News
| 16/10/2018 | Railway stations with worst train delays revealed Sky News |
| 16/10/2018 | Future of legendary locomotives in balance after Fife Council rejects plans for major railway visitor centre and open farm Courier |
| 16/10/2018 | Find out more about plans to protect vital railway artery to the South West Network Rail |
| 16/10/2018 | Cleland Station accessibility improvements in site Network Rail |
| 16/10/2018 | Calmac launch probe after £43 million ferry crashes into pier Press and Journal |
| 16/10/2018 | Artwork to be installed ahead of new north-east train station’s opening Evening Express |
| 15/10/2018 | 'Pass the parcel' over new railway station for East Linton East Lothian Courier |
| 15/10/2018 | Network Rail to open £8m Stirling railway bridge early to all traffic Network Rail |
| 14/10/2018 | Flooding leaves 6ft hole in Teignmouth railway track BBC News |
| 14/10/2018 | New £5bn Transport for Wales rail franchise begins BBC News |
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On this day
| 1878 | Taff Vale Railway Coal train, which was being turned using the triangle of lines north of Pontypridd, backs onto passenger train at Rhondda Cutting Junction killing thirteen passengers. |
| 1987 | Central Wales Extension Railway 4 killed when train falls into the River Towy after a bridge collapses due to floods. |
This day in history
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Ex-NB J36 0-6-0 65327 stands out of use in the shed yard at Thornton Junction on 19 October 1965, one month before its official withdrawal by BR. K A Gray [1965] |
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Key events
| Oct 2018 | New ScotRail 385s taken out of service due to braking fault. |
| Aug 2018 | First of the ScotRail refurbished HSTs arrives in Scotland. |
| July 2018 | New ScotRail class 385s introduced on Edinburgh - Glasgow services. |
| Jun 2018 | LNER takes over operations on the East Coast Main Line from Virgin/Stagecoach. |
| Serious rail disruption caused by unusually high temperatures near end of month. |
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Slideshows
| Bath and Bristol since 2008 |    | 89 photos |
| Cumbernauld |    | 4 photos |
| Kenya National Rail Museum Nairobi |    | 16 photos |
| Milton Keynes |    | 50 photos |
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Felix The Railway Cat
ASIN 1405929782
Publisher Penguin
Published 2017-08-24
Author(s) Kate Moore
Railway Adventures, The Places, Trains, People And Stations
ASIN 1910463876
Publisher September Publishing
Published 2018-10-16
Author(s) Geoff Marshall Vicki Pipe
The Trains Now Departed: Sixteen Excursions Into The Lost Delights Of Britain's Railways
ASIN 0099590581
Publisher Arrow
Published 2016-06-16
Author(s) Michael Williams
A Dangerous Place: The Story Of The Railway Murders
ASIN B01IUGY9IO
Publisher The History Press
Published 2016-10-03
Author(s) Simon Farquhar
