News
| 22/05/2019 | British Steel enters insolvency endangering 5,000 jobs BBC News |
| 21/05/2019 | Strike ballot threat to new Caledonian Sleeper fleet Scotsman |
| 21/05/2019 | New luxury Caledonian Sleeper trains suffer further delay Scotsman |
| 20/05/2019 | Halton Curve: Rail line links north Wales and Liverpool BBC News |
| 19/05/2019 | More than £50,000 raised after vandals cause 'wanton destruction' to model railway exhibition ITV News |
| 19/05/2019 | InterCity 125: Hundreds take last HST from London Paddington BBC News |
| 17/05/2019 | SWR refurbished trains launch delayed over door safety BBC News |
| 17/05/2019 | Open door on ScotRail carriage hits another train as they pass Scotsman |
| 16/05/2019 | New car park at Longniddry Railway Station opens East Lothian Courier |
| 16/05/2019 | Compensation payouts for Scotrail delays rocket 70% in a year Scotsman |
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On this day
| 1829 | Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Company formed. Surveyed by George Stephenson. Lord Carlisle supports the project if it will pass Milton and connect with his Earl of Carlisles Waggonway. |
| 1848 | Scottish Central Railway Opened from Stirling to Perth. |
| 1890 | Cardiff Penarth and Barry Junction Railway (Taff Vale Railway) Service extended to Biglis Junction on the Barry Dock and Railways and temporary Biglis station closed. |
| 1915 | Caledonian Railway Quintinshill disaster, Britains worst train crash. 227 people killed when a troop train crashes into a local passenger train and an express trains collides with the wreckage. |
| 1966 | Newport Railway {{Newport-on-Tay East}} to {{Tayport}} closed, replacement bus starts. |
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This day in history
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A Dumfries - Glasgow stopping train passing Hurlford on 22 May 1951. The train is hauled by Black 5 44718 and observed by a pair of well balanced young enthusiasts on the boundary fence. G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow [1951] |
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Key events
| 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. |
| Oct 2018 | New ScotRail 385s taken out of service due to braking fault. |
| Aug 2018 | First of the ScotRail refurbished HSTs arrives in Scotland. |
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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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ASIN 1910463876
Publisher September Publishing
Published 2018-10-16
Author(s) Geoff Marshall Vicki Pipe
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ASIN 0241364817
Publisher Michael Joseph
Published 2019-07-11
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Full Steam Ahead, Felix: Adventures Of A Famous Station Cat And Her Kitten Apprentice
ASIN 0241364817
Publisher Michael Joseph
Published 2019-07-11
Author(s) Kate Moore Kate Moore
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ASIN 0008223572
Publisher Collins
Published 2017-04-06
Author(s) Julian Holland
