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Developers in Winchburgh are willing to split the cost of a new station with the Scottish Government - but are struggling to secure a commitment.
(Permalink) Winchburgh

Rail unions have warned transport bosses not to close station ticket offices or reduce the number of staff on trains amid fears for passenger safety.
(Permalink) ASLEF Anti-social behaviour RMT ScotRail Ticket offices

The long running quest to bring a railway station back to Grangemouth is steaming onward once more as a new transport appraisal is set to go ahead.
(Permalink) Grangemouth


Grangemouth: 60047 with the empties from Dalston passing the site of the former Grangemouth station, just awaiting the will to re-open it. With the reduction in trackwork there's plenty of spare room here.
Ewan Crawford 12/01/2018


Grangemouth: 54465 stands at Grangemouth with the BLS rail tour originating from Polmont on 7 May 1960
Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 07/05/1960

Passengers will benefit from a £12.6m investment in Scotland's Railway over the Easter bank holiday weekend.
(Permalink) Glasgow Central Motherwell Rutherglen Shieldmuir Junction Shields Road

The Scottish Railway Preservation Society (SRPS) lodged an application with the council on January 30 seeking listed building consent to make alterations to Bo'ness Railway Station, in Union Street, Bo'ness.
(Permalink) Bo'ness SRPS

Today (Monday) the Department for Transport has announced the appointment of Alex Hynes to the role of Director General, Rail Services. Alex will join the DfT on a two-year secondment from his current position as managing director of Scotlands Railway on 15 April 2024.
(Permalink) Alex Hynes DfT

An electric train has travelled for the first time between Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge, as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU). 
(Permalink) Manchester Victoria Stalybridge Transpennine Route Upgrade

The pilot which scrapped peak rail fares is due to end this summer.
(Permalink) Fares Peak fares ScotRail

Steel unions say they have known of concerns about the condition of the coke ovens for some time.
(Permalink) Abbey Steelworks Coke Ovens Port Talbot

Work to build a new footbridge over the Levenmouth railway at Duniface has started.
(Permalink) Core Path Duniface East Fife Central Junction Footbridge Kennoway Kirkland Dam Levenmouth Line Methilhill River Leven Swaine's bridge

Your ticket goes further than you think - it's helping to grow the careers of over 5,000 people.
(Permalink) ScotRail

ScotRail and East Lothian Council have dismissed claims that both parties have been in talks about the possible sale of ScotRails North Berwick Railway Station car park to the local authority.
(Permalink) Car park East Lothian Council North Berwick ScotRail

During lockdown, author, playwright and former River City scriptwriter Jack Dickson spent a lot of time walking his dog around Springburn.
(Permalink) Springburn

The MV Isle of Islay, the first of two vessels to serve Islay and Jura, was launched today.
(Permalink) Caledonian MacBrayne MV Isle of Islay

A B-listed railway bridge has been given a new lease of life after a £500,000 makeover.
(Permalink) Paisley Gilmour Street

Managers at ScotRail are to stage a 48-hour strike in a long running dispute over on-call working arrangements.
(Permalink) ScotRail Strike

Paisley Gilmour Street station's B-listed railway bridge has been given a new lease of life by Network Rail.
(Permalink) Paisley Gilmour Street

Network Rail has teamed up with the charity Railway Children to host a fifth annual sleepout event in railway stations across the country, raising money and awareness for the work being done to help the thousands of vulnerable young children who pass through the railway every year.
(Permalink) Network Rail Railway Children

Highland Council wants it to be prioritised for funding ahead of Inverness' Longman roundabout.
(Permalink) Corran Ferry

Netherlands: The European Commission has sent a further letter of formal notice to the Netherlands, expressing concerns about the direct award of a contract for state-owned incumbent Nederlandse Spoorwegen to operate services on the designated core passenger network between January 1 2025 and December 24 2033.
(Permalink) Nederlandse Spoorwegen

National Highways has advised drivers to "take the train" ahead of an unprecedented full weekend closure of a section of the M25.
(Permalink) M25 Surrey

