harbour and Leith Docks must surely have been of limited use, and the map suggests the junction was already severed.
Newhaven: The former Newhaven station looking west on 25 November. Since my visit nearly 25 years ago see image [[18910]] nature has largely taken over the platform, yet generally the spot looks more welcoming even in the rain. The now pigeon-haunted ticket office is long and narrow: it had to straddle four tracks, incredible though that seems today; beyond the mostly vanished eastbound platform ran the George Street (Leith) goods line.
Edinburgh Waverley: The western concourse at Edinburgh Waverley approaching the evening peak on 25 November 2009
Bristol Temple Meads: Lunchtime at Temple Meads on 25 November 2010 with a pair of HST's awaiting their next turn.
Bristol Temple Meads: 44932 arriving at Bristol Temple Meads on 25 November with a special from Poole.
Bristol Temple Meads: RHTT train through Temple Meads station on 25 November 2010. 66077 is the trailing locomotive with 66100 at the other end.
Bristol Temple Meads: A CrossCountry DMU bound for Cheltenham and the north leaves Bristol Temple Meads on 25 November 2010.
Bristol Temple Meads: 44932 at Temple Meads platform 10 on 25 November after arriving from Poole with a special.
Milton Keynes Central: And they're off! The 07.14 to Euston is ready to leave Milton Keynes Central on 25 November 2011. I had momentarily fallen asleep at my seat - good job I woke up!
Gretna Green: The 15.19 to Carlisle (ex-Glasgow Central) about to leave Gretna Green on 25 November 2011.
Gretna Green: View east at Gretna Green on 25 November as the 15.19 to Carlisle leaves the station and heads for Gretna junction and the WCML.
Rosyth: The morning Cardenden - Edinburgh commuter service arrives at a ch..ch.. chilly Rosyth behind 67030 on 25 November. Photographed from the temporary footbridge provided while station improvements are underway.
Rosyth: The temporary footbridge at Rosyth station in use on 25 November during ongoing station improvement work. Meantime 67030 is about to restart the morning Cardenden - Edinburgh commuter service.
Perrygrove: Scene on the 15 in gauge railway at Perrygrove Farm in the Royal Forest of Dean near Coleford, Gloucestershire. Trains travel at frequent intervals on a round trip of one and a half miles between four stations.
Woodacre Crossing: HSTs were once a common sight on the WCML on Virgin Cross Country services but the only movements nowadays are the occasional outings of the Network Rail Measurement Train. 43062 John Armitt brings up the rear of a Derby RTC to Craigentinny working at Woodacre on 25th November 2014.
Newtongrange: A relatively tidy looking Newtongrange station site on 25 November 2014, photographed looking south from the A7 overbridge. Platform construction looks well advanced and a noise barrier has been erected between the new railway and the gardens of Jenks Loan. Work is in progress on the main entrance and car park off to the left.
Heriot: A Borders Railway ballast train photographed on 25 November looking north towards Heriot village. Freightliner locomotives 66605 and 66610 (nearest) are involved.
Stow: GBRf 66752 with the tracklaying train on the northern approach to Stow Station on 25 November.
Blackpool North: The first visit of a Class 221 Voyager to Blackpool North. Voyager 221105 stands at platform 1 (left) on 25 November 2014 with a proving run from Preston in advance of the daily service to London, due to commence on 15 December 2014. With Blackpool Tower illuminated in the background, Northern Class 142, 150 and 156 units await their next turns.
Fountainhall: Looking south over the former Fountainhall Station on 25 November 2014. Will the old water tower base survive?
Blackpool North: Virgin Voyager 221105 waits in platform 1 at Blackpool North on 25 November 2014 with a test run from Preston in preparation for the re-introduction of a daily Virgin service to London from 15 December 2014.
Galabank Junction: GBRf 66752 slowly propels the tracklaying train south towards Stow Station on 25 November 2014, with 66750 stabled on the up line.
Heriot: A ballast train just south of Heriot on 25 November. Freightliner locomotives 66605 (nearest) and 66610 in charge.
Stow: GBRf 66752 propels the track laying train towards Stow Station on 25 November 2014.
York Place [Tram]: A tram from the Airport reaches journey's end on 25/11/2015. Note the stub on the westbound line, future-ready for expansion Leithwards, if and when that goes ahead. Note also that the never-changing (for now) signal is designated 'PPL' for the adjacent Picardy Place. This is where the stop was to be in the original plan.
