This day in history 22 June
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Crewe: 12-wheel LMSR restaurant car sandwiched between two MkIs at Crewe on 22nd June 1961.
Belston Junction: RCTS/SLS RAIL TOUR OF SCOTLAND 22nd June 1962
42196 approaching Belston Junction.
Drongan: RCTS/SLS RAIL TOUR OF SCOTLAND 22nd June 1962
42196 heading away from Drongan towards Belston Junction.
Saltcoats: RCTS/SLS RAIL TOUR OF SCOTLAND 22nd June 1962
42196 passing Saltcoats.
Tarbolton: RCTS/SLS RAIL TOUR OF SCOTLAND 22nd June 1962
42196 climbing to Tarbolton on the Ayr to Mauchline line.
Leeds City: Jubilee 45563 Australia photographed at Leeds City on 22 June 1963. The Queens Hotel dominates the Background.
Horwich Works: Steam locomotives stored in the yard at Horwich works in June 1963 include class O4 2-8-0 63695 (withdrawn Sheffield Darnall 12/62) and 3F 0-6-0T 47281 (withdrawn Carlisle Kingmoor 3/63).
Horwich Works: Aspinall ex-LYR Class 23 0-6-0ST no 11324 with Ivatt 4MT 4-6-0 no 43063 in the yard at Horwich Works in June 1963. The former was one of a number of the class retained for use as departmental locomotives within the works.
Gorton Shed: B1 4-6-0 no 61352 photographed at Gorton in June 1963. The locomotive on the left is thought to be 3F no 43789.
Stranraer Town: Stranraer Town in June 1964, viewed from the front of a diesel unit arriving at the station.
Stranraer Shed: The engine shed at Stranraer, viewed from a diesel unit approaching Stranraer Town station in June 1964.
Castle Douglas: A Standard 2-6-4 tank waits at Castle Douglas with a service for Kirkcudbright in June 1964.
Dumfries Shed: The shell of Dumfries shed on a quiet Sunday in June 1969. View north through Annan Road Bridge with the station in the background. The type 2 diesel stabled alongside the old goods depot is probably diagrammed for the first ICI working from Cargenbridge on Monday morning.
Carlisle: Doing what they were built to do - a pair of class 50s with the Down Royal Scot arriving at Carlisle in 1973, one of several accelerated Anglo - Scottish services introduced prior to completion of the Weaver Junction - Glasgow electrification project.
Edinburgh Waverley: 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley at Waverley with the Tyne-Dee Coastal Tour from Newcastle to Aberdeen. (Persons unknown, maybe someone famous!) I believe this tour ran some time in the 1970s but more info would be welcome.
Edinburgh Waverley: 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley at Edinburgh Waverley with the Tyne Dee Coastal tour, sometime in the 1970s.
Edinburgh Waverley: 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley at the West end of Waverley station on 22nd June 1974, shortly before taking out the Aberdeen portion of The Tyne Dee Coastal special.
Hampton Court: Prototype 4-PEP unit 4001 on a Hampton Court service in June 1975. One of 3 similar units used as part of an extensive BR testing and research programme in the 1970s. Eventually withdrawn in 1977 the units provided valuable input into the design and features incorporated in subsequent production classes.
Alresford (Hampshire): Former Southern 2-6-0 undergoing restoration at Alresford on the Mid Hants Railway in June 1976.
Aviemore: Aviemore (North) SB viewed from the area around the old turntable pit, with the station to the left, in June 1976.
Normanton: EE Type 3s Nos. 37056 and 37165 wheel a northbound train of empty iron ore hoppers through Goose Hill Junction, Normanton, on 22 June 1977. I assume the train is destined for Redcar, (any confirmation of likely origin/destination would be appreciated). [Image from a roll of film developed more than 30 years after exposure].
Kings Cross: Platform lighting, Kings Cross, 1979.
Chester: A Class 108 Derby DMU heads west between Chester and Saltney Junction on 22nd June 1980. The train has just crossed the Shropshire Union Canal and is now passing under the first of two bridges that carry a section of the city walls over the railway, this view taken from the second bridge..
Bayford: A diverted service for Kings Cross in June 1980. 47420 passing Bayford on the Hertford loop. The Hertford Loop was often used on a Sunday if there was engineering work on the Welwyn Garden City route.
Darlington [Bank Top]: 55022 Royal Scots Grey with an Edinburgh - Kings Cross service about to leave Darlington Bank Top on 22 June 1981.
Newcastle Central: Prototype twin railbus 140001 (55500 & 55501) on press runs to Hexham and Sunderland arriving at Newcastle Central on 22 June 1981.
Newcastle Central: 55022 Royal Scots Grey carrying a damaged front, brings train 1E10, the 0912 Dundee - Kings Cross, into Newcastle Central on 22 June 1981.
Newcastle Central: Deltic 55016 Gordon Highlander at a sunny Newcastle Central on 22 June 1981 about to head north with train 1S12, the 0550 Kings Cross - Aberdeen.
Wakefield Westgate: DMU 150105 in a variation of Regional Railways colours awaits its departure time from Platform 2 at Wakefield Westgate in June 1991. The train is one of the direct services operating at that time between Wakefield and Bangor.
Wakefield Kirkgate: 47517 Andrew Carnegie dragging a diverted ECML electric train towards Wakefield Kirkgate in June 1991 on diversion between Wakefield Westgate and Hare Park Junction.
Leith South Yard: Presumably en route to a scrapyard, 303082 stands in a siding in Leith South Yard on 22 June 1992.
Thornton Scrapyard: Two Andrew Barclay 0-4-0STs (latterly NCB Fife & Clackmannan Area nos 6 & 7) prominent amongst a number of former industrial steam locomotives residing in Thomas Muir's scrapyard, Thornton, on 22 June 1993. No.6 was later restored at the Ribble Steam Railway See image [[45634]]
Thornton Scrapyard: Detail showing some of the various railway remains rusting away in a corner of Muir's scrapyard at Thornton in the summer of 1993.
Thornton Scrapyard: An AB 0-4-0ST (NCB No3) abandoned and rusting in the undergrowth near the entrance to Muir's Scrapyard, Thornton, in June 1993.
Leicester North: 45231 in action at Leicester North on the Great Central Railway on 22 June 1997.
