This day in history 10 December
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Germiston Junction High: The End. BR maintenance ends sign located on CR Garnkirk extension at Germiston High Jn just before it passes under Garngad/Royston Rd.- was this a premonition? NB NBR also had a branch into Provan Gas Wks which the CR served.
Millerhill Yard: A busy scene at the north end of Millerhill yard on 10 December 2002. On the left a coal train is passing through behind a class 66, in the centre Loadhaul liveried 56118 is leaving for the north with a freight, while on the right 150250 is running into the turnback siding after recently terminating at Newcraighall on a service from Bathgate. The DMU will shortly form the next service to Dunblane.
Niddrie South Junction: A class 66 heading back to Millerhill Yard light engine on the approach to Niddrie South junction on 10 December 2002. The locomotive is about to pass below the bridge carrying the A1 over the line.
Millerhill Marshalling Yard [North]: Freights about to pass at the north end of Millerhill Yard in December 2002. Running back from the centre of the picture is the turnback siding installed for use of passenger services terminating at Newcraighall station, which had opened in June of that year.
Portobello Junction: DRS 37611 ambles back from Powderhall to Millerhill yard in December 2002 following 'Binliner' duties.
Newcraighall Turnback Siding: EWS 66233 finally gets underway following a lengthy signal check at the north end of Millerhill Yard in December 2002. The coal empties are destined for Ravenstruther.
Camelon: Westbound coal empties returning from Longannet to Hunterston rumble west through Camelon station, Falkirk, on 10 December 2004. The train is signalled for the route west at Carmuirs East Junction, just beyond the bridge.
Seafield Road Junction: Looking south in December 2004 at the remaining abutment of the bridge across Seafield Street which carried the NB line on its way up from Meadows Junction and yard (off picture to the left) towards Seafield Road Junction (thence the bridge over Seafield Road). The stairs provide access to the trackbed, which is now part of a walkway. See image [[6697]]
Camelon: EWS 66229 has just crossed the bridge over the A9 on the west side of Falkirk on 10 December 2004. The locomotive is about to run west through Camelon station with returning coal empties from Longannet power station bound for Hunterston import terminal.
Camelon: Coal empties from Longannet power station approaching Camelon, westbound, on 10 December 2004. The locomotive is crossing the bridge over the A9 alongside the overgrown island platform of the original Camelon station, with the old stairway between platform and road level still visible see image [[13253]].
Seafield Junction [CR]: Its thataway.... Message from Elvis to the Caledonian perhaps. Scene west of Seafield Junction at the point where their line to Leith East goods crossed a bridge over Seafield Place. Now a walkway, photographed looking east along both levels in December 2004... thangyuverrymuch!
Berlin Alexanderplatz: Alexanderplatz station, taken from the viewing windows of Berlin's Television Tower in 2006.
Grimsargh: View of the Longridge branch trackbed, in a shallow cutting south of Grimsargh, taken from the B6243 road overbridge. A new footpath and cycleway from the village will use this cutting and should connect into an existing cycleway that runs along the trackbed out of Preston as far as Ribbleton. View towards Ribbleton at Map Ref SD583399
Irvine: 318 255 pulls into Irvine station on 10 December 2008 with a Glasgow Central - Ayr service.
Grimsargh: Ever since final closure in 1967 the bridge over the Longridge branch trackbed south of Grimsargh has been a traffic bottleneck without serving any real purpose. Now however, a footpath and cycleway from the village is being extended and will pass under the road at this point. There are seperate footbridges on both sides of the narrow road bridge. View towards Ribbleton and Preston at Map Ref SD584342
Birchington-on-Sea: 375305 stops at Birchington-on-Sea with a service to Ramsgate on 10 December 2008.
Birchington-on-Sea: The 1863 Kent Coast Railway station buildings at Birchington-on-Sea seen looking north on 10 December 2008. The building on the right, having been in use as a day nursery, is currently up for sale.
West Kilbride: View along the platform at West Kilbride on 10 December 2008 towards Largs. The attractive former station building here is now a restaurant.
Birchington-on-Sea: A low winter sun illuminates 375827 as it heads west on the North Kent Coast line between Birchington-on-Sea and Herne Bay in December 2008. The sea is a short distance behind the house on the left and it was a cool wind from the north-east that lowered the temperature significantly!
