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The return of rail services to Levenmouth has moved a step closer with confirmation by Transport Minister Graeme Dey that the line would be double tracked and electrified.
(Permalink) Cameron Bridge Levenmouth  Methil East Junction: Looking east from the Iron Brig towards Methil East Junction, with track cleared of vegetation in March 2021. Methil Power Station, which once dominated the horizon, has been demolished.  Kirkland Yard: View west along the north bank of the River Leven from the Iron Brig in the summer of 2007. Behind the camera are Methil docks, while on the other side of the plate girder bridge lay Kirkland Yard, w ... |
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The return of rail services to Levenmouth moved a step closer today with confirmation by Transport Minister Graeme Dey that the line would be double tracked and electrified.
Mr Dey was speaking during a visit to Leven where he also announced the options being taken forward for the locations for Leven and Cameron Bridge Stations. The Leven Station is to be located behind the Leisure Centre and Cameron Bridge Station will be to the east of the A915. The options were confirmed following detailed development work as well as stakeholder consultation for the new rail link. (Permalink) Cameron Bridge Levenmouth |
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Calls to reopen the Formartine and Buchan Railway, one of the lines lost to Dr Beeching's cuts have been gaining momentum in recent months.
(Permalink) Formartine and Buchan Railway  Maud: GNSR D41 4-4-0 no 62231 backing onto the Fraserburgh portion of a train at Maud on 30 July 1948.  Fraserburgh: 80021 arrives at Fraserburgh on 16 July 1955 with a train from Aberdeen.  Peterhead: D5323 prepares to take the Formartine and Buchan Railtour out of Peterhead on 24 May 1969. Passenger services were withdrawn in 1965, although freight operations at the busy fishing port contin ... |
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Passengers booked onto the Caledonian Sleeper will be issued a refund as 11 days of strike action gets under way.
(Permalink) Caledonian Sleeper Refund Serco Strike Strikes  Kilmarnock: 73969 showing off the Caledonian Sleeper logo during shunting moves at Kilmarnock |
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RMT to strike for pay justice on Tyne and Wear Metro in co-ordinated joint union action.
(Permalink) RMT Strike Strikes Tyne and Wear Metro |
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Railway untion RMT confirmed today that it has announced eight further strike dates over the summer on East Midlands Railway.
(Permalink) East Midlands Railway RMT Strike Strikes |
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The future of a lifeline ferry link in Lochaber is up for debate - with the opinion of locals sought.
(Permalink) Corran Ferry  Ardgour Slip: The Corran ferry leaves Ardgour Slip on Sunday 10th June 2018
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Visitors to the popular venue in Alford can see everything from horse-drawn carriages and bicycles through to racing cars and hot-rods.
(Permalink) Alford Cruden Bay Tram Grampian Transport Museum  Grampian Transport Museum: One of the two trams that linked the GNSR Cruden Bay Hotel and Cruden Bay station on display at the Grampian Transport Museum, Alford, in October 2012. Car No 2 is beautifully restored to a very high ... |
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SNP plans to nationalise Scotland's rail service next year come with big risks, according to Britain's former railways minister, business and passenger groups. Tom Harris, the former Labour minister.
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Bala Lake Railway's manager says it was always the plan to extend the track to the town centre.
(Permalink) Bala Lake Railway Bala and Dolgelly Railway  Llanuwchllyn: The interior of the still operational GWR signal box at Llanuwchllyn in September 2016. These days the levers and block instruments control movements on the narrow gauge tracks of the Bala Lake Railwa ...  Pentrepiod Halt: Summer lakeside scene on the Bala Lake Railway in 2016 as a train disappears towards Bala passing through Pentrepiod Halt.  Llangower: Llangower station, mid way along the Bala Lake Railway, was re-opened on a slightly different site to the standard gauge halt that closed with the line in 1965. The BLR re-opened the four mile stretch ... |
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ScotRail passenger numbers bounced back to 60 per cent of normal last Saturday but rail chiefs said it would take more than three years to recover to their record pre-pandemic levels.
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London North Eastern Railway (LNER) has begun an eight-week public consultation to seek views on its proposed significant timetable change and uplift from London North Eastern Railway (LNER) has begun an eight-week public consultation to seek views on its proposed significant timetable change and uplift from May 2022.
(Permalink) LNER London North Eastern Railway Timetabling |
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Is the new Indiana Jones being filmed in Borders? And when will Harrison Ford arrive on set?