High Peak Junction: Looking north from the site of High Peak Junction on the former Cromford and High Peak Railway in the summer of 2002. [Ref Query 3 January 2018]
Crich Tramway Museum: Double deck Metropolitan Electric Tramways car no 331, with centre passenger doors, photographed standing outside the depot at Crich Tramway Museum in the summer of 2002. Built in 1930, the tram was withdrawn from passenger service by Sunderland Corporation in May 1951.
Crich Tramway Museum: Street scene within the grounds of Crich Tramway Museum in June 2002, featuring Former Leeds City Transport 60-seater 'Horsfield' car no 180 of 1931.
Crich Tramway Museum: Former Leeds City Transport 60-seater 'Horsfield' tram no 180 of 1931 in action at Crich in June 2002.
High Peak Junction: The water tower and tank at High Peak Junction, photographed in the summer of 2002.
Crich Tramway Museum: Routine maintenance work taking place at Crich Tramway Museum in June 2002. The original 4-wheel steeple cab electric locomotive was built for Blackpool Corporation by English Electric in 1927. withdrawn from service in 1963, it was acquired by the Museum three years later.
Crich Tramway Museum: Vintage lineup at Crich Tramway Museum in the summer of 2002. On display are Sheffield Corporation no 74, Southampton Corporation no 45 and Oporto Tramways no 273.
High Peak Junction: View south at High Peak Junction in June 2002, with the Cromford Canal on the left alongside the former transit shed. See image [[63272]]
Carrbridge: A quiet summer evening at Carrbridge in June 2002. View is north along platform 1 towards the Dulnain Viaduct.
Crich Tramway Museum: Metropolitan Tramways car 331, built in 1930, in action at Crich Tramway Museum on 22 June 2002.
High Peak Junction: The transit shed alongside the Cromford Canal at High Peak Junction in the summer of 2002, looking north towards Matlock.
Crich Tramway Museum: Passengers at Crich Tramway museum on a sunny Saturday afternoon in June 2002, recently alighted from ex-Chesterfield Tramways car no 7 of 1904.
Sheep Pasture Incline Foot: The wagon trap located near the bottom of the notorious Sheep Pasture Incline on the Cromford and High Peak Railway, seen here on 22 June 2002 see image [[7139]].
Barry Docks: This is the statue of David Davies in Barry Docks, just outside the dock offices. He was a railway contractor, industrialist, promoter of the Barry Docks and associated railways, and MP.
Stravithie: The former Stravithie station on the Fife Coast line looking south from the main road in June 2005, the location is now part of a country hotel complex.
Dunblane: A service for Glasgow Queen Street awaits its departure time at Dunblane station on 22 June 2005.
Dunblane: 158736 runs into platform 3 at Dunblane on 22 June 2005 with a mid-morning arrival from Newcraighall.
Dunblane: View north along platform 2 at Dunblane station in June 2005. A service to Glasgow Queen Street awaits its scheduled departure time at platform 1, while passengers are disembarking from a recently arrived ex-Newcraighall train at platform 3. The blue footbridge links the platforms with both sides of the station, including the main (west) car park on Springfield Terrace.
Dunblane: A train for Edinburgh Waverley waiting at platform 1 of Dunblane Station on 22 June 2005, looking south.
Dunblane: East side approach to Dunblane Station in June 2005.
Dunblane: Approaching Dunblane station from the south in June 2005. View across Stirling Road showing the former footbridges. Both have since been replaced with a new fully accessible, electrification-ready bridge incorporating lifts, opened in September 2014. The elegantly curved covered footbridge, erected by the Caledonian Railway in 1895, has since been relocated to the heritage Caledonian Railway Ltd station at Bridge of Dun.
Dunblane: ScotRail 158736 runs south into platform 1 at Dunblane on 22 June 2005, having completed the crossover from platform 3. The train will shortly form the next service south.
Dunblane: An empty terminated service from Newcraighall, formed by ScotRail 158736, moves north out of Dunblane's platform 3 on 22 June 2005. The train will use the crossover beyond the signal box to move across to the up line and run back into platform 1 before returning south as the 1126 to Edinburgh Waverley.
Dunblane: A Glasgow Queen Street service about to depart from Dunblane platform 1 in June 2005, as passengers disembark from a train which has just arrived at platform 3 from Newcraighall.
Dunblane: An Aberdeen bound train runs non-stop through Dunblane station platform 2 in June 2005. (Addendum: The notable footbridge shown crossing the tracks here was subsequently replaced and is now located at Bridge of Dun station on the Caledonian Railway see image [[65440]].)
Townhill Yard: Empties prepare to leave Halbeath sidings shortly after a loaded train for Longannet has pulled in alongside on 22 June 2006.
Forth Bridge: A fairly quiet morning at South Queensferry in June 2006, save for the distant screech of gulls and the background rumble of a DMU running out onto the Forth Bridge.
Forth Bridge: Diners at the Hawes Inn are forced to raise their voices a little as a coal train rumbles south over the rooftops of South Queensferry on a summer evening in 2006.
Kelvinside: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line. Balgray Tunnel goes north from Kelvinside Station, looking south from tunnel showing end of platform.
Kelvinside: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line. Balgray Tunnel goes north from Kelvinside Station, looking south from tunnel.
Kelvinside: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line. Balgray Tunnel goes north from Kelvinside Station, looking north from tunnel.
Kelvinside: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line. Kelvinside Station, now Lux/Stazione Restaurants, showing at rear, entrance to Balgray Tunnel through to Kelvinside. Architect - Sir JJ Burnet, built 1897.
Kelvinside: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line. Kelvinside Station, now Lux/Stazione Restaurants, showing Front entrance - door now a window. Architect - Sir JJ Burnet, built 1897.
Kelvinside: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line. Kelvinside Station, now Lux/Stazione Restaurants, showing front CR crest and 1897 date plaque. Architect - Sir JJ Burnet, built 1897.
Kelvinside: Caledonian Railway Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire line. Kelvinside Station, now Lux/Stazione Restaurants, rear quarter view. Architect - Sir JJ Burnet, built 1897. See photograph 13281.
Bo'ness: Closed period visit to Bo'ness Station in June 2007 sees ex BR 0-6-0 shunter 08443 and main line Class 40 40145 stabled in the upper section of the yard beyond industrial 0-4-0 shunter 'Kilbagie', and a further industrial shunter off view to right.
Brechin: Picture of Glasgow Central Station found at Brechin Station on the preserved Brechin to Bridge of Dun line.
Rothienorman: Looking north at the site of Rothienorman station on the Inveramsey - MacDuff branch. The edge of the down platform can still be seen, with the trackbed on the right having been in-filled.
