1840 | Preston and Wyre Railway, Dock and Harbour Opened with a terminus at Preston Leighton Street (later Maudlands Goods), the line crossing the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway on the level to the immediate west of the terminus. |
1846 | Deeside Railway Act receives Royal assent. The railway is not built and power lapse. |
1846 | Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway Act receives Royal assent. It was originally stipulated that the line was not allowed to compete with the Caledonian Railway for Glasgow to Carlisle traffic. |
1846 | Morayshire Railway Act receives Royal assent. Authorised from Lossiemouth to Elgin [GNSR] and from Orton to Craigellachie. |
1846 | Kilmarnock and Troon Railway Line leased to the Glasgow, Paisley Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway and re-gauged for locomotives. |
1846 | Leeds and Thirsk Railway Act for extension from Northallerton to meet the Stockton and Hartlepool Railway at Stockton. Plan to buy Stockton and Hartlepool Railway falls through. |
1846 | Dublin, Dundrum and Rathfarnham Railway Act passed, a re-work of the proposed Dublin, Dundrum and Enniskerry Railway. |
1846 | Leeds and Thirsk Railway Second Leeds and Thirsk Act gives powers to open a line from Northallerton to Billingham on the Stockton and Hartlepool Railway, Eaglescliffe on the Stockton and Darlington Railway and Stockton on the Clarence Railway. |
1846 | Slamannan Railway Act of Parliament gives permission to convert line to standard gauge. |
1846 | Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway Act passed. The Act allows the company to lease the Dublin and Kingstown Railway. The line is Great Western Railway (England) supported. (Known as the 'Three W's.) |
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Caley ^Jumbo^ 57307 ambles through Patterton on Saturday 16 July 1949 with a short goods train. 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? |
December 2024 | Travel 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 2024 | 150th 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 2024 | Temporary 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 2024 | Active 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 2024 | Accessible 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 2024 | Stranraer 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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Slamannan and Borrowstounness Railway | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 17 photos |
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