Today's banner by Duncan Ross: TPE 397001 about to load up and depart Glasgow Central slightly late (10 minutes due to late arrival of train crew) under headcode 1M86, the 1105hrs to Manchester Airport on 27th November 2024.

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03/12/2024ScotRail spreads Christmas cheer with more seats and more services
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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
02/12/2024Why 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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On this day

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.

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This day in history

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

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

David Pesterfield (1966)

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Notes and Queries

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 Carrbridge.

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 202450th 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 2024New 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 2024Alex Hynes departure announced from Scotland for DfT
Jacobite suspended
February 2024Dunblane 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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Kelvindale Tunnel 12 photos
Wagon Plates 18 photos
Disused London stations, 1981-2022[[images]]0 photos
Class 321 Greater Anglia units[[images]]0 photos
New Street No More 10 photos
The Great Britain Railtour 10 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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