Rothienorman: Looking south at the site of Rothienorman station on the Inveramsey - MacDuff branch. The site is now occupied by a small car-park. The car on the right is more or less parked on the down platform, while the car on the left is where the up platform was situated. The station building was to the immediate right of the view.
Craigentinny Depot: 47804 brings the empty stock of The Royal Scotsman out of Craigentinny sidings on 23 June 2008.
Newby Bridge Halt: Andrew Barclay no 1245 approaches Newby Bridge Halt on the Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway on a glorious summer's day in the Lake District. No 1245 is hauling the 14:05 from Haverthwaite to Lakeside on Monday 22 June, 2009.
Newby Bridge Halt: Andrew Barclay no 1245 leaves Newby Bridge Halt with the 13:00 departure from Haverthwaite to Lakeside on 22 June 2009. Built in 1911, no 1245 was rescued from the Kirkcaldy, Fife, scrapyard of Thomas Muir in 2004.
Sileby: Scene just south of Sileby station on the Midland main line on 22 June 2009. EWS 66067 with a northbound freight passes East Midlands Trains Meridian no 222 021 speeding south towards St Pancras.
Sileby: An East Midlands Leicester - Lincoln service calls at Sileby on 22 June.
Sileby: EWS 66017 takes a train of Lafarge aggregates south on the Midland Mail line through Sileby on 22 June.
Chaillevette: Services on the Gulls' Line are in the hands of an 1891 built 0-3-0T (local designation!), that is claimed to be the oldest working steam engine in France. On this visit it was locked away but outside was this much younger locomotive awaiting restoration. This was built in Grafenstaden in 1953.
Chaillevette: This preserved French railway known as the Gulls' Line operates a steam service on Sundays over the twelve miles from Saujon to La Tremblade. Passengers are carried in converted goods wagons, as seen here at the intermediate station of Chaillevette where the depot and workshop are sited. View north westwards towards La Tremblade.
Boghead Junction: 66065 heads west with ballast on the evening of 22 June 2010
Poulton-le-Fylde: Although much of the once lengthy island platform at Poulton has recently been removed See image [[28793]] the infill material has not been taken away and a staff access walkway now seems to be being created. 158816 passes the site as it approaches the station on a York to Blackpool North working.
Kyle of Lochalsh: View seawards to the buffers along the rarely used lines on the south side of Kyle of Lochalsh station in June 2011.
Kyle of Lochalsh: 158706 unloads passengers at Kyle of Lochalsh on 22 June, following arrival at 11.28 with the service from Inverness. Photographed from the former Kyleakin ferry slipway.
Dalwhinnie: The mid-week 16.01 departure for Inverness pulls away from Dalwhinnie on 22 June and is about to run past the signal box as it continues its journey north. The 4 car train is made up of 158719 on the rear of 158714.
Kyle of Lochalsh: After a 35 minute lay-over at Kyle of Lochalsh, no 158706 is about to start its two and a half hour journey back to Inverness with the 12.03 departure on 22 June.
Ardrossan Harbour: 'Open wide!'. 'Caledonian Isles' at Ardrossan on 26th June 2011. I recall this as a Red Letter Day - the Arran service was running as planned and to timetable!
Kyle of Lochalsh: View down the access ramp to Kyle of Lochalsh Station in June 2011 with the normal operational line to the right hand platform, and the rarely used excursion lines and platform to the left. My first visit to the station was as a 16 year old in August 1963, with a group of fellow Railfan Club members on a tour around Scottish installations, after we disembarked from the MacBrayne Ferry that at the time operated a service along the Sound of Sleet from Mallaig to Kyle. To pass time to departure of the train to Inverness we crossed over to Kyleakin on the chain ferry, and had a knock about with a ball on the beach. It was to be a further 48 years before setting foot on Skye again, with my now late wife, for a two nights stay at the Bosville Hotel in Portree. See image [[34743]].
Blair Atholl: 158736 trailing Turbostar 170409 pulls away from the northbound platform at Blair Atholl on 22 June 2011 with the 17.59 departure to Inverness.
Dalwhinnie: The 15.54 service to Glasgow leaves Dalwhinnie on 22 June 2011.
Rossall School: The Olympic flame on board Blackpool tram 147 at Rossall School tram stop during part of its round Britain journey on 22 June 2012. It had originally been planned to use the open topped 'boat' tram for the occasion but the weather unfortunately put paid to that idea.
Wigan North Western: 142001 stands at the platform at Wigan North Western station on a wet 22 June 2012.
Princes Street [Tram]: Looking towards Shandwick Place from the west end of Princes Street on 22 June 2012, showing a cast concrete base now in place running from the end of the in situ eastbound tram track.
West End - Princes Street [Tram]: Looking along Shandwick Place towards Haymarket from the end of Princes Street on 22 June 2012, with concrete casting continuing west for the in bound tram track.
Burntisland Viaduct: Track work in progress on the viaduct at the west end of Burntisland High Street on 22 June 2013. Train services were being diverted via Dunfermline over the weekend.
Georgemas Junction: 158708 arrives on time at Georgemas Junction with the 14.00 ex Inverness service on 22 June 2013. The train will reverse here to run initially to Thurso and back before going on to Wick.
Keiss: View west from the A99 near Keiss, Caithness, showing the 7.5km narrow gauge track used to move welded sections of pipeline. Completed lengths are sealed and hauled out into Sinclairs Bay by tug. The system appears to be inactive at present, despite there being near 2km of welded pipeline visible on rail mounted cradles between the welding station and the hilltop. Pipe sections are moved along the track using cable haulage.
Keiss: The view east from the A99 south of Keiss see image [[43540]] on 22 June 2013, looking towards the pipe welding facility and Sinclairs Bay beyond.
Keiss: Plaque attached to the McKelvie hydraulic lifting bridge, south of Keiss, Caithness, near the point where the A99 crosses the pipeline fabrication tracks. The plaque marks the commissioning of the bridge on 31 March 1994 see image [[43549]].
Hinterweidenthal Ort: Although it has a population of less than 2000, Hinterwidenthal boasts three stations! The main station is on the east-west line from Landau to Zweibrucken, as is Hinterweidenthal Ost, which is the junction for the Wieslauterbahn. The first stop on that line is Hinterweidenthal Ort, although Hinterweidenthal Dorf (village) would be more appropriate. The train is a two-coach DB Class 628 DMU, running from Bundenthal-Rumbach, the terminus of the Wieslauterbahn, to Landau. [With thanks to Bill Jamieson for loco information.]