Ardrossan South Beach: Looking towards Holm Junction from Ardrossan South Beach on 10 December. On the right is the freight only line used primarily by the Hunterston coal trains.
Westgate-on-Sea: A Class 375 unit runs east through Westgate-on-Sea station heading for Margate on 10 December 2008.
Margate: Although the track is still in place to this bay platform at the west end of Margate station, it doesn't look as if it has seen a train for several years; 10 December 2008.
Livingston North: The 11.25 Bathgate - Newcraighall pauses amid scenes of work at Livingston North on 10 December 2008
Kilwinning: A Glasgow Central - Ayr service pulls into Kilwinning platform 4 on 10 December 2008, with 318 269 at the head of a 6-car train.
Margate: Looking east past Margate signal box towards the station on 10 December 2008.
Largs: View towards the buffer stops at Largs on 10 December 2008 with a service from Glasgow Central standing at platform 2. Platform 1 is required to accomodate additional trains at peak times.
Ashbourne: The former railway goods shed at Ashbourne in December 2009. Now surrounded by major new developments all around but still in use with a new company sign at the south west corner of the building.
Glasgow Central: Up close and personal... 380001 and 380102 forming the 1530 Glasgow-Ayr service at Glasgow Central on 10 December 2010.
Merthyr Tydfil: 143623 waits to leave Merthyr Tydfil on the 08.38 twin unit service to Bridgend via Barry on 10 December 2010. Standing room only by Llandaff.
Preston: The Pretendolino 1846 hrs Fridays only Euston to Preston relief service stands at Preston on 10 December 2010 with DVT 82126 at the south end see image [[31880]].
Glasgow Central: 380001 (attached to 380102) photographed at Glasgow Central with the 1530 Glasgow-Ayr service on 10 December 2010
Cardiff Central: Former London Overground Silverlink liveried 150128 at Cardiff Central on 10 December on the 10.00 First Great Western service to Taunton.
Preston: Scene at Preston station on 10 Dec 2010, the last night that 1P05, the 1846 hrs Fridays only Euston to Preston relief service, was scheduled to run with a Class 90 and Virgin liveried Mk 3 set, known in commom parlence as The Pretendolino. At the north end, seen here, was ScotRail liveried 90024 and at the London end was DVT 82126 see image [[31879]].
Edinburgh Waverley: 334037 and 82207 stand at Edinburgh Waverley during the early afternoon of 10 December 2011.
Trowbridge: West Country Pacific no 34067 Tangmere heading north out of Westbury on the Bath line on 10 December 2011. The train is the 'Bath Christmas Market Special' from Three Bridges to Bristol, seen here approaching Trowbridge, Wiltshire.
Cranmore: GWR 0-6-2T no 5637 takes on water in between operating 'Santa Specials' on the East Somerset Railway on 10 December.
Preston (Ribble Branch): Cold start. The 650hp Paxman Ventura engine of D9539 bursts into life ready for Santa Special duties on the RSR. The Class 14 was on the rear of the five coach services with Austerity 0-6-0ST Walkden at the front. With this immaculate diesel's restoration complete the RSR now has all the power needed for these heavy trains.
Trowbridge: Bulleid West Country Pacific no 34067 Tangmere with the 'Bath Christmas Market Special' from Three Bridges to Bristol. Photographed heading for Trowbridge on 10 December.
Airdrie: A morning Helensburgh Central - Edinburgh Waverley service arrives at Airdrie on a wet 10 December 2011.
Princes Street [Tram]: Looking west along Princes Street past The Mound tram stop on 10 December 2012. Catenary supports can be seen attached to the poles. No sign of an illuminated tram in the Blackpool manner!
Ayr Harbour South: View north in December 2013 over the remains of the bridge which carried the branch to Ayr's south harbour. Taken from the terrace of The Waterfront bar/ restaurant which is built across the trackbed. On the far bank, the gap in the wall visible under the radio mast is where the track emerged from the goods yard, now also built over. See image [[36905]]
Paterson's No 2 Siding: The view north over the trackbed from above Ladhope tunnel, Galashiels, on 10 December 2013. The footbridge linking Low and High Buckholmside stands in the background.