Ahead of the Easter holidays, Network Rail is reminding walkers of the importance of staying safe and correctly using pedestrian level crossings over the East Coast Main Line on the Northumberland coast as surveys suggest 30% of people are putting their lives at risk through improper use.
(Permalink) Level crossings Northumberland

A trial has been held of a sub-fifty mile (80km) intermodal haul in Central Scotland. The revival could connect an intermodal terminal in Paisley, to the west of Glasgow, with the rail freight terminal at the Port of Grangemouth on the River Forth. The rail freight connection would offer an alternative to the congested roads […]
(Permalink) Elderslie Grangemouth


Grangemouth Docks: The Rail Freight Group Scottish Conference took place in Grangemouth on Wednesday 7 March 2024. Freightliner ran a special from Elderslie for Malcolms, reviving a flow that ran for about 5 years 2009- ...
David Prescott 07/03/2024

Network Rail said two stops would not be served for nine days. Between March 16 and March 25, buses will replace trains from Tulloch, Roy Bridge and Spean Bridge stations to Fort William but there will be no service to Rannoch and Corrour.
(Permalink) Corrour Maintenance Rannoch Rannoch Viaduct


Rannoch: 156450 on the rear of a 4-car Sprinter leaving sunny Rannoch for Fort William and Mallaig on 20th April 2022.
Mark Bartlett 20/04/2022


Corrour: The most remote and highest station on the UK rail network is Corrour, seen here on 15th May 2019. In the picture is the station, the Station House Restaurant, Loch Coir' a' Bhric Beag and Loch Ossian ...
John Gray 15/05/2019


Rannoch Viaduct: 37 405 takes a southbound freight over the viaduct on the northern approach to Rannoch station in the 1980s.
Bill Roberton //

Plans have been drawn up to make Glasgow's iconic Hielanman's Umbrella a more attractive space.
(Permalink) Glasgow Central Hielanman's Umbrella

Locomotion in Shildon, County Durham is to undertake the museums biggest ever rail shunt to create Europe's largest undercover display of historic rail vehicles.
(Permalink) Locomotion NRM Shildon

Unions are warning of public safety risks on Scotland's railways over an "unfathomable" planned cut of £315m in renewing and improving the nation's rail infrastructure over the next five years.
(Permalink) Cuts Maintenance

Four daily return services will start to be offered from June 2025.
(Permalink) Lockerbie


Lockerbie: The 12.00 Manchester Airport - Edinburgh Waverley calls at Lockerbie on 11 June 2013.
John Furnevel 11/06/2013

The last surviving member of railway workers who helped keep an isolated Cumbrian town alive during one of Britain's harshest winters is holding a talk on the matter next month.
(Permalink) 1962/63 Alston Big Freeze Harold Bowron Snow Winter


Alston: Branch train from Hatwhistle at Alston station in June 1952.
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 25/06/1952

ScotRail says the West Highland Line north of Crianlarich will be closed for essential engineering works from March 16 to 24.
(Permalink) West Highland Line West Highland Railway

The work of former railway manager Dennis Lovett, the book takes a journey into the past.
(Permalink) Beattock Dennis Lovett


Beattock: A view north of the fine station building and covered footbridge at Beattock in 1961. A similar building survives on Lockerbie's northbound platform, whereas this building was on the southbound.
David Murray-Smith 19/03/1961

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch criticised driver-only operation plans.
(Permalink) DOO Driver-only operation RMT

A new road and bridge over the rail tracks south of the current crossing in Markle will be created as part of the project.
(Permalink) Markle Level Crossing


Markle Level Crossing: 158711 crosses the not so level level crossing at Markle on 29 April 2017 with a Dunbar to Waverley service.
John McIntyre 29/04/2017

Scotrail workers will be balloted for strike action over Driver Only Operation (DOO) trains, RMT can reveal.
(Permalink) DOO Driver-only operation RMT

Glasgow Central is a much loved part of the city's identity which has a rich history.
(Permalink) Glasgow Central


Glasgow Central: Circle train approaching Central. CR 0.4.4T 15265.
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 30/07/1949

Network Rail has completed a six-day, £1.9 million upgrade of the Stranraer line. The project involved replacing more than 1km of track at Laggansarroch viaduct, near Girvan, including the use of 200 recycled plastic (composite) sleepers over the structure itself.
(Permalink) Composite sleepers Laggansarroch Viaduct Maintenance Track replacement

Network Rail and rail industry partners have launched a campaign to inspire young people to travel more by train and help the fight against climate change.

