News
| 22/01/2019 | Infrastructure delays force Northern to soldier on with Pacers Rail |
| 21/01/2019 | Train stations across Scotland to scrap toilet charges Press and Journal |
| 21/01/2019 | Swans on the Glasgow Central to Ayr line cause rail disruption BBC News |
| 21/01/2019 | Royal Navy nuclear submarine's near miss with ferry BBC News |
| 21/01/2019 | Cash ultimatum issued to Scottish Government to keep Orkney’s inter-island ferry service running Press and Journal |
| 19/01/2019 | Obituary: Kenneth Gray |
| 18/01/2019 | Kilmarnock stations £2.7m access improvement project nears completion Network Rail |
| 17/01/2019 | Nantwich-based luxury train Northern Belle appoints new general manager Nantwich News |
| 17/01/2019 | CalMac warns of port closures as it bids to take over North routes The Herald |
| 17/01/2019 | Final multi-million-pound contracts awarded to deliver rail projects in Scotland and North East Network Rail |
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KML VersionNews in pictures
On this day
| 1879 | Battle of Isandlwana 1329 British soldiers die during a rout by 20000 (or possibly 25000) Zulus. |
| 1879 | Battle of Rorkes Drift 4500 Zulus attack a British supply depot manned by 139 soldiers. The attack is repulsed. |
| 1901 | Queen Victoria Dies |
| 1913 | Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway (North British Railway) Methil Dock No. 3 opened, contractor Robert McAlpine. |
| 1914 | Glasgow Bothwell Hamilton and Coatbridge Railway Broomhouse signalbox replaced. |
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This day in history
![J39 0-6-0 no 64733 awaiting disposal at Eastfield depot on 22 January 1962. The locomotive had been withdrawn from Carlisle Canal shed in October 1961 and was eventually cut up at nearby Cowlairs in August 1962. [See image 25070]](https://www.railscot.co.uk/__cache/thumbnails/45000/x45637.jpg.pagespeed.ic.ERVfv_A91V.jpg) |
J39 0-6-0 no 64733 awaiting disposal at Eastfield depot on 22 January 1962. The locomotive had been withdrawn from Carlisle Canal shed in October 1961 and was eventually cut up at nearby Cowlairs in August 1962. [See image 25070] David Stewart [1962] |
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Key events
| Dec 2018 | New ScotRail timetable implemented. |
| 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. |
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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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