Redbridge Viaduct: View west over a section of Winston Road, Galashiels, on 10 December 2013 with excavation of the old infilled railway bridge almost complete see image [[42351]].
Galashiels [1st]: So there is something left of the old Galashiels station! The columns and gates stand at what was the station entrance see image [[45247]] but now give access to the car park serving Anderson's Chambers on Market Street. Scene on 10 December 2013, some 45 years after closure, with Anderson's Chambers just off picture to the right. Beyond the car park is a new road, beyond that a health centre, beyond that an Asda Superstore, beyond that...
Haymarket [Tram]: Wraps off. The Haymarket mural being dismantled on 10 December 2013. See image [[45165]]
Bay Horse: Back lit by the late afternoon winter sun at Bay Horse, new Trans-Pennine EMU 350401 heads for Carnforth on a test run from Crewe. The unit, which is still awaiting TPE vinyls, is seen on 10th December 2013, Day 2 of the new winter timetable.
Bay Horse: Freightliner 70002 takes an infrastructure train north at Bay Horse on 10 December.
Bay Horse: With 19 empty bogie hoppers in tow 66531 heads back to Scotland on a cold December afternoon at Bay Horse. The train originated from Fiddlers Ferry Power Station near Warrington.
Galashiels [1st]: View north west across the former station forecourt at Galashiels towards the exit in December 2013, with less changed in this view than that in the opposite direction see image [[45617]]. On the right is the Church of Our Lady and St Andrew, completed in 1876, while on the left is Anderson's Chambers, originally a tweed merchant's warehouse dating from 1879. The old forecourt is now a private car park used by occupants of the latter.
Paterson's No 2 Siding: Lights on in a gloomy Galashiels on 10 December 2013, despite it being well after 10am. Construction work is seen underway here just to the north of Ladhope Tunnel.
Manchester Piccadilly: Units at Piccadilly - 319368 calls at platform 13 with a Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Airport Northern Electrics service. On the right 185150 enters the main station with a TPE service that is also heading to the Airport but will reverse first.
Newton West Junction: Fossil fuel express changing the climate locally on 10th December 2015.
Irvine Bank Street: Looking east along Bank Street, Irvine, on 10 December 2015. The young lady is walking past what was once the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway's 1890 terminus in the town. Closed to passengers in 1930, the location continued to handle goods traffic for several years before that too ceased in 1939. The building is currently occupied by an insurance company and a property surveyor.
Newton West Junction: The 1049 Newton - Glasgow Central passes under the now reopened Old Mill Road bridge across the WCML at Cambuslang on 10th December 2015. see image [[51404]].
Manchester Victoria: Metrolink trams approach and depart from Manchester Victoria on 10 December. These trams are on the original route via Piccadilly Gardens. To the left is the second city crossing via Exchange Square.
Manchester Piccadilly: 390013 the Penguilino has just arrived at Manchester Piccadilly with Virgin's Christmas offering for 2015.
Manchester Piccadilly: A close up of the Penguilino livery on 390013 at Manchester Piccadilly - with credit to the designer, 9 year old Amber Maxfield.
Milngavie: Milngavie station, looking surprisingly lush for the time of year!
Irvine Bank Street: Frontage of the former L&A station on Bank Street, Irvine, on 10 December 2015. See image [[53543]]
Bradford-on-Avon: 34052 'Lord Dowding' passing through Bradford on Avon enroute to Bath and Bristol at 1405 hours with a Cathedrals Express. To the uninitiated this engine is actually 34046 Braunton. A wet and overcast day, 2500ISO, F5 & 1-160sec.
Norbreck North: Norbreck North tram station only opened in March 2016 following a campaign by local residents. See image [[54358]] taken during construction. The original stop closed in 2011 and, because this new station was constructed separately from the rest of the tramway upgrade, we know that this simple facility cost the tidy sum of £290,000. Flexity 002 Alderman E. E. Wynne calls at Norbreck North while heading south along the cliff top section.
Bradford-on-Avon: 153377 passing through Bradford-on-Avon at 1355 hours.
Bradford-on-Avon: 150202 Bath bound at Bradford-on-Avon on 10 December 2016, destination Bristol Temple Meads.