Stralsund: North east Germany remains an enclave where DB still reigns supreme on passenger services, other than the short Bergen-Lauterbach Mole branch on Ruegen. Here at Stralsund on the mainland on 22nd June the 11.21 service to Swinoujscie Centrum (in Poland) looks like a private operation, but a close examination of the Usedomer Baederbahn unit reveals that the company is actually a subsidiary of DB.
Ladybank: A shot taken on 22nd June 2014 showing 66601 exiting the Perth route with a working for Millerhill. The 66 is in the same spot as the 40060 in my previous photograph.
Alloa Loop: WCRC 47854 leads a Thornton - Bo'ness empty stock working into Alloa Loop on 22 June. 47804 was on the rear of the train.
Glenesk: The Waverley trackbed just north of the former Glenesk Colliery looking towards Glenesk viaduct on Sunday morning 22 June 2014. The temporary works site currently contains concrete sleepers, pipe sections and other precast items.
Hinterweidenthal Ort: A DB Class 628 DMU leaving Hinterweidenthal Ort station, en route from Bundenthal-Rumbach, the terminus of the Wieslauterbahn, to Landau. After clearing the level crossing, the line curves east and climbs to join the main east-west line from Zweibrucken to Landau. As late as 1993, Deutsche Bahn had plans to abandon a section of this route, between Pirmasens (the next major town west of Hinterweidenthal) and Annweiler (about half way between Hinterweidenthal and Landau). Fortunately these plans were not implemented and instead services have been re-instated on the Wieslauterbahn. [With thanks to Bill Jamieson for loco information.]
Sheriffhall [2nd]: The Waverley trackbed in June 2014 looking south from the A6106 bridge towards Eskbank. See image [[38706]]
Barrow-in-Furness: Having worked a Carlisle - Barrow - Preston - Barrow diagram on 22 June, 37402 is pulled into the carriage sidings at Barrow by 37218 for a three hour layover. After this they will work a return trip to Carlisle before being stabled here overnight.
Yorkhill Quay: Looking along the former Yorkhill Quay towards the SECC from near the Riverside Museum on 22nd June 2015. The course of the rails and pointwork from the former Stobcross branch sidings is shown by the weeds growing in the rails.
Barrow-in-Furness: Newly arrived at Barrow-in-Furness, DRS 37218 is signalled into the carriage sidings with its empty stock and trailing loco. The train had earlier worked down from Carlisle to Preston then back here to lay over for three hours before making a return trip to Carlisle.
Barrow-in-Furness: Would be window hangers beware. The return of loco hauled trains to the Cumbrian Coast is great news for enthusiasts but the limited clearances on the line north of Maryport mean that the two rakes of MkII stock in use have had to be fitted with bars over the droplights, just like the Derby DMUs that worked the line before the Sprinters.
Whitehaven: Framed by two semaphores, 37606 leaves the short double track section from Parton and slows for the Whitehaven stop with the 2C34 Carlisle to Barrow afternoon service. Bransty box, just visible on the left, is one of eight between Bootle and Carlisle scheduled to close in 2019 with control passing to the Manchester regional signalling centre. See image [[2238]] for an earlier view from this spot.
Whitehaven: The doors close on a Lancaster to Carlisle service, formed of two Sprinter Bubble Cars, standing alongside the Harrington Hump on the through line at Whitehaven. Harrington, where the prototype raised section of platform was first installed, is less than four miles north of Whitehaven. A further hump is situated near the buffers on Whitehaven's bay platform.
Seefeld: OBB and DB 4-car EMUs at Seefeld, Austria. The OBB unit on the left is a Talent (Bombardier) class 4024 set, on a Scharnitz to Innsbruck Hbf service (line S5). These units are mainly used to operate main line stopping and outer suburban services. The DB unit on the right is a Bombardier Talent 2 (a later development of the original Talent). This unit is one of 34 sets supplied by Bombardier from December 2013 for the Munchen Hbf - Garmisch-Partenkirchen - Innsbruck Hbf service. With thanks to Bill Jamieson for locomotive information.
Edinburgh Waverley: The North British Railway's coat of arms in the new Wetherspoon bar 'The Booking Office' on Waverley Bridge in the former parcels office.
Manchester International Airport: Northern Class 323 EMUs share adjacent platforms at Manchester Airport on 22 June 2016.
Glasgow Queen Street High Level: A large hole has now appeared at the end of platforms 4 and 5 at Queen Street Station. Contractors for Network Rail are looking in to it.
Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Work at the north ends of the Queen Street platforms continues on 22 June 2016, as the first signals are mounted under the new gantry and tubular masts appear on the platforms.
Manchester Airport: A Metrolink tram departs from Manchester Airport station heading to Cornbrook on 22 June 2016 while a TPE service to York waits on the left.
Manchester International Airport: Manchester Airport station with TPE Class 350 EMU having arrived from Scotland prepares to head back north as TPE DMU 185121 leads a six car formation waiting to head across the Pennines to York in June 2016.
De Panne: Belgium's Vicinal coastal tram arriving at its western terminus De Panne. Sadly the line from De Panne through Bray Dunes to Dunkerque remains closed, with weeds growing over the rails. The bus is free at the weekends!
Ponte Brolla: ABe 4-8 EMU No.54 heads west along the Centovalli (Hundred Valleys) narrow gauge line that links Locarno in Switzerland with Domodosolla in Italy. This view taken from the rear of a Locarno bound service in Ponte Brolla station, one of many passing loops on this very scenic 52km line.
Farington Junction: With planning approval received, work has started in creating a temporary servicing facility for Northern DMUs beside the WCML near to Farington Jct when the electrification work at Blackpool North prevents the units going there each night. The view is north with the WCML on the right. An early arrival was a new set of buffers at the end of the headshunt but all the track in the sidings appears to have been lifted and is being replaced.
Chorley: The new temporary Down platform at Chorley is now in use while work has started modifying the old platform which can be seen in the distance.
Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Signalling cables being installed at the new gantry at Queen Street. Hard to see because of their black finish, new signals have been mounted underneath the gantry.
Glasgow Queen Street High Level: Progress on the work of extending platforms 4 and 5 seen through the viewing area window on 22nd June 2016
Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The ramp giving access to the area being excavated for the south platform extensions at Glasgow Queen Street makes the gradient of the Cowlairs incline look insignificant in comparison, but the passenger carrying capacity of the dumper truck seen here is somewhat more limited than that of the new trains.