Barnetby: 66419 heads an eastbound freight train at Barnetby on 25th November 2015 almost at sunset. Barnetby was well known for its many and various semaphore signals but just a month after this shot was taken all were swept away in a resignalling scheme.
Enjoying the Cumbrian Coast Railway: Railscot contributor David Hindle has completed another book which will be published shortly by Silver Link Publishing. 'Enjoying the Cumbrian Coast Railway' covers the use of the line from Victorian times through to the present day and is described by David as being of interest both to railway enthusiasts and those who enjoy social history. A review of this new publication will appear on Railscot as soon as a copy is to hand.
Waverley Route - The battle for the Borders Railway: The cover of the third edition, Waverley Route - The battle for the Borders Railway by David Spaven. Stenlake Publishing site
Hayes Knoll: Class 03 DM 0-6-0 D2152, on a Swindon & Cricklade Santa Special on 25th November 2017, the first day of the season. Barclay 0-6-0ST 2138 Swordfish was the other engine on the train. The train was topped and tailed by two engines to save time on the run rounds, allowing Santa to dole out more presents to the kids at a faster rate.
Greenhill Upper Junction: 158868 leads the 1L77 Glasgow Queen St to Dundee service past Greenhnill Upper Junction on a frosty 25th November 2017.
Hayes Knoll: The Swindon and Cricklade Rly held its first Santa Specials day of the 2017 season on 25th November 2017. Barclay 0-6-0ST 2138 Swordfish provided the steam power, top and tailed with a diesel shunter, seen here at Hayes Knoll.
Hayes Knoll: D2022, an early example of the Class 03 0-6-0DM shunters, seen under repair in the Hayes Knoll engine shed on 25th November 2017.
Nuneaton: A grab shot from the Nuneaton Asda car park showing a ROG class 37 dragging a failed class 350 set northwards on 25th November 2017.
Birmingham International: A 158 at 1558 - actually, it's the 1609 to Aberystwyth; although the 'Aber' is missing from the destination blind.
Pilling: An old platelayers hut still stands on the trackbed immediately to the east of the Pilling station site. It is in good condition and appears to have been adopted by the new landowner. The last goods train left the station in 1963.
Bay Horse: The Chirk to Carlisle log empties heading north through the cutting at Forton near Bay Horse on 25th November 2018. Colas 70813 was in charge of this Sunday afternoon working.
Whitley Bay: The impressive clock tower dominates the entrance to Whitley Bay Station on 25 November 2018 and is complemented by the formidable presence of a K4 telephone call box. The K4 is survivor of a single batch of 50, introduced around 1930. It is still possible to make a call or post a letter but alas, it isn't possible to purchase a stamp. Interestingly, non-working examples can be seen on heritage railways at Bury Transport Museum, Bewdley And Cranmore.
Tillicoultry: No trains, no track. Looking west along the trackbed of the former Devon Valley Railway towards Tillicoultry, approximately mid way from Dollar. The well surfaced path at this point is part of The Devon Way and is putting to good use the trackbed. I recall back in the 60s passing this spot many times but unfortunately never when a train was passing.
Edinburgh Waverley: Class 91 91125 waits to push 1E23 1630 to London Kings Cross on 25th November 2019.
North Queensferry [1st]: The first North Queensferry station found itself redundant when the Forth Bridge opened in 1890 and the station closed that year. Whether it closed the same day I don't know, but I do know that 74 years later the ferries here ceased the day the Forth Road Bridge opened. The pier is behind me (still known as Railway Pier), the station was here and the line went under the road in the background before going into a tunnel on the way to Inverkeithing.
North Queensferry: A northbound Fife local calls at North Ferry on a damp 25 November 2019 while a fast train retreats onto the bridge. It seems the secret to avoiding those silly choo-choo planters was to have your own sensible ones already.
Dalgety Bay: The 14.00 LNER service from Kings Cross to Aberdeen, formed by an Azuma for the first time in public service, passes Dalgety Bay on 25 November.
Whiteinch East Junction: V3 2-6-2T 67668 brings a train from Milngavie through Whiteinch East Juncion (now Hyndland East) on 23 May 1957. The platforms of Jordanhill station stand in the left background,
Clayhills Yard: Colas 70807 on the 6A34 tanks coming through Aberdeen heading for Waterloo on 25th November 2020.
Aberdeen Waterloo: General view of the yard area at Aberdeen Waterloo on 25th November 2020 with 70807 running round newly delivered tank wagons.
Aberdeen Waterloo: Aberdeen Waterloo has been very busy lately with all sidings occupied by tanks. Colas 70807 has delivered 6A34 to the terminal on 25th November 2020 and is now heading for the loading bay over the access points.