ScotRail: A poster from the new ScotRail campaign, Every Single Day. This campaign features members of staff involved in running the railway.
Bradford-on-Avon: First Great Western 158798 near Bradford-on-Avon at 1337 hours on 10 December 2016 with a Portsmouth Harbour - Cardiff Central service.
Inverkeithing: One beneficiary of the Edinburgh Gateway opening is the Gyle shopping centre which is nearer Gateway than it is to South Gyle station. This is just as well as South Gyle is losing half its services to Gateway. This poster was photographed at Inverkeithing on 10/12/2016.
Ribble Steam Railway Museum: 2017 was the 60th anniversary of the closure of the Whittingham Hospital Railway in 1957. To mark the occasion the Ribble Steam Railway Museum had a small exhibition about the line in front of the resident Sentinel 0-4-0VBT St Monans, which is the same type as the CMHW Sentinel Gradwell. Next to the Sentinel is an elderly coach that closely resembles one of those used on the line See image [[35620]].
Milton of Crathes: A lunchtime Santa special at the Royal Deeside Railway on 10th December 2017. The view is looking north from the south Deeside road with the River Dee below the field just in front of the train, which was being propelled very slowly westwards towards Banchory.
Inverkeithing East Junction: 57311 leads the Northern Belle away from Inverkeithing East Junction towards Dalgety Bay with a trip from Glasgow Central to Dundee. 57303 was on the rear of the train at this point. 10th December 2017.
Bay Horse: A bitterly cold late afternoon at Bay Horse as 48151 heads back to Lancaster with the second 2017 Santa Special, a packed train, on 10th December 2017.
Ashton Swing Bridge (Preston): The speed whiskers on 15mph limited NS663 are perhaps a little superfluous but it makes a fine sight crossing the Ashton Swing Bridge with a Santa Special on 10th December 2017. The former Dutch Railways loco only has air brakes but the steam loco provided the train's vacuum brakes - and the very necessary steam heating.
St James: A Metro 4-car unit stands at the St James terminus in Newcastle city centre on 10 December 2017 ready to depart to South Shields. Informed travellers would change at the first station on its journey, Monument, which will also be its 28th stop, albeit on a different platform at a lower level and around an hour later. The train’s anti-clockwise journey round the North Tyneside loop takes it though North Shields which is only about 1500m as the crow flies from its destination which it is due to reach after a further 63 minutes have elapsed.
Edinburgh Waverley: Electric 380 113 at Waverley, about to run through to Glasgow Queen Street High Level.
Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Electric 380020 at Glasgow Queen Street High Level.
Falkirk High: A pair of electric 380s at Falkirk High.
Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Electric unit 380113 at Glasgow Queen Street High Level having run through from Edinburgh via Falkirk.
Haymarket: Electric 380 004 eastbound at Haymarket.
Linlithgow: An electric train on the E&G passes a planter at Linlithgow station.
Linlithgow: 158721 on the 11.48 from Stirling to Edinburgh passes 380 004/114 on the 12.01 Edinburgh - Glasgow Queen Street, at Linlithgow.
Linlithgow: 380 114 and 380 104 leave a sub-zero Linlithgow with the 11.00 Glasgow Queen Street service, on the first day of electric operation.
Linlithgow: 380 113 and 380 020 call at Linlithgow with the 12.00 Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh train.
Edinburgh Waverley: E&G electrics are indicated on the Waverley departure board; the message about longer trains is used everywhere on the E&G to differentiate electric trains.
Preston (Ribble Branch): Despite the forecast there was only a light dusting of snow for the Ribble Steam Santa Specials on 10th December 2017. Hawthorn Leslie No.21, formerly employed by British Steel in Corby, heads towards the Ashton Swing Bridge with the second train of the day.
Cumbernauld: An Edinburgh to Glasgow Queen Street service calls at Cumbernauld on 10 December, the first day of operation of these services. I could well have been the first passenger to travel direct from Edinburgh to Cumbernauld!
Falkirk Grahamston: A Class 365 on a Dunblane to Edinburgh service pulls into a frosty Falkirk Grahamston on the first weekday of electric operation. Saying that, an opposite working just about to pass it was a diesel, so obviously not all is going to plan. Who'd have thought it?
Montrose: HST and starter at Montrose - a view south from the bridge.
