News
| 21/08/2017 | Scotlands highest village to finally get rail link restored Scotsman |
| 20/08/2017 | Train derails as it departs London Paddington station BBC News |
| 19/08/2017 | Airport rail link still on councils agenda Press and Journal |
| 19/08/2017 | Train derails in northern India killing at least 23 Telegraph |
| 18/08/2017 | Platform shoes: Couple's bid to step out on all Britain's railway stations BBC News |
| 18/08/2017 | Northern, Southern and Merseyrail strikes set for September BBC News |
| 17/08/2017 | Viaduct paint job high above Highlands river BBC News |
| 16/08/2017 | Virgin Trains Azuma crosses Border for first time Scotsman |
| 15/08/2017 | Train derails outside London Waterloo station BBC News |
| 15/08/2017 | Meeting over Glasgow train violence concerns BBC News |
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Shotts
A slightly delayed Edinburgh - Glasgow service passes under the new Station Road overbridge opened to traffic a few days previously. Some landscaping and tidying work remains to be done on the east side, while on the station side the platform 1 pedestrian steps and ramp are not yet reopened. -
Wemyss Bay Pier
PS Waverley at speed off Wemyss Bay on 11 July 2017. Unfortunately she has been off service for several days now due to repairs to her air-pump. Not ideal at the height of the Clyde season. -
Lostock Hall
Royal Scot 4-6-0 46115 'Scots Guardsman' charges through Lostock Hall station on 1 August 2017 with the northbound leg of 'The Fellsman' railtour. -
Bargeddie Bridge
Not quite yet matching up to the artist's impression [see image 46140], the view across the M8 from the replacement Bredisholm Road bridge currently features the renovation work on the old A8 Cutty Sark bridge. -
Alston
'Barber', an 0-6-0ST built by Greens of Leeds (441/1908), photographed at Alston on the South Tynedale Railway on 22 July 2017. Note the new station roof, bought with the help of National Lottery funding. For a look at the original [see image 7147]. -
Cambridge North
I am reliably informed that in a city of 130,000 people, Cambridge has 55,000 'knowledge intensive employees', and 4,400 'knowledge intensive employers'. Which could explain, indirectly, why this new station, opened on 21 May 2017 close to Cambridge Science Park, practically smells of money. Speaking of computers, the disabled parking symbol in the foreground appears to be pixellated. -
Mountsorrel Bond Lane
The new GCR branch terminus at Mountsorrel is both basic and forbiddingly secured when not in use. But it allows the Great Central to be one of the few preserved railways with an active branch line. The original line, which was built to transport stone from the Mountsorrel quarries, fell into disuse in the 1950s and was lifted in the 1960s. -
Edinburgh Waverley
Work well underway on extending platform 12 at Waverley, seen here on 13 July 2017 from the position previously occupied by the buffer stops. (Photographed through a gap in the safety barrier). Demolition of the platform buildings directly behind the camera position is due to commence shortly. -
Edinburgh Waverley
Layout at Waverley following platform extension work currently in progress. Platform 12 is due for completion by the end of the year, followed by 5 and 6 by July 2018. -
Forres
Work on the new station at Forres is progressing well, platforms are nearly complete, the footbridge is being erected and track laid. View west through the site on 7 July 2017.
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. |
Images from this day in history
![Standard Mogul 77017 with a freight at Crossmyloof in the summer of 1957. [Ref query 1038]](https://www.railscot.co.uk/__cache/thumbnails/59000/190xNx59428.jpg.pagespeed.ic.mn4Jdn3spj.jpg) |
Standard Mogul 77017 with a freight at Crossmyloof in the summer of 1957. [Ref query 1038] G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow [1957] More images from this day in history. |
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![On the East side of the main road through the village of Wingate, Co Durham, the gate posts from railway days are now joined by a nice new gate. There used to be fake rail grooves across the road, but they have been tarmacked over. [see also image 60442]](/images/60000/x60449.jpg.pagespeed.ic.C80gwQbEt2.jpg "On the East side of the main road through the village of Wingate, Co Durham, the gate posts from railway days are now joined by a nice new gate. There used to be fake rail grooves across the road, but they have been tarmacked over. [see also image 60442]")
![The former goods shed and yard at Alne, seen looking north east from the roadside on 25 March 2010. Alne station closed to passengers in 1958 and was subsequently demolished. The surviving goods facilities are currently used by a stonemason. [See image 28568] [Ref query 1673]](/images/60000/x60445.jpg.pagespeed.ic.OXP0ZPSXuX.jpg "The former goods shed and yard at Alne, seen looking north east from the roadside on 25 March 2010. Alne station closed to passengers in 1958 and was subsequently demolished. The surviving goods facilities are currently used by a stonemason. [See image 28568] [Ref query 1673]")
![Looking North at Wingate, some nice new gates on the West side of the main road set off the pub [see image 52304] nicely. The signal looks to be at right angles to where it should be, but that^s a nitpick really.](/images/60000/x60442.jpg.pagespeed.ic.o7ddMuQ7o_.jpg "Looking North at Wingate, some nice new gates on the West side of the main road set off the pub [see image 52304] nicely. The signal looks to be at right angles to where it should be, but that^s a nitpick really.")
![The south western portal of Colinton Tunnel on the Balerno branch. Photographed on 27 July 2017 from the site of Colinton station. The tunnel, which is on a contnuous south west to north curve throughout its 153 yard length, now forms part of the Water of Leith walkway. For a view of the north portal [see image 60150].](/images/60000/x60441.jpg.pagespeed.ic.tO4ZfDkQOo.jpg "The south western portal of Colinton Tunnel on the Balerno branch. Photographed on 27 July 2017 from the site of Colinton station. The tunnel, which is on a contnuous south west to north curve throughout its 153 yard length, now forms part of the Water of Leith walkway. For a view of the north portal [see image 60150].")
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| August 2017 | Half of Waterloo station^s platforms closed for extension work. |
| June 2017 | HS2/WCML franchise - shortlist of bidders announced. |
| March 2017 | Settle & Carlisle Line reopens after more than a year following landslip |
| Feb 2017 | Commencement of work on HS2 phase 1 formally approved |
| Complete overhaul of rail ticketing system announced |
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Railway viaduct... where? [Added 21 August 2017] Suggest an answer |
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