Zeebrugge: Class 66 at Zeebrugge coming out of the Albert II Dok container sidings to join the southbound lines. These locomotives are owned by Ascendos Rail Leasing and operated by Railtraxx.
Edinburgh Waverley: Exterior of 'The Booking Office' at Waverley Bridge.
Inverkeithing: Portrait of 158728 at the Up platform in Inverkeithing on 22 June 2017.
Albert Dock [Liverpool]: Restored to its former glory, this buffer stop and a short length of line is one of the few reminders of the importance of the railways which used to serve the extensive docks in the area. In the distance the line now terminates at another perserved bufferstop.
Inverkeithing: British Transport Police-branded 170407 leaves with an Edinburgh - Inverness service on 22 June.
Hest Bank: Modern mega power on the flasks. 68017 Hornet leads a veritable convoy of DRS Class 68s on the Crewe Sellafield working on 22nd June 2017. Next in the train is brand new and unnamed 68030 followed by 68005 Defiant and 68023 Achilles.
Chathill: Chathill, with one or two plants on the platform ...
Alnwick: The interior at 'Barter Books' in the former Alnwick station trainshed.
Et in Arcadia ego
Albert Dock [Liverpool]: Restored to its former glory, this buffer stop and a short length of line is one of the few reminders of the importance of the MDHB railways that used to serve the extensive Liverpool docks network.
Triberg: A DB ballast train weaves its way north towards Triberg on the Schwarzwaldbahn on 1st June, part-way along the dramatic looping alignment required for the railway to reach the watershed between rivers flowing to the Rhine and to the Danube. The photographer took this shot from the purpose-built panoramic viewpoint shown on the side of the loco in See image [[59822]], and he saw the ballast train at four different locations above and below him within the space of less than 10 minutes (but poor light precluded more than one decent shot).
Chathill: Timetables seen at Chathill. Yes today!
Showing times for Alnmouth, Alnwick, Chathill and Seahouses.
Aberfoyle Quarries: Concrete structure on the route of the Aberfoyle Slate Quarries Tramway. But is it the base of a pylon on a ropeway or actually part of the tramway?
Oxenholme: A West Coast Railways' service from Oxenholme to Windermere waits at Oxenholme on 22 June 2018. Northern had withdrawn their service after significant timetabling problems and replaced them with a bus until West Coast Railways' stepped in.
Ingliston Park and Ride [Tram]: Spotted at the Royal Highland Show ...
St Pancras: Southeastern Javelin 395020 arrives at St Pancras after a run from Kent on 22nd June 2018.
Whitecraigs: Whitecraigs station basking in the sunshine on 22nd June 2018.
Whitecraigs: Part of the very well tended floral display at Whitecraigs station in June 2018.
St Pancras: A Southeastern Javelin departs from platform 11 at St Pancras at the start of a run that will take it along HS1 to Ashford on 22 June 2018.
Stepps: Stepps could be in the Steppes for all the custom this Edinburgh service is attracting. Somebody got off though.
Powderhall: Looking north from Broughton Road on 22 June 2019 over the one time platform of Powderhall station, latterly the loading pad for Edinburgh Council's Powderhall refuse depot. Operations at the depot ceased in 2016 and the land is currently earmarked for new housing development. For the same view in operational days see image [[11948]].
Glasgow Central Low Level: Talking trains? Help for the uninitiated at Glasgow Central Low Level.
Hamilton West: A Dalmuir to Cumbernauld service calls at Hamilton West on 22 June 2019. Nobody in their right mind would travel from Glasgow to Cumbernauld this way. I've done it often.
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, incineration and containerised disposal of compacted waste by rail, is now almost complete. (The sign beyond the gate on the right still reads Powderhall Waste Transfer Station). Note the original 1893 building, once known as The Destructor (part of which can be seen on the right) is to be retained and converted for use as 'flexible workspace and community space'.
Glasgow Central: Police cuts deeper than we thought. Its just as well he's up high and short-sighted people can't try and talk to him.
Powderhall: While the majority of the land released following closure of Powderhall depot is to be used for housing, the original 1893 building, which once incorporated incineration facilities and stables, is to be retained. The 1893 Scots Baronial style structure, seen looking west along Broughton Road on 22 June 2019, is to be adapted for use as community and work space. Note the posters on the right for the forthcoming Jazz and Film Festivals covering the former entrance to Powderhall station.
Motherwell MPD: The word 'grabshot' seems to be an excuse for a rubbish photograph so here is a grabshot of a resting Class 365 at the former Motherwell depot. Seen on 22 June 2019.
Glasgow Central: Caledonian Sleeper promotional hoardings near Platform 9 at Glasgow Central on 22nd June 2019.
Greenfaulds: An Edinburgh to Glasgow Queen Street service calls at Greenfaulds on 22 June 2019.
Hamilton Central: A Milngavie service picks up healthy custom at Hamilton Central on the morning of Saturday 22 June 2019. As for the set number it looks like someone has been playing with Letraset (remember that?).
Whifflet: A Motherwell to Dalmuir, via Bargeddie, service calls at Whifflet on 22 June 2019.
Carrbridge: DRS liveried 66305, working from Millerhill S.S. to Lairg, hauls five autoballasters north through Carrbridge on 22nd June 2019. The wet weather has produced a fine display of gorse and broom this year.
Broomhill: Strathspey Railway's Ivatt Class 2MT 2-6-0 46512 nears Broomhill with the second train of the day from Aviemore on 22nd June 2019. The coos don't seem impressed!
Wemyss Bay: Geoff Marshall and Vicki Pipe autographing copies of their 'All The Stations' book at an event organised by the Friends of Wemyss Bay Station in June 2019.
Patterton: A Neilston service calls at Patterton in comfortable Eastwood on 22 June 2019. Holes have been dug in platforms along this branch. I don't know why; I thought it might be for smartcard readers but Whitecraigs already has them.
Boat of Garten: Ivatt Class 2MT 2-6-0 46512 runs over the bridge at Kinchurdy, near Boat of Garten, with the afternoon train to Broomhill on 22nd June 2019.