Glasgow Queen Street High Level: A fine looking ScotRail HST at high level Queen Street.
Scarborough Road Junction: View looking north by Scarborough Road overbridge in Norton near Malton in December 2018. The junction, where the line from Pilmoor met the two track spur from the York to Scarborough line, was approximately where the view was taken from. The line from Pilmoor ran slightly to the right, through where the furthest away bungalows are now sited, whereas the twin track spur from the York to Scarborough line ran to the left of the sports building seen in the far distance.
Montrose: Aberdeen starter in siding at Montrose. The view south.
Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Contrasting front ends at the Queen St buffers on 10th December 2018. Classes 156, 43 and 170 line up.
Scarborough Road Junction: View south through Scarborough Road overbridge in Norton near Malton on 10th December 2018. The junction, where the line from Pilmoor met the two track spur from the York to Scarborough line was approximately where the photograph was taken from. The junction was complex in that the left hand spur ran into the Pilmoor line which ran to a headshunt, whereas the right hand line ran ahead to join up with the line from Driffield. The lines were connected by two crossovers forming a long reversing loop which also allowed through running from Pilmoor to Driffield at the headshunt end.
Montrose: Winter sky at Montrose on 10th December 2018.
Interiors: Seatback notices proclaiming 'Going from Classic to Class' seen in a HST set at Queen Street on 10th December 2018.
Glasgow Queen Street High Level: A new nose end at Glasgow Queen Street on 10th December 2018.
Cumbernauld: I fear the battle against 'train station' is being lost; I have even seen it in a TOC advert. The chatty style in this sign near Cumbernauld station is presumably thought preferable to two symbols and a '2 mins'.
Ballater: A wet and windy morning in Ballater. View north across a deserted Station Square on 10 December 2019.
Aberdour: Colas 67023 coasts downhill towards Aberdour with a Network Rail measurement train from Edinburgh to Aberdeen and back, with 67027 on the rear.
Inverkeithing East Junction: The 10.00 LNER Azuma service from Kings Cross to Aberdeen climbs away from Inverkeithing East Junction on a very wet and windy 10 December 2019.
Aberdour: Colas 67027 brings up the rear of a Network Rail measurement train from Edinburgh to Aberdeen and back, with 67023 leading into Aberdour station. 10th December 2019.
Ballater: The rear of the rebuilt Ballater station on 10 December 2019. View west along the platform showing the museum extension containing the replica royal coach see image [[65231]].
Lostock Hall Junction: A Colne to Preston service passes under Todd Lane South road bridge at Lostock Hall Junction on 10 December 2020. For a long time these units only passed here on Blackpool - York services but are now covering the local stoppers. For a view west from the road bridge see image [[18755]]
Events
Events from the chronology which occured on this day. This generally lists events before 1995, the creation of the website.
| Year | Companies | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1795 | George Burns | Birth of George Burns, ship owner and operator. |
| 1872 | Rutherglen and Coatbridge Branch (Caledonian Railway) | Two road shed at Baillieston Shed opened in connection with Bredisholm and Baillieston pits. Sub-shed of Polmadie Shed. |
| 1931 | Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway | NB_>Bellshill NB South signal box closed. |
| 1937 | Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway | 35 are killed in a train crash at Castlecary when an Edinburgh to Glasgow express struck the rear of a Dundee to Glasgow. This was the worst crash in the London and North Eastern Railway^s history. |
| 1945 | Cathcart District Railway | Murder at Pollokshields East. |
| 1949 | PS Lucy Ashton | Sold to Metal Industries (Salvage) Ltd, Faslane Military Port. Deck structures removed. Hull used for resistance testing by the British Shipbuilding Research Association and fitted with jet propulsion. (The wheelhouse found its way to the garden of Graham Langmuir, noted steamer historian.) |
| 1961 | Cathcart District Railway | Electrification complete. |
| 1965 | Formartine and Buchan Railway | Longside South signal box closed. |
| 2019 | Portsmouth | HMS Prince of Wales commissioned. |
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 | Drivers risk their lives on Scotland^s level crossings [Scotsman] | THE carnage of the Berkshire rail crash has failed to curb the number of motorists risking a similar disaster by driving through red lights on level crossings in Scotland. |