(Permalink) Film Harrison Ford Leaderfoot Viaduct  Leaderfoot Viaduct: The abandoned deck of Leaderfoot Viaduct in December 2016 looking north across the valley of the Tweed towards Earlston. The western section of the Berwickshire Railway, between Ravenswood Junction an ...  Leaderfoot Viaduct: View north west over Drygrange Old Bridge towards Leaderfoot Viaduct in February 2018. |
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People are paying an average of £11,400 for properties closer to train and subway stations.
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No trams will run on the West Midlands Metro network until further notice. Tram services in the West Midlands have been suspended indefinitely after a fault was discovered among the fleet.
(Permalink) CAF West Midlands Metro  Birmingham St Chads [Tram]: Midland Metro (since renamed West Midlands Metro) No.29 with a Birmingham to Wolverhampton service arriving at Snow Hill (since renamed St. Chad's), on 8th December 2016.  Bull Street [Tram]: Midland Metro (since renamed West Midlands Metro) tram no. 26 from Wolverhampton St. George's threading its way through Birmingham city centre on the approach to Bull Street, on 30th January 2016. At ... |
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The UK government has announced plans to kickstart the domestic tourism industry after months of restrictions on travel, socialising and hospitality, including a new rail pass and vouchers for popular attractions. In a bid to encourage people to holiday at home instead of abroad, an alternative to the 'BritRail' pass for foreign visitors will be launched, letting Britons travel across the UK cheaper on certain days of their break, and possibly allowing children to travel free.
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Check out the amazing progress weve made on the ground by seeing it from the sky.
(Permalink) Aerial Drone Edinburgh Trams Newhaven |
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It was a very special night for Portlethen Social Gardening Group when they picked up a gold award from ScotRail.
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Caledonian MacBrayne Union RMT has raised safety concerns over the Pentalina catamaran which the Scottish Government is considering for charter on CalMac routes.
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A Grade II listed signal box on one of the countrys most picturesque rail routes is being refurbished to improve future journeys for passengers and freight.
(Permalink) Garsdale  Garsdale: Ruswarp keeping an eye on the signalbox at Garsdale, which at the time of the photograph on 21 September 2013, was undergoing some refurbishment. |
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Hornby, the model train maker that also owns Scalextric and Airfix, is getting its business back on track after turning an annual profit for the first time in nine years.
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Figures show increase in freight train movements in Network Rails Eastern Region over corresponding period in 2019/20. New scrap metal service introduced from Ilkeston to Immingham. Sunderland Docks branch scrap metal service recommenced to cope with rising demand. New contract to move 350,000 tonnes of waste from Barking to Scunthorpe. New intermodal cargo terminal constructed in Sheffield.
(Permalink) Barking Ilkeston Immingham Railfreight Scunthorpe Sheffield Sunderland |
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A new video has been released showing the huge progress made so far to rebuild the Bletchley flyover for the East West Rail project.
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Network Rail Scotland and British Transport Police (BTP) are raising awareness of the dangers of misusing level crossings following a series of incidents at the Stevenston crossing in Ayrshire.
(Permalink) Stevenston Stevenston Level Crossing  Stevenston: A failure of the barrier system at Stevenston results in 318 269 being flagged over the crossing against a danger signal on 12 November with a service for Ardrossan Town. |
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Network Rail Scotland and British Transport Police (BTP) are raising awareness of the dangers of misusing level crossings following a series of incidents at the Logans Road crossing in Motherwell.
(Permalink) Logans Road Level Crossing  Logans Road Level Crossing: View north from the footbridge over Logans Road level crossing on the WCML just to the north of Motherwell station on 30 January 2014. The train is the 11.09 TransPennine Glasgow Central - Manchester ... |
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Network Rail Scotland and British Transport Police (BTP) are raising awareness of the dangers of misusing level crossings following a series of incidents at Barry West and Balcathie level crossings.
(Permalink) Balcathie Level Crossing Barry Links Barry West Level Crossing  Barry Links: Barry Links footbridge looking west. The signalbox was formerly beyond the footbridge. The former excursion platform can be seen on the left. |
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Network Rail Scotland and British Transport Police (BTP) are raising awareness of the dangers of misusing level crossings following a series of incidents at Cardross level crossing.
