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03/12/2024	ScotRail spreads Christmas cheer with more seats and more services ScotRail
	South Western Railway set to be first train operator nationalised by Labour Financial Times
	TransPennine Express starts electric-powered running between Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge RAIL
	Network Rail celebrates International Day of Persons with Disabilities with success of station navigation app and autism-friendly stations by the end of 2025 Network Rail
	Keighley station upgrade project moves full steam ahead into the new year Network Rail
	Conductor threatened with knife on Inverkeithing train Dunfermline Press
	Avanti Class 807s among latest new trains to enter traffic across the network RAIL
	Australian ferry which doesnt fit docks down under berthed at Port of Leith in Scotland STV
	Tunnelling machines to take HS2 to Euston unveiled - work set to start next year RAIL
	Sadiq Khan pushes forward with £900m Overground line connecting leafy London suburbs and Premier League football stadium 'to open in early 2030s' Daily Mail
	Northern and TransPennine Express join forces to offer students massive discount on commute to school Northern
02/12/2024	Why are there not enough train drivers in Scotland? BBC Scotland
	Opening date for the Northumberland Line is confirmed Berwick Advertiser
	Council writes to ScotRail opposing bid to cut train station ticket office hours East Lothian Courier
	Extra minutes added to Edinburgh Trams journeys 'make them no faster than bus' Scotsman

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1838	Arbroath and Forfar Railway Leysmill to Forfar officially opened. Stations opened at: Leysmill, Friockheim, Guthrie, Auldbar Road, Clocksbriggs, Forfar [1st].
1855	Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway Opened from a new Ballymena station (just north of the Belfast and Ballymena Railway terminus Ballymena [1st] which closed) to Coleraine and Portrush. Stations opened at Ballymena, Killagan, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush
1895	Garngaber Curve (Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway) Garngaber Junction Line opened for Merchandise (this line? Seems a bit late.)
1901	Wrington Vale Light Railway Line opened.
1950	Aberdeen Railway Muchalls closed.
1957	North Kent Railway 90 are killed at Lewisham when an express trains passes signals and runs into a stopped electric train. As a result of the crash a 350 ton bridge over the line is dropped onto the crash site.
1967	Balerno Branch (Caledonian Railway) Balerno Goods to Balerno Junction and Balerno Goods Junction to Ravelrig Junction closed.
1967	Edinburgh, Suburban and Southside Junction Railway Gorgie Cattle Market [NB] to Gorgie Mills siding (excluded) closed.
2001	Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway Tree-planting ceremony marks the site-start at Newcraighall. Construction of Newcraighall and Brunstane stations on the Edinburgh CrossRail scheme commences.
2005	Caledonian Railway Network Rail's upgrade of line north from Preston to Glasgow Central will allow 125mph running.

BR Standard class 2 2-6-0 no 78036 photographed on Crewe South shed (5B) in December 1966.

David Pesterfield (1966)

A Class 47 loco stabled near a junction in summer 1989 but where and what are those gantries for?
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Signal wires on poles

Due to Carr Bridge station's high and exposed location the signal wires were carried on poles to keep them clear of snow.

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Key events

May 2024	50th anniversary of the Electric Scots Continuing ASLEF dispute at DfT operators overtaken by general election Barrhead/East Kilbride conductor dispute resolved Peak fares trial extended to August First Minister officially opens £116M Levenmouth Railway
April 2024	New active travel route at Gourock Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Central the first stations in Britain to have British Sign Language on their main departure screens Joanne Maguire new interim ScotRail MD, Liam Sumpter to head Network Rail in Scotland
March 2024	Alex Hynes departure announced from Scotland for DfT Jacobite suspended
February 2024	Dunblane resignalling to allow southbound trains to depart from Platform 3 Highland networks closed by storm on 5 February East Kilbride carpark reduced for new station construction Addiewell temporarily closed for reconstruction Brodick ferries diverted to Troon by Ardrossan pier damage Seawall damage near Helmsdale
January 2024	'The Hatch' café opens at Singer 'Reboot your Commute' advertising campaign Four loops taken out of use during snow on HML Storms Isha and Jocelyn led to network closures from 1900 on 21 and 23 January Storm Ingunn on 31 January closed West and North Highland routes

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