| 2007 | A train journey to London? It^s cheaper to fly 4,000 miles away to Caribbean [Scotsman Article] | UNIONS and passenger groups yesterday hit out at a new rail-franchise deal and highlighted the fact that it is cheaper to fly to the Caribbean than take a return trip by train between Scotland and London. |
| 2007 | Group wants support for rail link [BBC News Article] | A campaign group calling for a train station for St Andrews courts the views of Fife residents. |
| 2008 | Man struck by train on platform [BBC News Article] | A man is in a serious condition in hospital after being struck by a freight train as he waited at a station in Falkirk. |
| 2008 | Strategic Transport Projects Review [Scottish Government] | Environmental assessment of Government^s 10-year plan for road and rail developments. |
| 2009 | Youth hurt after train collision [BBC News] | A teenager is being treated for serious head and leg injuries after being hit by a train in Edinburgh Waverley Station. |
| 2009 | Up to speed on the Settle & Carlisle line [Network Rail Article] | Train speeds are set to double for the first time in 40 years this weekend as a temporary speed restriction is lifted over a mile-long section of the Settle to Carlisle line. The stretch of track through Kirkby Thore was given a thorough makeover in the summer when Network Rail spent over £6m strengthening the line to protect it from sink holes caused by gypsum mining. |
| 2009 | Borders rail link bidders sought [BBC News Article] | The process of appointing a contractor to build the £295m rail link between Edinburgh and the Borders begins. |
| 2009 | Temporary station expands to meet demand [Network Rail Article] | Network Rail has extended the length of the platforms at the temporary Workington North railway station to meet passenger demand and the longer trains now calling there. |
| 2009 | Scottish rail services set for disruption free Christmas [Network Rail] | Rail services within Scotland will run as timetabled this Christmas as Network Rail engineering works which impact upon train services have been cut-back and re-arranged to reduce disruption. ScotRail’s customers will, for the first time in several years, be able to enjoy uninterrupted services on routes across the country. |
| 2010 | New £300m rail link set to enter service this Sunday [Network Rail] | The new £300m Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link will be ready for passengers this Sunday (December 12). [Railscot note: First train from Edinburgh is the 0837 to Helensburgh arr 1044. First train from Helensburgh is the 0755 to Edinburgh arr 1007.] |
| 2012 | Passengers see clear improvement as final pane installed at Waverley [Network Rail] | The final pane of glass was installed in Edinburgh Waverley’s new station roof on Thursday 6 December as Network Rail’s £130m project to improve the station moved another step closer to completion. Glaziers working on behalf of principal contractor Balfour Beatty installed the 24,700th pane of glass near the station’s western entrance two and half years after work began on the eastern side of the station. |
| 2014 | Scotland faces being struck by a ‘weather bomb’ [Scotsman] | SCOTLAND is braced to be hit by a powerful “weather bomb” today, causing flooding, power cuts and travel disruption. The Met Office warned of winds of up to 80mph and “exceptionally high waves” – to be followed by snow and further problems on Friday. |
| 2015 | Caledonian Sleeper trains to trial Oban service [Scotsman] | OVERNIGHT trains will run to Oban for the first time for 51 years to gauge demand for a permanent service, the Caledonian Sleeper announced today. Sleeper trains have not served the west coast port, apart from occasional diversions, since 1965. They will operate to and from Oban from 12-14, 19-21 and 26-28 February. |
| 2016 | A brief encounter at Britain’s least-used railway station [Guardian] | You don’t see much out the window as the 7.04 from Cambridge to Norwich rattles across the Fens on a dank December morning – fields, mainly, which start to take shape as the sun rises somewhere behind the gloom. Then the train slows down and, out of nowhere, a platform appears. Kash, the conductor, seemed surprised when I had requested the stop. “Oh, this is very rare,†he said before alerting the driver. “Very rare.†Only one pair of doors open. I step out on to the empty platform, with no idea where to go. As the train pulls away – right on time, at 7.28am – I’m alone. By the time the third carriage rushes past, Kash is a blur as he leans out of his window. “Have fun!†he shouts into the half-light. A cold wind strikes my face as silence returns to Britain’s quietest train station. [From Mark Bartlett] |