(Permalink) Cardross Cardross Station Level Crossing  Cardross: An early evening train from Helensburgh entering Cardross station over the level crossing on a warm summer evening in July 2005. Note the significant drop in the height of the eastbound platform beyon ... |
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Plans to turn an old rail route into a green corridor for pedestrians and cyclists have been held up because the council is too busy on the Spaces for People programme. [Railscot note: use of the trackbed between Easter Road, Meadowbank and Piershill would block railway use of the route, various uses of which have included provision of extra capacity or sidings.]
(Permalink) Easter Road Deviation (North British Railway) Meadowbank Powderhall  Powderhall: In the fading light of an afternoon on the cusp of winter, the time of year for which the untranslatable Japanese word [get on with it. Ed] The foundations in the foreground are not, alas remnants of ...  Powderhall: Main entrance to Powderhall depot from Broughton Road, looking north on a bright and sunny 22 June 2019. Demolition work and decontamination of the site, previously used for refuse processing, inciner ...  Powderhall Loop: If I hadn't photographed it myself a fortnight previously I might not have believed that the rails here had been lifted in order to dig a hole. The hole is now filled in and the rails replaced. This w ... |
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Five-year contract extension for technical support and spares agreed until December 2026.
Agreement covers support in areas such as safety, reliability, maintenance, spares supply, modifications, and overhauls. A five-year contract extension has been agreed with ScotRail, which will see the Technical Support & Spares Supply Agreement (TSSSA) run until December 2026. The contract will ensure (Permalink) Class 380 Siemens |
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Transport bosses have announced the procurement process for a new ferry to support the community and economy on Islay has begun.
(Permalink) Islay Kennacraig Port Askaig Port Ellen  Kennacraig: The Calmac ferry Finlaggan sails up West Loch Tarbert towards Kennacraig terminal after crossing from Islay on 22nd October 2017. |
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Calls were made this week by a local forum for a dedicated ferry for Harris as the current arrangements, they said, are hampering travel and any economic recovery.
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Seven months before he issued his long-awaited report on the reorganisation of British Railways, Dr Richard Beeching made a three-day visit to Scotland.
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A local author has written a new book celebrating 40 years of the Tyne and Wear Metro, after being inspired by his late father who worked as an engineer on the project.
Colin Alexander, a published writer from North Tyneside, was motivated by the memory of his dad, Jack Alexander, a rolling stock engineer that played a key role in getting the Metro trains into service in August 1980. Colin spent 15 months writing and researching the book, which delves into the history of Metro over its 40 years of operations. He draws on the testimony of many former staff who there when the network first opened. Titled The Tyne and Wear Metro, it chronicles the development of the system from concept through to construction, opening, extension, and where it stands today, with a look ahead where it will be in the years to come. (Permalink) Tyne and Wear Metro  South Shields [NER]: A Cravens DMU waits under the overall roof at South Shields on 7 May 1981 with a return service to Newcastle Central. The old station closed 24 days later.  North Shields: The 1890 NER station at North Shields on 6 August 1980, just 5 days before the station was closed for refurbishment and electrification in connection with the Metro project. The new North Shiel ... |
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Filming for the new series of hit documentaryInside Central Station is now underway.
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It's a railway lover's dream come true - the chance to buy a Victorian former station house with reconstructed signal box in no less a location than Royal Deeside.
(Permalink) Crathes Deeside Railway  Crathes: A short walk east along the Deeside Way from the Royal Deeside Railway at Milton of Crathes and you will find slightly hidden by trees the station of Crathes complete with a recreated signalbox. The p ...  Crathes: View from down platform looking west at the original Crathes station on the Deeside line. The station area, including a well preserved signal box is now a private residence. |
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Trial of Waymap's digital technology helps customers self-navigate through station using their own device.
(Permalink) Avanti West Coast |
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Rail service operator Serco is to cancel all the sleeper services during an 11-day strike by rail workers this month.
(Permalink) Caledonan Sleeper Serco Strike Strikes  Uddingston: Caledonian Sleeper stock from Edinburgh heads through Uddingston on its way to Polmadie on 19 September 2020.  Stonehaven: Caledonian Sleeper 73971 provided a rare sight at Stonehaven on 3rd May 2021, but it didn't stop and I wasn’t fully prepared for that.
 Slochd Viaduct: 67020, still in EWS livery, hauls the Caledonian Sleeper southwards
over Slochd Viaduct in the late evening sun pf 7th July 2019. |
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