Today's banner by David Bosher: With only three miles to go to its destination at Marylebone, 165017 on a Chiltern Line service speeds past the LU Jubilee Line station at West Hampstead, at 11.55 on Saturday, 22nd March 2025. Just visible in the background on the right is LU 1996 stock on a Jubilee Line service that terminated here and is heading away into the reversing siding between the Jubilee running lines.

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1853  Londonderry and Coleraine Railway
Extended from Newtown Junction [Limavady] (station opened 1855) to Coleraine Waterside.
1861  Formartine and Buchan Railway
Opened from Dyce (Great North of Scotland Railway) to Old Deer and Mintlaw. Stations opened at Parkhill, Newmachar, Udny, Newburgh Road, Esslemont, Ellon, Arnage, Auchnagatt, Brucklay [1st] and Old Deer and Mintlaw.
1861  Great North of Scotland Railway
Double track from Kittybrewster [2nd] to Dyce brought into use on the opening of the Formartine and Buchan Railway.
1863  Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway
Extended from Kilcommon to Ovoca (now Avoca).
1871  Wilsontown Branch (Caledonian Railway)
Westwoodside and Pool Branch opened for minerals.
1872  Wigtownshire Railway
Act for the Wigtownshire Railway authorises the railway from Newton Stewart to Wigtown along with a tramway to Garlieston Harbour.
1872  Hamilton to Ferniegair (Caledonian Railway)
Hamilton West to Ross Junction (Ferniegair) authorised. Some deviation of the original line at Ferniegair is required.
1881  Cathcart District Railway
Working agreement made between the Cathcart District Railway and Caledonian Railway.
1884  Randolph Gordon Erskine Wemyss
Randolph Gordon Erskine Wemyss marries Lady Lillian Mary Paulet (for whom the Wemyss Colliery Lady Lilian Pit sunk 1890-93 was named).
1889  Barry Dock and Railways
Opens first dock of 73 acres.

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This day in history

Barrhead station. Compound 4.4.0 1110 on Kilmarnock local.

Barrhead station. Compound 4.4.0 1110 on Kilmarnock local.

G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow (1949)

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A Class 47 loco stabled near a junction in summer 1989 but where and what are those gantries for?
[Added 01 March 2023.]

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Miscellany

Related to Gatehouse of Fleet.

Church Carriage

A grounded ex Caledonian Railway coach at the station served as a hall and church from 1939.

It was replaced in 1965 with an ex Great Northern Railway coach.

The coach survived into the 1970s.

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Key events

December 2024Travel Safe team boosted. Cardiff-Edinburgh train, Lanark half-hourly in evenings, Gleneagles extra calls. Boxing Day trains to Leven, Dundee, Arbroath, Alloa. Traincrew cancellations hit Tweedbank and South Electrics (on an 'Auld Firm' Day). Lorry on line at Gretna, bus hit Cook Street bridge. Roseburn to Union Canal active travel route opens to the public.
November 2024150th anniversary plaque unveiled at Wick.
Glasgow Central new travel centre and lounge.
Troon restored station opened.
Dalwhinnie clock.
Consecutive cancellations at North Berwick on a rugby day.
Storm Bert - Oban suspended.
Inverness signalling centre twice evacuated owing to fuel spill.
October 2024Temporary timetable ended.
Accessible footbridge opened at Anniesland.
Tuckshop opened at North Berwick.
Greggs at Queen Street.
Track circuit failure at Finnieston.
Storm Ashley.
Poor unit availability in leaf-fall season.
Bomb alert at Dalmuir, power failure at Waverley both on 28 October.
September 2024Active travel route opened at Cameron Bridge.
Grab and Go opens at Falkirk Grahamston.
Temporary timetable introduced.
Royal Mail ceased using rail.
ScotRail's peak fare trial ended.
August 2024Accessible footbridges provided at Dumfries and Uddingston.
TPE 2300 Edinburgh-Newcastle for Edinburgh Festivals.
Temporary timetable and reduced ScotRail festival extras.
Kirkhill overhead line damage.
July 2024Stranraer trains resumed.
Troon rebuilt station opened in time for Open.
Railway Heritage Centre opened at Dumfries.
Lord Hendy appointed rail minister.
Temporary timetable introduced because of driver shortage.

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LU S7 stock trains, Circle, District and Hammersmith & City Lines, 2014-2023[[images]]0 photos
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The Railways of Stirling

ASIN 1915069297
Publisher Lightmoor Press
Published 2023-09-20
Author(s) Peddie, Donald

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Class 08 Locomotives in Scotland (Class Locomotives)

ASIN 1398105600
Publisher Amberley Publishing
Published 2023-10-15
Author(s) Howat, Colin J.

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The Dundee & Arbroath Railway

ASIN 1915069173
Publisher Lightmoor Press
Published 2023-02-24
Author(s) Ferguson, Niall

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Edinburgh, Granton and Leith Railways

ASIN 1398108561
Publisher Amberley Publishing
Published 2023-04-15
Author(s) Williamson, Kenneth G.

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