| 2016 | Fed-up Southern Rail passengers plan to charter their own train in a bid to beat the strikes that have crippled the network and caused commuter chaos [Daily Mail] | Fed-up passengers that use crisis-hit Southern Rail are considering chartering their own train to get to work after another round of staff strikes were announced. The audacious bid by the Reigate, Redhill and District Rail Users Association does not come cheap, with the cost of hire coming in at £35,000. This works out as an eye-watering £50 for a return journey from Surrey to London if the train hold 670 passengers. |
| 2017 | Memorial marks 80 years since Castlecary train disaster [BBC News] | One of Britain^s worst train crashes is to be remembered in a memorial service. The Castlecary rail disaster cost 35 people their lives in a freezing snowstorm on a December Friday night in 1937. Another 179 were hurt in the tragedy when an Edinburgh to Glasgow express ploughed into a stationary train just west of Castlecary village. An inquiry found a signalling error led the driver of the express to believe the line was clear. The crash happened in the evening of 10 December 1937 as the express from Edinburgh Waverley was travelling at high speed in a blizzard. Both the express and the other train, from Dundee, were bound for Glasgow^s Queen Street Station. |
| 2017 | First train crosses the Ordsall Chord and makes railway history [MEN] | It was an historic moment as the first train crossed the Ordsall Chord linking Manchester Victoria, Oxford Road and Piccadilly stations on Sunday morning. The M.E.N. joined a strong turnout of train enthusiasts for the first journey from Victoria to Oxford Road via the new network arch bridge at the heart of the line. Designed by architect Peter Jenkins of BDP, the £85m Network Rail project, includes 300m of track and a series of bridges and viaducts. The first train departed Victoria on Sunday at 8.40am, before heading to Oxford Road and back to Victoria, then making its way to Leeds. |
| 2018 | Concern over Calmac’s repair bills as calls made for ‘urgent’ investment from Scottish Government [Press and Journal] | The Scottish Government is facing calls for “urgent†investment in Calmac ferries after new figures revealed that more than 120 repairs have been made to the fleet since 2016. |
| 2018 | New platforms open at Britains busiest railway station as part of £800 million investment for passengers [Network Rail] | The former Eurostar terminal at Waterloo station reopened permanently this morning (10 December) for the first time since international services moved to St Pancras in 2007, as part of the £800 million project to increase capacity on the South Western Railway network. |
| 2018 | Crossrail delay: £1.4bn bailout as autumn 2019 launch delayed [BBC News] | A £1.4bn bailout has been announced for Crossrail, as Europe^s biggest infrastructure project is pushed back beyond its launch date of autumn 2019. Londons £15bn route, to be known as the Elizabeth Line, had originally been due to open this month. The rescue plan - the third this year - will be used to plug a predicted £2bn hole in the project^s finances. |
| 2019 | Trains between Kilwinning and Ardrossan Harbour cancelled [Ardrossan Herald] | Rail services betweenAyrshireand Glasgow are currently disrupted due to severe weather. Services between Ardrossan and Largs and Glasgow are expected to be disrupted until at least 3pm today, Tuesday, December 10, according to Scotrail. An update from Scotrail reads: ^Due to severe weather between Stevenston and Ardrossan South Beach, train services from Glasgow Central heading towards Ardrossan Harbour and Largs will be terminated and started back from Kilwinning.^ |
| 2019 | So long, farewell, ScotRails Class 314 goodbye [ScotRail] | It^s the end of the line for ScotRail^s Class 314 fleet, as the train operator has confirmed it is withdrawing the last of the trains from service. As a final send-off, ScotRail is putting on a special farewell tour around Strathclyde after the trains retire from passenger service. The last Class 314 will make its farewell journey on Wednesday, 18 December, on routes around Strathclyde that haven^t seen the trains for a number of years, and on routes that have never seen them. |
| 2019 | Llangollen steam rail line nears opening as 45-year track work ends [BBC News] | A 45-year project to build a railway line between two Denbighshire towns has been completed. Ten miles (16km) of the Llangollen steam railway line has been rebuilt between Llangollen and Corwen, with a platform created at the end. Earlier this year, the final £10,000 was raised to fill a gap in the embankment between the new Corwen station and the rest of the line. Work on the line was formally finished on Tuesday. |
