News
| 21/08/2019 | HS2: Review to examine costs and benefits of rail project BBC News |
| 21/08/2019 | Plans for ferries to run from Scotland to Holland in 'advanced stage' Scotsman |
| 21/08/2019 | Caledonian Sleeper admits failings after complaints of ‘filthy, disgusting’ cabins Scotsman |
| 20/08/2019 | DRS develops strategy to eliminate older traction Rail |
| 20/08/2019 | Fire-hit Old Railway Station in Ballater celebrates first year since rising from the ashes Press and Journal |
| 20/08/2019 | Cleaners pay campaign starts at Scottish railway stations BBC News |
| 19/08/2019 | Glasgow to Oban rail route to reopen after flooding BBC News |
| 18/08/2019 | Dutch firm Abellio takes over East Midlands rail franchise BBC News |
| 18/08/2019 | New board to oversee completion of Ferguson ferries BBC News |
| 17/08/2019 | Funicular work to finally begin in May – operators reveal – as new attraction launches 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
![Standard Mogul 77017 with a freight at Crossmyloof in the summer of 1957. [Ref query 1038]](https://www.railscot.co.uk/__cache/thumbnails/59000/x59428.jpg.pagespeed.ic.aOGbzV6fFr.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] |
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Key events
| August 2019 | Government announces reopening of Levenmouth line within 5 years. |
| June 2019 | New Caledonian Sleeper suffers various problems and delays. |
| Apr 2019 | New Caledonian Sleeper launched. |
| Feb 2019 | Construction of two new platforms (5 & 6) completed at Edinburgh Waverley. |
| Dec 2018 | New ScotRail timetable implemented. |
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Slideshows
| Bath and Bristol since 2008 |    | 94 photos |
| Cumbernauld |    | 4 photos |
| Kenya National Rail Museum Nairobi |    | 16 photos |
| Milton Keynes |    | 50 photos |
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