News
| 20/08/2018 | Politicians want train service to visit east Cleveland Northern Echo |
| 19/08/2018 | Fire-damaged Ballater station set to reopen BBC News |
| 18/08/2018 | Tourism body claims there is 'critical urgency' for increased ferry capacity in the Western Isles Press and Journal |
| 18/08/2018 | Story of construction of Edinburgh-Glasgow rail line sounds familiar Scotsman |
| 18/08/2018 | First upgraded InterCity train arrives in Scotland BBC News |
| 18/08/2018 | Plans to merge British Transport Police with Police Scotland could be scrapped Scotsman |
| 18/08/2018 | New steam rail interchange opens in Princes Risborough BBC News |
| 18/08/2018 | Wales completes £800m order for 148 new trains BBC News |
| 17/08/2018 | London Euston station closes for first of three weekends BBC News |
| 17/08/2018 | Transport chiefs accused of palming off Aberdeen rail works disruption onto council Press and Journal |
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KML VersionNews in pictures
On this day
| 1851 | Dowlais Railway Opened from Dowlais Works main gate and furnaces to the Taff Vale Railway. An inclined plane was worked by steam engine and the Dowlais end worked by locomotives. |
| 1875 | Sirhowy Tramroad, London and North Western Railway Date of retrospective working agreement. |
This day in history
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A Euston - St Enoch sleeper passing through Crossmyloof on 21 August 1957, hauled by Stanier ^Coronation^ Pacific no 46230 Duchess of Buccleuch. G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow [1957] |
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Notes and Queries
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Steam hauled passenger train... where and when? [Added 21 August 2018] Suggest an answer |
Key events
| June 2018 | Serious rail disruption caused by unusually high temperatures near end of month. |
| May 2018 | First of the ScotRail leased class 365 units appears on the E&G line. |
| March 2018 | Red weather warning of freezing temperatures and heavy snow is followed by transport chaos at beginning of month. |
| February 2018 | Announcement that Stagecoach/Virgin ECML franchise to end early. |
| December 2017 | First electric services run on Edinburgh - Glasgow main line. |
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Slideshows
| Bath and Bristol since 2008 |    | 87 photos |
| Cumbernauld |    | 4 photos |
| Kenya National Rail Museum Nairobi |    | 16 photos |
| Milton Keynes |    | 50 photos |
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Published 2017-08-24
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