1859 | Somerset Central Railway Branch to Wells opened |
1886 | Glasgow City and District Railway Yorkhill (Finnieston East Junction) to Glasgow Queen Street Low Level to High Street (College East Junction) opened. A third rail was used for train lighting. |
1886 | Coatbridge Branch (North British Railway) College [1st] terminus closed. |
1899 | London Extension (Great Central Railway) Line opened from Annesley North Junction to Quainton Road, and from Canfield Place to London Marylebone. |
1941 | End of Clydebank Blitz |
Snow in evidence at West Kilbride on 15 March 1963 as BR Standard class 4 no 80049 brings a Largs train under Law Brae and into the platform. R Sillitto/A Renfrew Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) (1963) |
A Class 47 loco stabled near a junction in summer 1989 but where and what are those gantries for? |
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. |
October 2023 | Strikes at Anglo-Scottish operators by RMT on 1 October, ALEF on 4 October with ASLEF overtime ban on 2-6 October. Three weekends of train services suspended to north-east Scotland as a result of heavy rain, with Storm Babet bringing the heaviest to Scotland since 1891. HS2's Birmingham-Manchester leg cancelled. Start of six-month trial abolition of ScotRail peak fares. |
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