Hurst Green Cutting: The story of the abortive main line through Ribblesdale to Yorkshire has a full chapter in David Hindle's excellent book 'All stations to Longridge'. 15,000 cubic yards of material were removed from the isolated double track cutting at Hurst Green before work was abandoned in 1848. At both ends of the cutting there are steeply sided deep valleys that would have required substantial viaducts to cross. This view looks towards Clitheroe on 22nd June 2020 - map reference SD682369.
Hurst Green Cutting: Visiting the Hurst Green Cutting, on the railway through Ribblesdale that never was, it is not obvious where most of the 15,000 cubic yards of excavated material went to. At either end of the site are steep sided valleys that would have required bridges. This image, at the western end, shows what may have been some spoil beginning to form an embankment towards the viaduct that was never built. A public footpath runs past this peaceful spot, making this curiosity of the Railway Mania age relatively easy to visit after a bit of a hike.
Barton and Broughton: Northern Pacers are back! To create extra space on some Northern services it has been agreed that some Pacers can return to service from storage. On 22nd June 2020 a convoy of four sets made their way from Heaton to Newton Heath via Hexham and the WCML. By coincidence these elderly machines were following a brand new 195131 that was undergoing tests between Lancaster and Preston. With a toot from the driver, 142065/087/068/071 pass under Lightfoot Lane bridge dropping down towards Preston. The Pacers are reported to be destined for Southport to Manchester and Alderley Edge services, which should have gone over to Class 769 Flex units but these are not ready for service entry yet.
Haymarket: Here is Mark from ScotRail Hospitality dispensing free masks with hand-sanitiser at Haymarket on the 22nd of June, when wearing of face coverings became compulsory on Scottish public transport.
Greenhill Upper Junction: The Heaton - Glasgow Queen Street - Heaton high speed measurement train, comprising 43013 and 43014, seen at Greenhill Upper Junction on 22nd June 2020.
Farington: LSL at Crewe have had Class 47 D1944 Craftsman out on what is believed to have been route learning on 22nd June 2020. The loco had come from Crewe to Hellifield in the morning. It then did a return trip to Skipton followed by a return trip to Preston. It is seen on the final run of the day from Hellifield to Preston, crossing the WCML at Farington. Further runs were planned for each day this week with the loco returning to Crewe on Friday, however the loco ran back to Crewe on Thursday afternoon rather than to Preston.
Hurst Green Cutting: The railway that never was. In 1847 the Fleetwood, Preston and West Riding Junction Railway excavated a cutting near Hurst Green, on a proposed line from Preston to Clitheroe which would have diverged from the Preston and Longridge Railway near Grimsargh. As the company name suggests however this was part of a much bigger scheme, a main line ultimately connecting Fleetwood and Hull. Although the short double track connection from Deepdale Junction through to the main line was completed the rest of the scheme was fairly quickly abandoned and this 200 yard long, double track cutting has slumbered in the beautiful Ribble Valley countryside since 1848. On 22nd June 2020 it was easier to imagine that tracks had been lifted from this cutting rather than never laid. This view looks west towards Preston with the trees concealing a steeply sided deep valley that would have required a substantial viaduct to be constructed.
Hampstead: Exterior of Hampstead station, LUL Northern Line, originally to have been called Heath Street, seen here on 22nd June 2021, the 114th Anniversary of its opening as part of the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway. The Heath Street side on the left is now used for exit only with passengers entering from the Hampstead High Street side on the right and with its platforms 192 ft. below the ground, reached via lifts, this is the deepest station on the London Underground. It is another of the splendid deep-level 'tube' stations in ox blood red designed by Leslie W. Green, the Underground's Chief Architect of the Edwardian era who died in 1908, aged only 34.
Great Rocks Junction: The rather functional signal box at Great Rock Junction is quiet on 22 June 2021. The track layout has changed a little since it was described in the caption to Image [[26000]] with the sidings to the rear of the box now out of use. Although taken in a different season it is interesting to note the growth of lineside vegetation in the period since the earlier photograph.
Camden Town: East side exterior of Camden Town station on Kentish Town Road on 22nd June 2021, the 114th Anniversary of its opening with the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway on 22nd June 1907 and which now forms part of the much-extended Northern Line. This side of the station is now used for entry only, passengers leaving by the west side on Camden High Street.
Belsize Park: Exterior of Belsize Park station, Northern Line, on 22nd June 2021, the 114th Anniversary of its opening as part of the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway and designed by Leslie W. Green.
Chalk Farm: Exterior of Chalk Farm station, LUL Northern Line, unusually triangular in shape due to its siting between Adelaide Road on the left and Haverstock Hill on the right. In the background on the right, a so-called New Routemaster is descending on trans-Thames route 168 from Hampstead Heath, South End Green to Old Kent Road. This view is on 22nd June 2021, the 114th Anniversary of the station's opening as part of the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway (renamed Northern Line by the LPTB in 1937) and designed by Leslie W. Green who died in 1908 aged only 34.
Claughton: The garden on the trackbed of the old Lune Valley line is looking well established these days. The replica Midland signal cabin installed by the householder still overlooks the scene, along with several semaphore signals.
Nantlle: Nantlle station, sited almost two miles west of the village of the same name in the village of Talysarn, the substantial station building was at the terminus of a short branch from Penygroes and is now in use as part of a community centre. Passenger services ceased in 1932 but the station and goods yard remained open until 1963, primarily to handle the slate extracted from local quarries and transported to the station yard by 3ft 6in gauge horse-drawn tramway.
Events
Events from the chronology which occured on this day. This generally lists events before 1995, the creation of the website.
| Year | Companies | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1846 | North British Railway | Tranent, Longniddry, Haddington, 1st_>Reston 1st opened. |
| 1864 | Callander and Oban Railway | First meeting of the Callander and Oban Railway Committee. |
| 1870 | Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny Railway | North facing junction at Abergavenny opened. New station opened at junction and 1863 station closed and replaced by sidings. |
| 1885 | Baltinglass Branch (Great Southern and Western Railway) | Opened to Colbinstown. Contractor Robert Worthington. Double track as far as Naas. |
| 1899 | Clydebank Engineering and Shipbuilding Works John Brown & Co | Shareholders of John Brown & Co, Atlas Works, Sheffield, agreed to purchase the Clydebank Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Glasgow. Reconstruction and re-equipping of shipyard begins. The new west yard will be laid out to the west of the fitting out basin. |
| 1914 | Callander and Oban Railway | Connel Ferry Bridge altered for road vehicles and pedestrians. |
| 1984 | Isle of Mull Railway | Line officially opened by Chris Green. |
News
These are old news items which which occured on this day. This generally lists events after 1995, the creation of the website.