Called A Greener Future, the campaign aims to encourage Gen Z to choose the train over the car and explain that just one journey by train can make a significant and positive impact on the environment.
(Permalink) A Greener Future Network Rail

A total of £1,526,649.92 was paid out since April 1 2022 as a result of delays, cancellations or disruptions, figures show.
(Permalink) Compensation ScotRail

The new ScotRail apprenticeships have positions available in sectors ranging from engineering and administration to customer service.
(Permalink) Apprenticeships ScotRail

Green MSP Ross Greer is encouraging commuters from Inverclyde to make use of the special offer which sees peak-time rail fares removed until the end of June.
(Permalink) Green Inverclyde

John Geddes raised the alarm after growing suspicious of a couple at Portgordon station in Banffshire in 1940.
(Permalink) Portgordon


Portgordon: The site of Portgordon station, looking east towards Buckpool and Buckie, in August 2010. Half of the site is now occupied by the local bowling club. The line ran along the edge of the bowling green w ...
John Williamson 05/08/2010

The UK's third busiest station is set for a dramatic revamp, involving filling empty spaces with retail units and pedestrianising the space outside the railway hub.
(Permalink) London Waterloo

Passengers are being reminded that a section of the West Highland Line between Crianlarich and Fort William/Mallaig will be closed for nine days starting on March 16.
(Permalink) Crianlarich Fort William Maintenance Mallaig West Highland Railway

New buses were ordered when Dundee housing schemes sprung up and they were universally popular with passengers.
(Permalink) Dundee City Tramways

Direct Rail Services (DRS) is delighted to announce that their charity open day returns later this year. The open day shows behind the scenes at one of the UK's leading rail freight operators and is an event for all the family. Visitors will get to look around the company's maintenance depot in Carlisle, sit in ...
(Permalink) Carlisle Kingmoor DRS Direct Rail Services Kingmoor Open Day


Carlisle Kingmoor TMD: Looking through the DRS shed at Kingmoor during the open day on 11 July 2009, with 66431 standing at the head of the line.
Kevin McCartney 11/07/2009

Ferry sailings resume from Ardrossan harbour after three days of operating out of Troon.
(Permalink) Ardrossan Harbour Brodick Troon


Ardrossan Harbour: Calmac 'MV Caledonian Isles' loads for the return sailing after battling a strong wind and extremely rough sea to reach her berth at Ardrossan Harbour on arrival from Brodick Pier on Arran in June 201 ...
David Pesterfield 15/06/2013

Crossroads Station was built beside a level crossing on Clepington Road when trains rumbled along the tracks.
(Permalink) Crossroads


Crossroads: The building at Crossroads station seen in 2010 in a view looking east across the former trackbed. Opened 1832 and possibly closed around 1853, although the line remained open until 1861 when the Loch ...
Ewan Crawford 28/03/2010

The bus struck a low bridge near Fauldhouse station on Monday morning.
(Permalink) Bridge strike Fauldhouse


Fauldhouse: Pre-electrification view from the new footbridge at Fauldhouse on 31st August 2016. The Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness Railway passed under the tracks of the Cleland and Midcalder Line just abou ...
Colin McDonald 31/08/2016

Avanti West Coast's Feel Good Field Trips initiative has taken 2,500 pupils on days out by train - marking its halfway milestone.
(Permalink) Avanti West Coast Feel Good Field Trips

Northern has revealed the most popular websites accessed by its customers whilst travelling on-board their trains.
(Permalink) Northern

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