Eastleigh: GBRf 66725 and Colas 70813 together in Eastleigh station sidings on 25th November 2021. The 66 seemed to be acting as the local shunter but the 70 was static all day.
Eastleigh: GBRF 66725 adorned with a 'Sunderland' nameplate at Eastleigh in November 2021. The nameplate looked better on the original B17 'Footballer' 4-6-0.
Eastleigh: GBRf 73965 at one end of a Network Rail track train passing Eastleigh on 25 November 2021. 73961 was out of sight at the other end.
Events
Events from the chronology which occured on this day. This generally lists events before 1995, the creation of the website.
| Year | Companies | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1852 | Great North of Scotland Railway | First Sod cut at Westhall near Oyne. |
| 1914 | Grangemouth Railway (Forth and Clyde Canal Company) | All Grangemouth Docks closed due to the outbreak of the Great War. |
| 1952 | Tillycoultry Mine | Live broadcast from the mine. |
| 1965 | Sutherland and Caithness Railway | Salzcraggie Platform, Borrobol and Hoy 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 | Carmuirs tunnel re-opened | The Carmuirs tunnel re-opened following repairs. |
| 2004 | Anger as rail lines to be closed at same time [Scotsman] | PASSENGER watchdogs reacted angrily today to news that the two main routes between Scotland and England will be closed at the same time for three weekends. |
| 2008 | Passenger and freight rail services set for major boost [DoT] | North London Route Improvement Plan will see the line to Camden Road doubled in size from two tracks to four.[From Mark Bartlett] |
| 2009 | MSP seeks views on rail crossings [BBC News Article] | The public are being asked for their views on how safe they feel when using gate-free railway level crossings. |
| 2010 | SPT told to repay football junket costs [Scotsman] | A TRANSPORT body has been ordered to repay the £1,500 cost of an ^unacceptable^ business trip that coincided with a Uefa Cup match. The Accounts Commission also found ^serious deficiencies^ in Strathclyde Partnership for Transport^s (SPT) handling of travel expenses, with half of its £57,556 spending on 17 overseas visits in two years not being backed by receipts |
| 2011 | Network Rail prosecuted over deaths of girls at Elsenham [BBC News] | Network Rail is to be prosecuted over the deaths of two girls at an Essex level crossing almost six years ago. Olivia Bazlinton, 14, and Charlotte Thompson, 13, died when an express train hit them at Elsenham in December 2005. |
| 2011 | Boost for campaigners hoping for name change for Birmingham International railway station [Birmingham Mail] | CAMPAIGNERS battling to change the name of Birmingham International railway station to Birmingham Airport have been given fresh hope of victory. Network Rail chairman Rick Haythornthwaite promised to work to deliver the name change, and hinted that a deal could be formalised when the bidding process to allocate a new franchise for the West Coast Main Line is concluded next year. |
| 2013 | Bath Spa railway station voted best in British Isles [Bath Chronicle] | Bath Spa railway station has been voted the best in the UK and Ireland. The station run by First Great Western took two awards at this year’s International Station Awards. The team at the station designed by Brunel took the Best Medium-Sized Station title before also being awarded the top prize as overall winner of Best Station. |
| 2013 | The railway workers trained to stop suicides [BBC News] | Nearly every day someone tries to take their life on Britain^s railways, but thousands of rail staff have now been trained to spot the signs before it is too late. What are they looking for and what impact does suicide have on the network? [From Richard Buckby] |
| 2014 | Borders to Edinburgh railway: Abellio outlines route goals [BBC News] | A director with Dutch firm Abellio has outlined its aims for the Borders Railway once it takes over the ScotRail franchise in April. The line between Tweedbank and Edinburgh is scheduled to reopen in September next year. Abellio^s UK rail business development director Mike Kean said the route would be extensively marketed in advance. He added that this would continue after trains returned - with the message that the railway was ^here to stay^ |
| 2014 | Blueprint for Britain’s Wessex network unveiled [IRJ] | BRITAIN^s infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has issued the Wessex Route Plan, a blueprint for the future of passenger and freight services from London Waterloo to the south and the west of England over the next 30 years. The draft consultation plan sets out how the network could cope with an anticipated 40% growth in use of South West Main Line services from London Waterloo to Reading, Southampton, Weymouth, Portsmouth and Exeter as well as suburban services in southwest London, Berkshire and Surrey by 2043. Freight traffic is also set to grow on the primary route on the network from the Port of Southampton to the midlands and the north. The study identifies needs to increase capacity by 60% to meet expected demand on high-peak services into London Waterloo, which is equivalent to 37 trains per hour. [From Richard Buckby] |