| Year | Companies | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Big business says Borders rail will boost labour pool [Scotsman] | SEVERAL of Scotland^s biggest employers are backing the restoration of the Borders rail link to boost Edinburgh^s stretched labour pool. |
| 2004 | Businesses join forces to fight for rail link [Scotsman] | SOME of Scotland^s leading businesses and organisations have thrown their support behind a renewed Borders rail link. |
| 2004 | Passengers face strike misery on city trains [Scotsman] | RAIL passengers in the Capital face disruption next week as thousands of Network Rail workers across the UK walk out in a row over pensions. |
| 2006 | Glasgow airport rail link approved despite concerns [Scotsman] | A RAIL link between Glasgow and the city^s airport was approved in principle by MSPs yesterday, despite widespread concern that passengers will not be able to make direct connections from other parts of Scotland. |
| 2006 | Opponents of Sunday ferry service to meet minister [Scotsman] | REPRESENTATIVES of the Lewis branch of the Lord^s Day Observance Society will meet transport minister Tavish Scott in Edinburgh today to discuss their concern about Caledonian Macbrayne^s decision to introduce a Sunday ferry service on the Sound of... |
| 2007 | GNER wins safety award [Scotsman] | EAST coast main line operator GNER has won a top award from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. |
| 2007 | Work on rail link about to begin [BBC News] | Work on the new £160m Glasgow Airport Rail Link is due to start next month, transport officials say. |
| 2007 | Landslide causes rail disruption [BBC News] | A landslide near Queen Street Station in Glasgow causes severe disruption to trains after heavy thunder storms. |
| 2008 | Meeting the capacity challenge [Network Rail] | Network Rail has announced today that it will be conducting a strategic review into the case for building new rail lines across the network of Great Britain. The review will look at five of Network Rail’s strategic routes, north and west of London: Chiltern, East Coast, West Coast, Great Western and Midland Main Lines |
| 2009 | Repairs required on Kilmarnock-Carlisle route [Network Rail Article] | Passenger services between Kilmarnock and Dumfries are being restricted to between 07:30 and 18:30 each day to allow for repairs at the Enterkin Burn Viaduct in Dumfriesshire. As a result, ScotRail is running a revised timetable between Glasgow Central and Carlisle over the coming weeks while Network Rail engineers carry out structural repairs to the Victorian-built viaduct. |
| 2010 | Day trips to Oban – direct from Edinburgh [First Scotral] | ScotRail is to launch a Sunday train service for day trippers to Oban from Edinburgh, Linlithgow and Polmont over six weeks this summer. The service has been welcomed by VisitScotland. It will start on Sunday 25 July and run each Sunday until 29 August inclusive. The service is timed to give passengers five hours in the West Highland town and designed to appeal to people in Edinburgh and West Lothian who would love a day out in Oban – without taking the car. The train will leave Edinburgh Waverley at 0810 and arrive back in the capital at 2107. Graeme Macfarlan, marketing manager at ScotRail said that the move was in direct response to listening to customers – as well as people opting to holiday in the UK due to ongoing uncertainty regarding air travel. He added: “Many customers in the East of Scotland have told us they would love to experience the West Highland Line for a day out but would prefer not to change trains – and sometimes stations – at Glasgow. “This new, direct service changes all that and should boost tourism. And we’ll be offering cream teas on the scenic route, which really is the icing on the cake of a special day out!” David Adams McGilp, VisitScotland’s Regional Director in Argyll said: “We’ve just launched a £250,000 campaign specifically encouraging Scots to take holidays in their own country, so expanding train services to accommodate the needs of the day trip market fits very well with this. |
| 2010 | Mobile track-laying factory begins work [Network Rail] | A 200-tonne mobile factory has begun laying track on the new Airdrie-Bathgate rail link at a rate of up to a kilometre a day as part of the Network Rail’s construction of the new £300m* rail link. |
| 2011 | Transport Minister presses for high speed rail link to Scotland [Rail.co] | Keith Brown has today announced plans for pressing home the case for a High Speed Rail link to Scotland. Speaking at the high speed rail summit in Edinburgh, the Transport Minister outlined proposals for a pan-Scottish partnership to scope route alignments and potential rail termini in Scotland. |
| 2011 | China expresses wish to build UK^s high-speed rail link [Telegraph] | China wants to build the high-speed rail link between London, the Midlands and the North, the Chinese ambassador said yesterday. |
| 2012 | £5bn masterplan from Keith Brown to keep Scotland’s trains on track [Scotsman] | RADICAL fare cuts to fill empty seats and tough new targets so more trains arrive on time have been pledged in a new Scottish Government blueprint for the ScotRail franchise. • New ScotRail contract includes cutting fares to fill empty seats • £100 million allocated to improve journey times and punctuality The £5 billion plan set out by transport minister Keith Brown includes a longer contract to run ScotRail services, a separate franchise for the sleeper service and fare regulation designed to protect commuters and rural passengers. Mr Brown said wifi would be extended across the ScotRail network within seven years, following the launch of a long-awaited pilot on the main Edinburgh-Glasgow line on Monday. Smart ticketing is also due to be introduced by 2024. However, lack of ambition in the plan – most of which follows current spending levels – was widely criticised. Mr Brown also raised fears the flagship project would be delayed – by refusing to confirm a £1bn electrification programme that will cut Edinburgh-Glasgow journeys to 35 minutes would be completed on schedule in 2016. |
| 2012 | Storms lead to flooding, power cuts and traffic chaos in East Lothian [STV] | Heavy rain has led to flooding in East Lothian, closing roads and affecting rail services. The railway lines between Edinburgh and North Berwick are blocked and ScotRail is unable to run any services along the route. Bus transport is being put on from Waverley and passengers are able to use their rail tickets on First Bus Services. |
| 2012 | ScotRail outlines train drink ban [BBC News] | Alcohol is being banned from Scottish trains in the evenings and mornings, following concerns about drink-fuelled anti-social behaviour. ScotRail has decided to prohibit the carrying and consumption of alcohol on its services between 21:00 and 10:00, starting on 20 July. The move was welcomed by police and the government. Drunk people would be banned from travelling on trains under the crackdown. |
| 2013 | End of the line for North Yorkshire Moors Railway’s Engine 825 [The Press] | VISITORS to a North Yorkshire heritage railway are running out of time to ride behind a much-loved engine as it comes to the end of the line. The North Yorkshire Moors Railway’s Engine 825 sees its boiler certificate expire early next month and it will be withdrawn from service at the end of June. |
