1903 | Rothesay Dock Branch (North British Railway and Caledonian Railway) Following arbitration the line becomes joint. |
1938 | Callander and Oban Railway Dunblane, Doune and Callander Railway Callander and Oban Junction closed. The double track line to Callander Dreadnought becomes two single track lines with the former westbound line becoming access from Callander Dreadnought to Callander [1st] (goods) via the headshunt at the site of Callander and Oban Junction. |
1946 | West Highland Railway Glen Falloch Platform opened. (Alternative date.) |
1966 | Midland Great Western Railway Galway renamed Galway Ceannt to honour Éamonn Ceannt, one of the executed leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising. |
1966 | Waterford and Limerick Railway Limerick renamed Limerick Colbert to commemoration Cornelius Colbert, one of the executed leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising. |
1976 | Belfast, Holywood and Bangor Railway Belfast Queen's Quay closes with the re-opening of the Belfast Central Railway. |
Class 2P 4-4-0 no 40645 passing the site of Barrhead North Junction on 10 April 1953 with a Kilmarnock - St Enoch train. Part of the large Shanks & Co works stands in the background. G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow (1953) |
A Class 47 loco stabled near a junction in summer 1989 but where and what are those gantries for? |
March 2024 | Alex Hynes departure announced from Scotland for DfT Jacobite suspended |
February 2024 | Dunblane resignalling to allow southbound trains to depart from Platform 3 Highland networks closed by storm on 5 February East Kilbride carpark reduced for new station construction Addiewell temporarily closed for reconstruction Brodick ferries diverted to Troon by Ardrossan pier damage Seawall damage near Helmsdale |
January 2024 | 'The Hatch' café opens at Singer 'Reboot your Commute' advertising campaign Four loops taken out of use during snow on HML Storms Isha and Jocelyn led to network closures from 1900 on 21 and 23 January Storm Ingunn on 31 January closed West and North Highland routes |
December 2023 | Further strikes and other action by ASLEF at DfT train operators in first week of December Glasgow-Barrhead electric services begin Cathcart Circle and Shotts expresses restored all day East Linton station opens 'Polar Express' trains on the Edinburgh South Suburban First Boxing Day trains to Edinburgh since 1981 Storms Pia and Gerritt affect services |
November 2023 | RMT members vote to accept pay offer, but ASLEF announce a rolling programme of strikes in December at DfT operators. Waverley brought to a standstill for rest of day after power-surge fried signals on 2 November. Calls suspended at Altnabreac. New Sleeper lounge at Euston. New coffee-shop at Shettleston. |
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