| 2015 | Borders Railway bridge dispute taken to tribunal [BBC News] | A charity is taking Network Rail to a tribunal over the money offered after the compulsory purchase of a bridge to carry the new Borders railway. The Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust has been offered £10,000 for the Glenesk Viaduct in Midlothian. It says that ^woefully undervalues^ the £300,000 it spent on preserving and maintaining the structure. A Lands Tribunal hearing in Edinburgh, scheduled to run over two days, will examine the claim. The Edinburgh-based organisation bought the viaduct in 1992 when it was under threat of demolition and turned it into a walking and cycle route. |
| 2015 | Network Rail sell-off to fund upgrades [BBC News] | Network Rail wants to sell £1.8bn of railway arch space, disused depots and shop space in bigger stations to help raise the cash to upgrade UK railways. New chairman Sir Peter Hendy came up with the idea after he was drafted in this summer to rescue the company^s disastrous £12.5bn enhancement plan. He says by selling off non-core bits of property, Network Rail can now deliver ^the bulk^ of the planned programme. It is the biggest SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) UK landlord. |
| 2016 | Railways in the UK Autumn Statement [Railway Gazette] | UK: Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond announced ‘significant additional funding’ for transport in his Autumn Statement to Parliament on November 23. Saying he had ‘deliberately avoided making this statement into a long list of individual projects being supported’, Hammond announced that a new National Productivity Investment Fund would spend £23bn on innovation and infrastructure over the next five years. This will include an additional £450m from 2018-19 to 2020-21 to trial digital signalling. This is expected to ‘achieve a step-change in reliability’ and ‘squeeze more capacity out of our existing rail infrastructure’. Around £80m would be allocated to accelerate the roll-out of smart ticketing, including season tickets in major cities. |
| 2016 | Transport watchdogs threaten to take action if Scotrail’s poor track statistics doesn’t work [Sun] | TROUBLESHOOTERS will be sent in to rescue Scotland’s failing rail service if a new shake-up hits the buffers, a scathing report warns. Transport watchdogs say they’ll take action if the latest plan to improve ScotRail’s poor track statistics doesn’t work. The Office of Rail and Road also claimed the nation’s creaking rail system could collapse completely if there’s a harsh winter. |
| 2017 | ScotRail has launched an Outlander train travel pass for fans of hit show [Glasgow Live] | A new travel pass has been launched, called the Spirit of Scotland, which enables passengers to experience some of the real-life filming locations at a discounted cost. The aim is to provide a ^bespoke itinerary^ which makes rail travel across the country easily accessible. From Fife to South Queensferry, Inverness to Glencoe, Outlander has been filmed in some of Scotland^s most beautiful spots, and according to ScotRail, this is the ^only ticket you^ll need to experience the show^s mysterious world^. And the best bit? The pass is on sale with a 20 per cent discount until February 2018. It entitles you to four days of travel across eight days (on sale for £111 down from £139) or eight days of travel across 15 (£143 down from £179). |
| 2019 | Delays all day for rail passengers in Tayside and Fife as ScotRail provides replacement buses [Evening Telegraph] | Rail passengers travelling in Tayside and Fife should expect disruption all day today, with replacement bus services in place on a number of ScotRail routes. |
| 2019 | Model railway exhibition destroyed by vandals rebuilt using £107,000 of donations [Metro] | A model railway exhibition that was destroyed by vandals earlier this year has now been rebuilt thanks to more than £107,000 in donations. Members of The Market Deeping Model Railway Club had been left in tears after four teenagers trashed the display as part of a pre-exam night out earlier this year. Singer and model railway enthusiast Sir Rod Stewart donated £10,000 alone. |
| 2019 | Notice to Mariners - Network Rail Abseiling Operations on Tay Rail Bridge [Forth Ports] | Mariners are advised that Network Rail will conduct an examination of the Tay Rail Bridge using abseiling techniques. The examination will be conducted between the 25th November 2019 and the 19th December 2019 during daylight hours only; with abseiling happening between spans 31, 32 and 33, which are the navigational spans. |
| 2019 | Train services suspended due to sinkhole [BBC News] | Train services between Aberdeen and Edinburgh have been suspended due to a sinkhole on the line north of Leuchars. Network Rail said that ballast stones had subsided as a result and engineers need to assess the depth of the subsidence. |