| 2013 | Campaigners to walk old railway route to highlight the need for it to be rebuilt [Biggleswade Chronicle] | Rail users are campaigning for a track connecting Bedford and Cambridge. On Saturday, June 29 members of Railfuture and Campaign for Better Transport will walk from Bedford to Sandy to highlight the campaign. The route from Oxford to Bedford is due to open in 2017 and this would extend the route still further. |
| 2014 | HS3: Chancellor will outline proposal to create high-speed rail link connecting Leeds and Manchester [Independent] | A plan to boost the economy of the North by building England’s third high-speed rail link – HS3 – between Manchester and Leeds will be outlined by George Osborne today. The project would be based on the existing Manchester-to-Leeds rail line but journey times would be speeded up by building new tunnels and infrastructure. |
| 2015 | First Virgin liveried HST enters service on East Coast [Rail News] | The first Intercity 125 to sport the Virgin Trains East Coast livery went into passenger service in Edinburgh over the weekend. Departing Edinburgh Waverley on Saturday morning, it is the first HST to carry passengers in Virgin colours since the operator took over the franchise with Stagecoach in March. The Mark 3 fleet is being incrementally updated at Craigentinny depot by Stewart Signs. All 14 trains are set to be completed by October. [From Richard Buckby] |
| 2016 | ScotRail manager taken off duty after train incident during strike [Scotsman] | A ScotRail manager was taken off duty after giving the all-clear for a train to travel through a red signal on the Borders Railway during yesterday’s conductors strike. The incident triggered an investigation and the train was cancelled, forcing passengers to wait one hour for the next service. News of the safety breach came as conductors were due to stage a second 24-hour walkout tomorrow, with further stoppages planned for Saturday and Sunday. |
| 2017 | Three shortlisted for West Coast Partnership franchise [Railway Gazette] | UK: The shortlisted bidders for the West Coast Partnership franchise were announced by the Department for Transport on June 22. They are: First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Ltd, a joint venture between FirstGroups First Rail Holdings Ltd (70%) and Italian state operator Trenitalia SpA (30%); MTR West Coast Partnership Ltd, a joint venture of the MTR Corp (UK) Ltd subsidiary of Hong Kongs MTR Corp and Guangshen Railway Co which operates the 481 km Shenzhen Guangzhou Pingshi Railway in China, with key sub-contractors including consultancy Deloitte MCS Ltd, Panasonic Systems Europe, Swedish travel software company Snowfall, ticket retailer Trainline.com Ltd and engineering consultancy; West Coast Partnership Ltd, a joint venture between Stagecoach Group plc (50%), Virgin Holdings Ltd (30%) and the SNCF C3 (20%) subsidiary of the French national railway group. The winning bidder will take over the existing inter-city services on the West Coast Main Line when the current contract held by Virgin (51%) and Stagecoach (49%) ends in April 2019. |
| 2017 | New railway connection to London Luton Airport approved [BBC News] | London Luton Airport is to get a new railway station so that trains can run directly to the terminal. A 1.4-mile (2.2km) rail line will be built to the existing Luton Airport Parkway station, replacing the current bus shuttle service. The £200m plans have been approved by Luton Borough Council and the station is due to open by the end of 2020. |
| 2018 | Breich Station closure is platform for £2.4m redevelopment [Network Rail] | Breich station will close for 12 weeks from Saturday 23 June as part of the work to electrify the Shotts line between Edinburgh and Glasgow Central. |
| 2018 | Changes to services at Bishopbriggs and Lenzie [ScotRail] | We are introducing a number of temporary trains to boost capacity on services between Edinburgh and Glasgow via Falkirk High. Like the current electric trains that serve Bishopbriggs and Lenzie, these eight- carriage trains are longer than the platforms at the stations. However, unlike other trains, they are not fitted with equipment to prevent doors being opened where the train is beyond the platform. As a result, we have had to make changes to a very small number of services. |
| 2018 | Cyclist ^beats^ train from Edinburgh to Inverness after leaving it too late to bring bike on board [Press and Journal] | When James Owers discovered he had left it too late to get his bike onto the train for a training trip in the Highlands, he would have been forgiven for giving up on the whole affair. But he found a novel solution and cycled the route instead. |
| 2019 | Remains of Scotland^s first railway track unearthed near Meadowmill [East Lothian Courier] | Remains of Scotlands first railway track have been unearthed at the Waggonway path in a find which has been described as being of huge significance. |
| 2020 | £350m investment for Britains first mainline digital railway [Rail Technology Magazine] | The East Coast Main Line will become Britains first mainline digital rail link with £350m of new investment to install state-of-the-art electronic signalling designed to cut journey times and prevent delays. This significant investment, added on top of £1.2 billion already earmarked to upgrade one of the countrys most significant rail lines, will fund the replacement of conventional signalling with a digital system that allows trains to talk to the track. |
| 2020 | Ferry sailings poised to increase on CalMacs west coast network [Press and Journal] | Additional ferry sailings will begin to be introduced from next week on CalMac^s west coast network. |
| 2020 | Ayr station investment is gateway to customer improvements [Network Rail] | Work is about to begin on a new staff accommodation block at Ayr station in the first phase of a programme that will unlock significant improvements for passengers and the operation of the station. The installation of a new modular block to the east of the station; opposite platform four, will provide staff with a fully functioning base, independent of the original station building. It will serve as a booking-on point for drivers and host general welfare facilities for all station-based staff. First phase work alone represents an investment of circa £1.3m to improve Ayr station. The location of the new block means that work can be progressed without the need to close the line at any point. It will also enable the removal of portacabins to free up parking spaces. |
| 2020 | Commuter train going wrong way on London Tube line avoids crash [Daily Mail] | Two trains nearly crashed into each othernear a Chalfont & Latimer London Underground station on Sunday night after one went the wrong way up the track near Buckinghamshire. |
| 2020 | Coronavirus: Fears over future of Hull Trains [BBC News] | The coronavirus lockdown could put the UK^s smallest rail operator out of business, MPs have said. Conservative MP David Davis and Labour^s Diana Johnson have written to the Department for Transport (DfT) asking for support for Hull Trains. The MPs claimed without assistance there was ^genuine doubt about their commercial survival^. The DfT said it was discussing support with Hull Trains and ^was keen to see them return to the network.^ |
