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News
| 19/09/2017 | Southern, Merseyrail, Arriva Rail North and Greater Anglia rail staff strike BBC News |
| 19/09/2017 | Underground drivers to stage 24-hour strike Rail News |
| 16/09/2017 | Commuters hit by third delay to ScotRails new electric service Scotsman |
| 15/09/2017 | West Coast main line: Long delays after Harrow fire BBC News |
| 15/09/2017 | Parsons Green: Injuries after London Tube train blast BBC News |
| 14/09/2017 | ScotRail workers vote for action over CCTV job cuts BBC News |
| 14/09/2017 | ScotRail defends use of 40-year-old trains after fire STV News |
| 11/09/2017 | Segregation or acceptable luxury: should first-class train travel be abolished? Guardian |
| 09/09/2017 | Second anniversary of Borders Railway marked BBC News |
| 09/09/2017 | New 8400 mile route will link London to Tokyo via train Independent |
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On this day
| 1851 | Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway: Gloucester to Grange Court Junction with the South Wales Railway opened. |
| 1851 | Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway: Opened. |
| 1854 | Great North of Scotland Railway: Huntly to Kittybrewster official opening. |
| 1860 | Inverness and Ross-shire Railway: First sod cut. |
| 1902 | Leadhills and Wanlockhead Branch (Caledonian Railway): Leadhills to Wanlockhead opened to goods. |
Images from this day in history
![J36 0-6-0 65295 of Parkhead shed, photographed at Bothwell (NB) on 19 September 1959, more than four years after the station had closed to passengers. [Ref query 994]](https://www.railscot.co.uk/__cache/thumbnails/58000/x58814.jpg.pagespeed.ic.JZdNVLbO5V.jpg) |
J36 0-6-0 65295 of Parkhead shed, photographed at Bothwell (NB) on 19 September 1959, more than four years after the station had closed to passengers. [Ref query 994] G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow [1955] More images from this day in history. |
Articles
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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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Notes and Queries
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Twin tunnels... where and when? [Added 16 September 2017] Responses so far |
Slideshows
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| Kenya National Rail Museum Nairobi |    | [16] |
| Milton Keynes |    | [49] |
| Paris |    | [18] |
| The Stainmore line |    | [17] |
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