News
| 23/08/2017 | Pictures of the new look Waverley station released Scotsman |
| 23/08/2017 | Edinburgh Glasgow line goes live for testing EGIP News |
| 22/08/2017 | First GWR High Speed Train off-lease this month Rail |
| 22/08/2017 | China relaunches world's fastest train BBC 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 |
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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
| 1838 | Durham Junction Railway: Opened for minerals. |
| 1893 | Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway: Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick Railway authorised. |
Images from this day in history
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A train for Leeds preparing to depart from St Enoch station on 24 August 1954. The locomotive in charge is Jubilee 4-6-0 no 45619 Nigeria. G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow [1954] More images from this day in history. |
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![After another period of inactivity the aerial ropeway at the Claughton Manor brick works is operating again in August 2017. Further safety improvements have been made including this platform in front of the lower wheelhouse [See image 46773]. The workman seen here will release the loaded bucket for tipping and then reattach to the cable for return to the clay pit.](/images/60000/x60473.jpg.pagespeed.ic.N-nVIv9P5o.jpg "After another period of inactivity the aerial ropeway at the Claughton Manor brick works is operating again in August 2017. Further safety improvements have been made including this platform in front of the lower wheelhouse [See image 46773]. The workman seen here will release the loaded bucket for tipping and then reattach to the cable for return to the clay pit.")
![Opened by the Edinburgh and Northern Railway in 1847, Springfield serves a village with a population of less than 1,000. Located between Cupar and Ladybank, the station currently (2017) sees 3 northbound and 2 southbound stopping trains on weekdays, with no service on Sundays. Photograph taken on 22 May 2005 looking south west along the down platform. [Ref query 1676]](/images/60000/x60471.jpg.pagespeed.ic.OtmMt6N0V_.jpg "Opened by the Edinburgh and Northern Railway in 1847, Springfield serves a village with a population of less than 1,000. Located between Cupar and Ladybank, the station currently (2017) sees 3 northbound and 2 southbound stopping trains on weekdays, with no service on Sundays. Photograph taken on 22 May 2005 looking south west along the down platform. [Ref query 1676]")
![WCRC^s ^Scarborough Spa Express^ heads east at Huncoat with 40145 making a special appearance on the tour on 17 August 2017. Nice to see a Class 40 on the East Lancashire lines again. [See image 19324]](/images/60000/x60466.jpg.pagespeed.ic.flqaLQ4UAN.jpg "WCRC^s ^Scarborough Spa Express^ heads east at Huncoat with 40145 making a special appearance on the tour on 17 August 2017. Nice to see a Class 40 on the East Lancashire lines again. [See image 19324]")
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Key events
| 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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| The Stainmore line |    | [16] |
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